MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 18 JUL 22 Station: 46.2,-103.51 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 490 SFC 906 921 36.3 7.5 17 28.8 17.8 165 10 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.1 7.18 3 900 983 35.3 6.6 17 28.7 17.2 167 11 317.9 319.2 294.2 339.4 6.78 4 850 1496 30.2 4.7 20 25.5 14.6 172 12 317.7 319.0 293.8 337.8 6.30 5 800 2032 25.0 3.9 26 21.1 12.3 177 11 317.8 319.0 293.8 338.0 6.34 6 750 2592 19.6 3.0 33 16.5 9.8 185 11 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.0 6.35 7 700 3179 13.8 1.9 44 12.0 7.0 201 10 317.8 319.0 293.8 337.8 6.27 8 650 3797 8.2 -0.1 56 8.3 3.7 249 12 318.2 319.4 293.6 337.0 5.87 9 600 4451 2.8 -5.5 54 8.3 -1.2 293 20 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.2 4.24 10 550 5149 -2.5 -7.9 66 5.5 -5.0 311 33 321.1 321.9 292.7 333.7 3.83 11 500 5898 -7.3 -21.9 30 14.6 -11.9 308 33 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.7 1.32 12 450 6711 -11.5 -44.0 5 32.5 -17.0 298 36 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.17 13 400 7603 -17.4 -49.4 4 32.0 -21.6 292 39 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 14 350 8588 -24.7 -52.2 6 27.5 -27.5 291 48 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.09 15 300 9691 -33.2 -51.3 15 18.1 -34.6 288 54 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.1 0.11 16 250 10945 -43.1 -52.2 36 9.2 -43.6 285 63 342.0 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.12 17 200 12413 -52.6 -69.7 11 17.1 -52.9 290 60 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14239 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.7 286 39 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16730 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 264 18 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.50 m Freezing level: 573.37 mb = 4822.97 m = 15823.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.45 mb = 4283.58 m = 14053.56 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.17 % Est. max temperature: 35.82 C = 96.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 597.50 mb = 4484.92 m = 14714.14 ft T: 2.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.79 C/km ThetaE index: 4.86 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 566.80 mb = 4907.87 m = 16101.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.50 C = 101.29 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: 0.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 37.49 C Cross Totals Index: 12.02 C K Index: 30.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3869.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 587.87 mb = 4615.25 m = 15141.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 314.1 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 97.66 m/s