MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 14 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 54 1 950 515 SFC 908 919 30.8 15.1 39 15.7 19.9 141 16 312.4 314.7 296.4 349.2 11.94 3 900 999 29.5 14.3 40 15.1 19.1 143 19 311.9 314.1 296.0 347.2 11.49 4 850 1505 24.4 13.2 50 11.2 16.9 145 22 311.7 313.9 295.8 346.5 11.32 5 800 2031 20.8 9.0 47 11.8 13.3 167 22 313.3 315.0 294.6 341.3 9.04 6 750 2588 18.3 4.7 41 13.6 10.1 226 10 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.1 7.17 7 700 3173 14.0 -8.0 21 22.1 3.5 279 9 318.0 318.6 291.1 327.8 2.98 8 650 3792 8.9 -9.4 26 18.3 0.5 301 13 319.1 319.6 291.3 328.6 2.89 9 600 4446 3.0 -13.3 29 16.3 -3.7 294 15 319.5 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.28 10 550 5143 -2.6 -19.5 26 16.8 -8.4 287 19 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.1 1.49 11 500 5891 -7.2 -34.4 9 27.2 -13.3 285 20 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.8 0.41 12 450 6703 -12.4 -40.0 8 27.6 -17.4 285 24 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.6 0.26 13 400 7590 -19.4 -41.3 12 21.9 -22.7 290 29 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.8 0.26 14 350 8566 -27.3 -34.2 52 6.9 -28.4 290 30 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.2 0.60 15 300 9656 -36.2 -43.1 49 7.0 -36.8 290 26 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.28 16 250 10899 -44.1 -60.5 15 16.4 -44.7 295 42 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12362 -53.3 -72.6 8 19.3 -53.7 295 53 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14181 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.3 298 39 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16678 -63.4 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.6 297 21 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.35 m Freezing level: 573.43 mb = 4816.34 m = 15801.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.52 mb = 3873.72 m = 12708.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.17 C = 93.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.99 mb = 2899.04 m = 9511.16 ft T: 16.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.80 C/km ThetaE index: 21.40 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 647.85 mb = 3818.82 m = 12528.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.28 C = 99.10 F Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.57 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 22.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1002.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 245.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.96 mb = 3017.64 m = 9900.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.96 mb = 4473.46 m = 14676.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.96 mb = 11798.27 m = 38707.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1000.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.96 mb = 14695.97 m = 48214.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -114.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.3 neg: -8.2 tot: 127.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 7.29 Bulk Shear: 137.51 m/s