MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207071200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 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 103 1 950 553 SFC 911 919 26.2 18.6 63 7.6 20.8 96 11 307.4 310.2 297.2 352.7 15.01 3 900 1031 24.4 17.9 67 6.5 19.8 97 12 306.7 309.4 296.7 350.2 14.47 4 850 1529 19.5 17.0 85 2.5 17.7 99 12 306.5 309.2 296.7 350.0 14.47 5 800 2048 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 132 3 307.3 309.7 295.8 346.3 12.93 6 750 2593 11.8 7.0 72 4.8 8.9 287 10 309.4 311.0 293.1 335.1 8.41 7 700 3168 10.7 -0.3 46 11.1 4.8 302 18 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.2 5.34 8 650 3780 5.9 -4.1 48 10.0 0.9 318 25 315.6 316.5 291.6 329.5 4.33 9 600 4429 1.0 -7.6 53 8.6 -2.9 315 25 317.3 318.0 291.5 329.0 3.61 10 550 5122 -4.4 -12.9 51 8.5 -7.7 312 22 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.4 2.57 11 500 5865 -9.7 -20.9 40 11.1 -13.2 306 22 321.2 321.4 290.6 326.1 1.45 12 450 6670 -14.0 -37.6 12 23.6 -18.3 291 22 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.34 13 400 7553 -20.1 -44.4 10 24.3 -23.4 276 19 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 14 350 8526 -28.2 -50.8 10 22.6 -30.3 265 19 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 15 300 9612 -36.9 -59.2 8 22.3 -38.1 253 27 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.04 16 250 10848 -46.3 -60.0 20 13.7 -46.7 235 38 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.05 17 200 12301 -52.6 -67.0 16 14.4 -52.9 241 47 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14144 -56.5 -82.1 3 25.6 -56.8 253 42 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16673 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 263 19 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.86 m Freezing level: 590.40 mb = 4562.31 m = 14968.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3930.81 m = 12896.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.18 mb = 1876.27 m = 6155.66 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 26.56 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1943.90 m = 6377.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.96 C = 78.73 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -6.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -6.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2071.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.54 mb = 1893.56 m = 6212.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.54 mb = 2052.69 m = 6734.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 699.54 mb = 3173.57 m = 10411.85 ft B at Equ Level: 27.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.54 mb = 16104.40 m = 52835.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.0 neg: -3.3 tot: 158.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 18.46 Bulk Shear: 112.26 m/s