MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 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 57 1 950 508 SFC 907 919 25.4 16.2 57 9.1 19.1 65 5 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.9 12.92 3 900 984 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.2 65 5 306.2 308.5 295.2 343.7 12.48 4 850 1480 19.0 14.6 76 4.4 16.0 60 6 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.2 12.38 5 800 1998 14.0 13.3 95 0.8 13.6 52 7 306.1 308.4 294.8 342.3 12.05 6 750 2541 13.0 6.6 65 6.4 9.1 295 14 310.7 312.2 293.3 335.8 8.17 7 700 3123 12.6 -1.3 38 13.9 5.1 284 19 316.4 317.4 292.3 332.3 4.95 8 650 3739 8.1 -6.6 35 14.7 1.0 258 22 318.1 318.8 291.6 329.8 3.59 9 600 4392 2.4 -8.6 44 11.0 -2.6 243 30 318.9 319.6 291.7 329.8 3.33 10 550 5087 -4.1 -9.9 64 5.8 -6.6 236 34 319.2 319.8 291.7 329.9 3.27 11 500 5830 -9.8 -21.4 38 11.6 -13.3 240 37 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.9 1.38 12 450 6635 -14.7 -26.3 37 11.6 -17.6 253 43 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.3 0.99 13 400 7516 -20.1 -34.4 27 14.3 -22.7 256 45 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.8 0.52 14 350 8490 -28.3 -38.0 39 9.6 -29.7 255 47 330.6 330.6 292.3 332.1 0.41 15 300 9578 -36.1 -55.3 12 19.3 -37.2 263 56 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.07 16 250 10816 -46.3 -58.5 24 12.2 -46.7 260 61 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12265 -54.8 -72.6 9 17.8 -55.1 260 55 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.01 18 150 14088 -58.3 -80.1 4 21.9 -58.5 252 51 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16606 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 239 23 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.25 m Freezing level: 581.40 mb = 4650.87 m = 15258.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.79 mb = 3919.36 m = 12858.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.41 mb = 2067.52 m = 6783.12 ft T: 13.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 16.10 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.96 mb = 3303.24 m = 10837.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.03 C = 95.05 F Cap Strength: 3.91 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.91 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 29.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1016.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.43 mb = 2046.17 m = 6713.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.43 mb = 4386.61 m = 14391.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.43 mb = 11934.85 m = 39155.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1005.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.43 mb = 14498.04 m = 47565.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.1 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 281.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -66.0 tot: -63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: -3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.51 Bulk Shear: 119.40 m/s