MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207151200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 16 JUL 22 Station: 46.18,-103.4 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 522 SFC 910 912 33.7 16.7 36 17.1 21.6 155 12 315.3 317.8 298.0 356.4 13.23 3 900 1012 32.2 15.6 37 16.6 20.6 157 14 314.7 317.1 297.4 353.5 12.50 4 850 1522 27.2 14.6 46 12.6 18.4 159 15 314.6 317.0 297.3 353.0 12.35 5 800 2054 22.0 13.6 59 8.4 16.3 161 16 314.6 317.0 297.3 352.9 12.33 6 750 2610 17.6 6.9 49 10.7 10.9 177 12 315.7 317.3 294.7 341.8 8.33 7 700 3195 13.8 -9.0 20 22.8 3.1 249 4 317.8 318.3 290.8 326.8 2.75 8 650 3813 8.8 -9.0 27 17.8 0.6 291 8 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.7 2.98 9 600 4468 2.8 -9.1 41 11.9 -2.6 293 12 319.3 319.9 291.7 329.8 3.20 10 550 5163 -3.3 -15.0 40 11.7 -7.7 288 12 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.17 11 500 5909 -8.7 -18.3 46 9.6 -11.9 285 21 322.5 322.8 291.3 328.7 1.81 12 450 6718 -13.0 -30.9 21 17.9 -17.1 283 27 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.3 0.65 13 400 7606 -18.3 -22.0 72 3.7 -19.4 270 39 331.2 331.6 293.6 337.0 1.64 14 350 8590 -24.0 -28.3 68 4.3 -24.9 265 49 336.4 336.6 294.4 340.3 1.07 15 300 9699 -31.6 -37.6 55 6.0 -32.4 262 69 340.8 341.0 295.0 342.8 0.50 16 250 10960 -42.6 -48.0 55 5.4 -43.0 261 74 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.5 0.20 17 200 12425 -54.3 -61.7 40 7.4 -54.5 270 73 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.0 0.05 18 150 14232 -62.5 -77.1 12 14.6 -62.6 268 53 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16717 -64.2 -85.0 4 20.9 -64.3 273 14 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.02 m Freezing level: 577.32 mb = 4783.12 m = 15692.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.43 mb = 3934.35 m = 12907.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.96 % Est. max temperature: 33.92 C = 93.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.38 mb = 3058.56 m = 10034.53 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km ThetaE index: 29.62 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.46 mb = 3529.81 m = 11580.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.77 C = 98.18 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.35 C Showalter Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.02 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 27.53 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 552.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1828.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 707.55 mb = 3104.30 m = 10184.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.55 mb = 3907.33 m = 12819.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.55 mb = 13352.22 m = 43805.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1810.31 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.3 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 288.3 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -34.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -10.6 tot: 26.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 28.96 Bulk Shear: 63.13 m/s