MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 JUL 22 Station: 46.16,-103.43 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 1 950 469 SFC 904 915 28.6 18.8 56 9.7 21.6 99 10 310.6 313.5 298.2 357.4 15.33 3 900 953 28.2 18.5 56 9.7 21.2 100 10 310.6 313.4 298.0 356.6 15.06 4 850 1457 23.3 17.1 68 6.1 18.9 113 14 310.5 313.3 297.7 355.2 14.62 5 800 1983 18.2 16.2 88 2.1 16.8 122 15 310.6 313.4 297.7 355.3 14.61 6 750 2534 14.3 12.9 91 1.4 13.4 162 20 312.1 314.5 296.8 350.8 12.57 7 700 3116 12.8 3.2 52 9.6 7.2 234 15 316.7 318.0 294.0 338.5 6.90 8 650 3733 8.0 -2.6 47 10.6 2.5 258 17 318.1 319.0 292.7 333.7 4.88 9 600 4387 2.5 -6.6 51 9.1 -1.8 260 21 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.7 3.90 10 550 5083 -3.4 -9.8 61 6.5 -6.1 257 24 320.1 320.7 292.0 331.0 3.30 11 500 5828 -9.6 -13.1 75 3.5 -10.9 254 32 321.4 321.9 291.9 330.6 2.79 12 450 6632 -15.0 -29.0 29 14.0 -18.3 250 38 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.1 0.77 13 400 7512 -20.9 -44.2 10 23.3 -24.0 250 43 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.19 14 350 8483 -27.8 -47.2 14 19.4 -29.8 249 55 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.15 15 300 9570 -36.7 -48.0 30 11.3 -37.6 248 69 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.2 0.16 16 250 10810 -44.6 -63.9 10 19.3 -45.2 247 77 339.8 339.8 294.3 339.9 0.03 17 200 12273 -53.5 -73.9 7 20.4 -53.8 249 84 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14085 -62.4 -79.7 8 17.4 -62.5 251 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16581 -60.8 -85.5 2 24.7 -61.0 243 28 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.43 m Freezing level: 578.71 mb = 4683.23 m = 15364.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.00 mb = 4105.87 m = 13470.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.55 mb = 2149.24 m = 7051.24 ft T: 17.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.25 C/km ThetaE index: 28.15 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2344.53 m = 7691.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -8.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: -8.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.86 C Cross Totals Index: 26.72 C K Index: 40.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 477.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2906.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.21 mb = 2218.44 m = 7278.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.21 mb = 2497.10 m = 8192.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.21 mb = 2724.70 m = 8939.18 ft B at Equ Level: 0.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 723.21 mb = 2840.63 m = 9319.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.71 Bulk Rich Number: 21.61 Bulk Shear: 134.46 m/s