MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 19 JUL 22 Station: 46.2,-103.46 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -38 1 950 430 SFC 900 918 34.8 12.3 26 22.5 19.5 165 6 317.3 319.3 296.4 348.8 10.01 3 900 921 34.2 11.6 25 22.6 19.0 166 5 316.7 318.6 295.9 346.8 9.58 4 850 1434 29.2 10.0 30 19.1 16.6 172 6 316.7 318.5 295.6 345.4 9.12 5 800 1969 24.8 7.3 33 17.5 13.7 211 4 317.6 319.1 295.0 343.0 8.03 6 750 2530 20.9 3.2 31 17.6 10.3 265 9 319.2 320.5 294.3 339.8 6.44 7 700 3121 16.0 1.1 36 14.9 7.5 283 18 320.2 321.4 294.1 339.3 5.93 8 650 3744 11.0 -4.2 34 15.2 3.2 285 20 321.4 322.3 293.2 335.6 4.33 9 600 4405 5.3 -5.7 45 11.1 -0.2 270 24 322.3 323.1 293.3 335.9 4.15 10 550 5108 -0.7 -7.8 59 7.1 -4.0 267 25 323.2 324.0 293.3 336.0 3.86 11 500 5861 -6.0 -12.3 61 6.3 -8.6 258 26 325.7 326.3 293.3 335.7 2.97 12 450 6678 -11.0 -18.9 52 7.9 -13.7 249 34 329.4 329.8 293.3 336.1 1.91 13 400 7571 -17.6 -22.9 63 5.4 -19.1 256 41 332.2 332.5 293.7 337.5 1.51 14 350 8557 -24.3 -30.0 59 5.7 -25.5 254 47 336.0 336.2 294.1 339.3 0.91 15 300 9663 -32.3 -38.0 57 5.7 -33.1 258 57 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.7 0.48 16 250 10923 -41.9 -51.3 35 9.5 -42.5 261 56 343.8 343.8 295.4 344.4 0.14 17 200 12400 -51.1 -72.6 6 21.6 -51.5 263 46 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14223 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.4 258 36 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16729 -63.5 -84.5 4 21.0 -63.7 235 12 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5899.13 m Freezing level: 555.86 mb = 5025.33 m = 16487.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.34 mb = 4372.56 m = 14345.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.57 % Est. max temperature: 36.62 C = 97.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.23 mb = 3741.16 m = 12273.99 ft T: 11.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.05 C/km ThetaE index: 13.23 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 592.77 mb = 4502.53 m = 14771.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.74 C = 103.54 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.19 C Cross Totals Index: 16.05 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 257.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.02 mb = 3897.65 m = 12787.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.02 mb = 5208.62 m = 17088.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.02 mb = 10840.04 m = 35564.02 ft B at Equ Level: 306.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.02 mb = 12962.33 m = 42526.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -3.9 tot: 24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 5.65 Bulk Shear: 54.38 m/s