MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207161200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207161200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 17 JUL 22 Station: 46.18,-103.38 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 505 SFC 908 910 34.0 10.8 24 23.2 18.7 315 6 315.7 317.4 295.3 343.8 8.97 3 900 994 32.7 9.5 24 23.2 17.7 314 7 315.2 316.8 294.6 341.2 8.31 4 850 1504 27.6 8.2 29 19.4 15.3 310 8 315.1 316.6 294.4 340.3 8.05 5 800 2035 22.4 6.9 37 15.5 12.8 307 9 315.1 316.6 294.3 339.7 7.85 6 750 2591 17.1 5.7 47 11.4 10.2 304 9 315.1 316.6 294.1 339.2 7.69 7 700 3174 11.4 4.4 62 7.0 7.3 302 10 315.1 316.6 294.0 338.7 7.51 8 650 3787 5.7 0.4 69 5.2 2.8 303 15 315.4 316.6 293.0 334.6 6.09 9 600 4436 1.6 -21.4 16 23.0 -6.0 308 18 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.9 1.15 10 550 5132 -1.8 -29.7 10 27.9 -9.3 314 21 321.9 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.59 11 500 5883 -6.8 -32.0 11 25.2 -12.9 331 21 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.52 12 450 6693 -13.3 -34.3 15 20.9 -17.7 324 19 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.47 13 400 7576 -20.7 -40.6 15 19.9 -23.7 310 19 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.28 14 350 8548 -27.9 -46.1 16 18.1 -29.9 302 13 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.18 15 300 9634 -36.8 -46.4 37 9.6 -37.6 277 13 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.3 0.20 16 250 10874 -44.3 -59.9 16 15.6 -45.0 278 27 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12351 -48.6 -75.9 3 27.3 -49.1 286 43 355.8 355.8 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 14214 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 280 43 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16722 -65.2 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 298 21 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5840.37 m Freezing level: 576.56 mb = 4762.02 m = 15623.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.99 mb = 3989.06 m = 13087.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.52 % Est. max temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 648.73 mb = 3802.79 m = 12476.19 ft T: 5.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.92 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 628.32 mb = 4061.94 m = 13326.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.77 C = 94.59 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.03 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 145.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 452.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 639.87 mb = 3914.24 m = 12841.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 514.87 mb = 5651.62 m = 18541.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.87 mb = 10742.53 m = 35244.10 ft B at Equ Level: 451.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.87 mb = 12519.02 m = 41072.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.9 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 344.9 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 62.72 Bulk Shear: 7.21 m/s