MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2408171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2408171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 18 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 122 SFC 952 557 25.8 14.2 49 11.6 18.1 121 6 303.2 305.2 293.1 335.3 10.78 2 950 573 25.2 13.9 49 11.4 17.7 121 7 302.8 304.7 292.8 334.0 10.53 3 900 1044 20.6 12.8 61 7.8 15.5 124 7 302.7 304.6 292.6 333.4 10.36 4 850 1534 15.7 11.7 77 4.0 13.1 127 7 302.6 304.5 292.5 332.9 10.21 5 800 2046 12.3 3.3 54 9.0 7.3 187 4 304.2 305.3 289.5 322.6 6.06 6 750 2584 9.9 -2.6 42 12.4 3.7 289 6 307.3 308.1 288.9 320.4 4.22 7 700 3153 5.9 0.1 66 5.8 2.8 289 12 309.0 310.0 290.6 326.0 5.49 8 650 3755 1.6 -0.9 83 2.5 0.3 292 13 310.8 311.8 291.2 328.0 5.52 9 600 4396 -1.9 -7.0 68 5.0 -4.2 290 18 313.9 314.6 290.6 326.0 3.78 10 550 5082 -6.2 -18.3 38 12.1 -10.2 290 26 316.8 317.1 289.5 322.3 1.64 11 500 5822 -10.3 -38.5 8 28.2 -15.6 289 31 320.5 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.27 12 450 6624 -15.9 -39.8 11 23.9 -19.8 283 34 323.3 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.27 13 400 7499 -22.5 -42.8 14 20.3 -25.2 281 38 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.22 14 350 8464 -29.7 -51.0 11 21.2 -31.5 283 41 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.10 15 300 9544 -37.9 -54.5 16 16.6 -38.9 289 49 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 16 250 10776 -45.5 -63.4 12 17.9 -46.1 294 63 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 17 200 12246 -48.8 -71.9 5 23.1 -49.4 290 65 355.4 355.4 297.8 355.5 0.01 18 150 14124 -52.4 -81.5 2 29.1 -52.9 290 45 379.8 379.8 302.2 379.8 0.00 19 100 16712 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 277 21 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.01 m Freezing level: 627.16 mb = 4047.88 m = 13280.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.53 mb = 3797.77 m = 12459.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.24 mb = 2011.49 m = 6599.30 ft T: 12.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 14.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.45 mb = 2512.34 m = 8242.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 31.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 202.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.20 mb = 2022.36 m = 6634.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.20 mb = 3421.94 m = 11226.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.20 mb = 9607.43 m = 31520.06 ft B at Equ Level: 198.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.20 mb = 11122.43 m = 36490.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -1.0 tot: 47.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 70.73 m/s