MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408121200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408121200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 13 AUG 24 Station: 48.19,-101.39 Latitude: 48.19 Longitude: -101.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 563 SFC 950 565 25.6 10.4 38 15.2 16.1 139 9 303.2 304.8 291.2 328.2 8.36 3 900 1033 20.6 8.9 47 11.7 13.4 143 11 302.7 304.2 290.7 326.4 7.96 4 850 1523 15.8 7.7 59 8.0 11.0 148 11 302.6 304.1 290.5 325.9 7.78 5 800 2033 10.8 6.9 77 4.0 8.5 152 11 302.7 304.1 290.6 326.0 7.81 6 750 2567 6.4 0.9 68 5.6 3.5 190 7 303.6 304.6 288.8 320.0 5.44 7 700 3130 4.1 -6.2 47 10.3 -0.5 247 9 307.0 307.6 288.0 317.7 3.44 8 650 3730 1.6 -12.4 34 14.0 -3.9 274 10 310.8 311.2 288.1 318.1 2.27 9 600 4369 -2.6 -15.5 36 12.9 -7.2 284 13 313.1 313.5 288.5 319.4 1.91 10 550 5054 -6.5 -23.6 24 17.1 -11.3 287 16 316.4 316.6 288.7 319.9 1.04 11 500 5790 -11.7 -29.1 22 17.4 -15.7 284 17 318.8 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.69 12 450 6589 -17.1 -36.2 17 19.1 -20.4 284 18 321.7 321.8 289.7 323.2 0.39 13 400 7460 -23.5 -39.4 22 15.9 -25.7 288 18 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.31 14 350 8422 -30.5 -39.1 43 8.5 -31.6 289 22 327.6 327.7 291.4 329.0 0.37 15 300 9499 -38.9 -49.8 31 10.9 -39.6 280 25 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 16 250 10723 -47.4 -60.1 22 12.6 -47.9 279 36 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.8 0.05 17 200 12180 -50.4 -70.4 8 20.0 -50.8 283 56 352.9 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14049 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 287 50 379.2 379.2 302.1 379.2 0.00 19 100 16630 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.8 293 31 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.85 m Freezing level: 630.99 mb = 3972.90 m = 13034.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.59 mb = 3053.58 m = 10018.20 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.39 mb = 2463.87 m = 8083.47 ft T: 7.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 8.25 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.92 mb = 2622.24 m = 8603.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 24.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7019.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.59 mb = 2494.43 m = 8183.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 43.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 47.33 m/s