MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 JUL 22 Station: 46.11,-103.48 Latitude: 46.11 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 58 1 950 514 SFC 908 919 27.9 11.4 36 16.5 17.1 137 13 309.5 311.2 293.9 338.1 9.35 3 900 994 26.5 10.5 37 15.9 16.3 138 14 308.8 310.5 293.3 336.0 8.91 4 850 1493 21.4 9.3 46 12.2 13.8 140 15 308.6 310.2 293.0 335.0 8.67 5 800 2014 16.3 8.4 59 7.9 11.4 142 15 308.5 310.2 293.0 334.9 8.66 6 750 2558 11.2 6.8 74 4.4 8.5 148 14 308.7 310.3 292.8 334.0 8.28 7 700 3131 8.3 1.1 61 7.2 4.4 249 12 311.7 312.8 291.7 330.2 5.94 8 650 3739 3.9 -2.4 63 6.3 0.7 283 20 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.0 4.94 9 600 4384 -1.2 -6.7 66 5.5 -3.7 281 26 314.8 315.5 290.9 327.2 3.87 10 550 5070 -6.8 -18.5 39 11.7 -10.6 283 26 316.0 316.3 289.2 321.4 1.62 11 500 5806 -11.7 -31.1 18 19.4 -16.0 289 30 318.7 318.8 289.0 320.8 0.57 12 450 6604 -17.0 -49.5 4 32.5 -21.0 288 43 321.8 321.9 289.4 322.2 0.09 13 400 7474 -23.9 -49.9 7 26.0 -26.5 286 50 323.9 323.9 290.0 324.3 0.10 14 350 8436 -30.2 -54.6 7 24.4 -32.0 286 55 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.07 15 300 9515 -37.8 -59.2 9 21.4 -38.9 285 59 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 16 250 10751 -44.8 -64.9 9 20.1 -45.4 285 76 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.02 17 200 12219 -51.2 -71.8 7 20.5 -51.7 288 91 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14055 -59.6 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.8 269 63 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16578 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 293 29 411.2 411.2 306.6 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.27 m Freezing level: 611.52 mb = 4235.02 m = 13894.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.78 mb = 3841.52 m = 12603.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 713.06 mb = 2977.69 m = 9769.21 ft T: 9.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.54 mb = 3447.27 m = 11309.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 35.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 532.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.69 mb = 3005.29 m = 9859.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.69 mb = 4175.65 m = 13699.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.69 mb = 9846.13 m = 32303.19 ft B at Equ Level: 531.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.69 mb = 12358.12 m = 40544.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3.27 Bulk Shear: 162.74 m/s