MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 JUL 22 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 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 79 1 950 533 SFC 909 919 27.0 9.6 33 17.5 16.0 108 6 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.6 8.25 3 900 1010 25.4 8.3 34 17.2 14.8 113 6 307.7 309.2 292.0 331.0 7.63 4 850 1508 20.5 7.4 43 13.1 12.5 121 6 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.8 7.61 5 800 2026 15.4 6.3 55 9.1 10.0 131 6 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.5 7.52 6 750 2569 10.2 5.5 73 4.7 7.4 148 6 307.6 309.0 291.9 330.6 7.56 7 700 3137 5.5 0.6 71 4.9 2.9 237 7 308.5 309.6 290.6 326.2 5.72 8 650 3740 2.2 -9.2 43 11.4 -2.6 292 22 311.5 312.0 289.0 320.9 2.93 9 600 4379 -3.5 -10.1 60 6.6 -6.1 289 25 312.1 312.7 289.2 321.6 2.96 10 550 5060 -8.6 -11.3 81 2.7 -9.6 292 35 313.9 314.4 289.8 323.3 2.93 11 500 5792 -14.3 -19.5 64 5.3 -15.8 292 45 315.6 315.9 289.0 321.1 1.63 12 450 6581 -19.5 -31.0 35 11.6 -21.7 291 51 318.8 318.9 289.0 321.0 0.64 13 400 7446 -24.6 -40.3 22 15.7 -26.6 289 60 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.1 0.29 14 350 8406 -30.7 -52.7 10 22.0 -32.4 281 70 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.7 0.08 15 300 9484 -38.1 -56.5 13 18.4 -39.1 273 84 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.06 16 250 10711 -47.8 -59.4 25 11.6 -48.2 271 90 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.05 17 200 12158 -53.9 -73.3 8 19.4 -54.2 279 93 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 13998 -55.7 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 285 71 374.0 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16545 -60.2 -87.5 2 27.3 -60.4 285 47 411.5 411.5 306.7 411.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.39 m Freezing level: 630.48 mb = 3989.27 m = 13087.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.90 mb = 3446.29 m = 11306.58 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.46 mb = 3096.83 m = 10160.07 ft T: 5.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.44 C/km ThetaE index: 9.76 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.88 mb = 3374.41 m = 11070.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 37.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 379.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.17 mb = 3147.04 m = 10324.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.17 mb = 4063.44 m = 13331.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 334.17 mb = 8729.20 m = 28638.76 ft B at Equ Level: 376.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.17 mb = 11714.03 m = 38431.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 318.2 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 146.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 3.10 Bulk Shear: 122.34 m/s