MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2108301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2108301200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 31 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 15 1 950 471 SFC 904 919 29.2 14.1 40 15.1 18.9 141 11 311.2 313.4 295.7 345.7 11.25 3 900 954 28.5 13.9 41 14.6 18.6 142 12 310.9 313.0 295.5 345.0 11.14 4 850 1457 23.4 12.8 51 10.6 16.3 147 14 310.6 312.7 295.3 344.3 10.99 5 800 1982 18.3 11.8 66 6.5 14.0 152 14 310.6 312.7 295.3 344.1 10.93 6 750 2531 13.0 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 160 13 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.4 10.71 7 700 3107 9.0 0.1 54 8.9 4.2 230 7 312.5 313.5 291.7 329.8 5.53 8 650 3716 4.7 -9.5 35 14.2 -1.5 281 14 314.2 314.8 289.8 323.5 2.86 9 600 4361 -0.5 -14.7 33 14.2 -5.8 280 18 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.3 2.04 10 550 5049 -6.2 -16.7 43 10.4 -9.8 280 23 316.7 317.0 289.6 322.9 1.88 11 500 5786 -12.0 -23.5 38 11.4 -15.2 281 27 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.3 1.15 12 450 6581 -18.0 -30.9 32 12.8 -20.6 279 27 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.9 0.65 13 400 7449 -24.6 -38.3 27 13.7 -26.5 279 28 323.1 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.35 14 350 8407 -31.4 -51.2 12 19.8 -32.9 283 35 326.4 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.10 15 300 9479 -39.8 -51.9 26 12.1 -40.5 280 41 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.7 0.11 16 250 10702 -46.8 -61.4 17 14.6 -47.3 283 50 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12168 -50.1 -73.6 5 23.4 -50.6 289 65 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14015 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 287 59 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16553 -60.0 -87.4 2 27.4 -60.3 281 34 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.25 m Freezing level: 604.79 mb = 4299.43 m = 14105.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.09 mb = 3551.80 m = 11652.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 724.91 mb = 2814.95 m = 9235.28 ft T: 11.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.87 C/km ThetaE index: 23.44 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.65 mb = 2933.96 m = 9625.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -7.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 60.26 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.84 C K Index: 39.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 433.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1976.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 727.15 mb = 2789.20 m = 9150.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.15 mb = 3199.53 m = 10497.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.15 mb = 11478.42 m = 37658.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1962.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.15 mb = 15300.63 m = 50198.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.5 neg: -2.5 tot: 66.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 21.16 Bulk Shear: 93.42 m/s