MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207101200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207101200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 11 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 74 1 950 531 SFC 909 919 29.0 11.1 33 17.9 17.3 316 10 310.5 312.2 294.0 338.5 9.14 3 900 1012 27.5 9.9 33 17.6 16.3 314 12 309.9 311.5 293.3 336.1 8.56 4 850 1513 22.5 8.7 41 13.8 13.8 310 13 309.7 311.3 293.1 335.2 8.33 5 800 2036 17.4 7.7 53 9.7 11.4 305 13 309.7 311.3 293.1 335.1 8.27 6 750 2582 12.1 6.6 69 5.5 8.8 300 14 309.7 311.2 293.0 334.8 8.18 7 700 3155 7.0 2.6 74 4.4 4.5 290 22 310.2 311.5 291.9 330.6 6.61 8 650 3760 3.4 -6.4 48 9.8 -1.1 286 35 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.4 3.64 9 600 4404 -0.8 -8.1 57 7.4 -4.0 282 36 315.2 315.9 290.7 326.4 3.45 10 550 5094 -4.6 -19.4 31 14.7 -9.5 278 43 318.6 318.9 289.9 323.7 1.50 11 500 5837 -9.4 -20.8 39 11.4 -12.9 274 49 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.6 1.46 12 450 6642 -14.9 -25.7 40 10.7 -17.7 268 56 324.4 324.7 291.2 328.2 1.05 13 400 7521 -21.5 -29.8 47 8.3 -23.2 261 61 327.0 327.1 291.7 329.9 0.80 14 350 8488 -29.5 -38.9 39 9.5 -30.7 257 67 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.38 15 300 9569 -38.1 -53.0 19 14.9 -39.0 254 75 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.09 16 250 10799 -46.9 -61.3 18 14.4 -47.3 251 89 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12249 -54.5 -69.4 14 14.9 -54.8 253 93 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14087 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 260 56 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16645 -60.0 -84.9 2 24.8 -60.3 269 22 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.77 m Freezing level: 609.08 mb = 4287.25 m = 14065.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.72 mb = 3638.93 m = 11938.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.88 mb = 3156.30 m = 10355.19 ft T: 6.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.08 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.18 mb = 3389.55 m = 11120.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.54 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.89 C Cross Totals Index: 18.08 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.72 mb = 3228.47 m = 10591.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.72 mb = 4027.95 m = 13214.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.72 mb = 10311.59 m = 33830.28 ft B at Equ Level: 264.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.72 mb = 12289.50 m = 40319.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 73.00 m/s