MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 12 AUG 24 Station: 48.19,-101.36 Latitude: 48.19 Longitude: -101.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 132 SFC 952 557 24.2 8.2 36 16.1 14.6 109 6 301.6 302.9 289.6 322.9 7.16 2 950 580 23.7 7.3 35 16.4 14.0 109 6 301.2 302.5 289.2 321.4 6.78 3 900 1048 19.2 6.5 43 12.7 11.8 116 7 301.3 302.6 289.2 321.5 6.76 4 850 1535 14.4 5.5 55 8.9 9.3 124 6 301.2 302.5 289.1 321.1 6.68 5 800 2043 9.5 4.5 71 5.0 6.8 136 6 301.3 302.5 289.0 321.0 6.62 6 750 2573 4.5 3.6 94 0.9 4.0 159 5 301.4 302.7 289.1 321.1 6.60 7 700 3132 0.8 -5.4 63 6.2 -1.9 312 10 303.4 304.0 286.9 314.6 3.66 8 650 3726 -0.3 -13.4 37 13.1 -5.2 324 7 308.6 309.0 287.2 315.4 2.09 9 600 4362 -4.0 -17.9 33 13.9 -8.6 312 3 311.5 311.8 287.6 316.6 1.56 10 550 5042 -8.3 -23.4 28 15.1 -12.5 241 2 314.3 314.5 288.1 317.8 1.05 11 500 5774 -13.3 -20.6 54 7.3 -15.4 236 5 316.8 317.1 289.3 321.9 1.49 12 450 6568 -18.5 -27.1 47 8.5 -20.4 254 6 319.9 320.1 289.7 323.2 0.93 13 400 7435 -24.8 -38.7 26 13.9 -26.7 288 8 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.33 14 350 8391 -32.0 -43.5 31 11.4 -33.1 311 21 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.23 15 300 9460 -40.9 -44.2 70 3.3 -41.1 272 31 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.25 16 250 10670 -52.4 -56.0 65 3.6 -52.5 264 38 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 17 200 12099 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -51.9 288 23 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13969 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 293 28 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16591 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 304 18 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5641.99 m Freezing level: 663.44 mb = 3566.33 m = 11700.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.17 mb = 2946.82 m = 9667.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.95 C = 75.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.33 mb = 2558.87 m = 8395.14 ft T: 4.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.28 mb = 2700.80 m = 8860.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.21 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: 2.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: 2.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 18.80 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 83.26 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.13 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.67 mb = 2631.10 m = 8632.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.67 mb = 3020.59 m = 9909.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 689.67 mb = 3250.86 m = 10665.41 ft B at Equ Level: 0.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 679.67 mb = 3368.03 m = 11049.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -113.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 16.00 m/s