MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2108221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2108221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 23 AUG 21 Station: 46.18,-103.48 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 476 SFC 903 919 24.6 7.5 33 17.1 14.2 271 15 306.5 307.9 291.3 328.4 7.20 3 900 950 23.9 7.3 34 16.6 13.8 271 16 306.2 307.5 291.1 327.8 7.14 4 850 1445 18.8 6.1 43 12.8 11.3 270 22 305.9 307.2 290.9 327.0 6.95 5 800 1960 13.8 5.1 56 8.7 8.8 269 23 305.8 307.1 290.8 326.8 6.91 6 750 2499 8.5 4.0 73 4.5 6.0 269 24 305.8 307.1 290.7 326.5 6.82 7 700 3065 4.1 -2.8 60 7.0 0.8 280 32 307.1 307.9 289.0 320.8 4.43 8 650 3665 1.7 -13.5 31 15.2 -4.1 279 36 310.9 311.3 288.0 317.6 2.07 9 600 4305 -2.0 -19.6 25 17.6 -7.7 279 37 313.8 314.1 288.2 318.3 1.34 10 550 4991 -5.9 -29.0 14 23.1 -11.7 283 37 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.3 0.63 11 500 5730 -10.7 -41.0 6 30.4 -15.9 286 40 320.0 320.1 289.0 320.8 0.21 12 450 6530 -16.4 -47.8 5 31.4 -20.5 288 47 322.6 322.6 289.7 323.0 0.11 13 400 7404 -22.6 -54.0 4 31.4 -25.6 289 54 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.06 14 350 8371 -28.8 -54.8 6 25.9 -30.9 288 59 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.1 0.06 15 300 9456 -36.8 -55.1 13 18.3 -37.9 290 61 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 16 250 10693 -46.0 -59.8 20 13.8 -46.4 282 63 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 17 200 12145 -53.9 -70.9 11 17.0 -54.2 268 67 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13986 -56.1 -81.3 3 25.3 -56.4 265 57 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16558 -57.7 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.1 231 31 416.3 416.3 307.3 416.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.46 m Freezing level: 626.64 mb = 3963.75 m = 13004.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.97 mb = 3158.44 m = 10362.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.88 % Est. max temperature: 23.92 C = 75.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 701.41 mb = 3048.48 m = 10001.45 ft T: 4.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.76 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 671.88 mb = 3396.91 m = 11144.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.52 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7181.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.70 mb = 3033.47 m = 9952.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 95.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.11 Bulk Shear: 33.81 m/s