MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 15 JUN 23 Station: 46.14,-103.54 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -20 1 950 430 2 900 909 SFC 899 924 27.4 9.6 33 17.9 16.0 155 13 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.5 8.35 4 850 1410 22.3 7.1 37 15.2 13.0 159 17 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.4 7.45 5 800 1932 17.2 6.1 48 11.1 10.6 162 18 309.5 310.9 292.3 332.3 7.41 6 750 2477 11.9 5.0 63 6.8 7.9 164 18 309.5 310.8 292.3 332.0 7.33 7 700 3049 6.3 3.8 84 2.5 4.9 167 17 309.4 310.8 292.1 331.5 7.19 8 650 3652 2.2 -2.8 70 5.0 -0.3 227 11 311.4 312.3 290.7 326.4 4.78 9 600 4295 -0.7 -13.1 38 12.4 -5.5 225 13 315.3 315.8 289.6 322.9 2.32 10 550 4984 -5.1 -20.9 28 15.8 -10.1 213 16 318.1 318.3 289.5 322.6 1.31 11 500 5726 -10.0 -25.4 27 15.5 -14.1 212 18 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.2 0.96 12 450 6528 -15.6 -32.9 21 17.3 -19.1 214 19 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.53 13 400 7405 -22.1 -38.2 22 16.1 -24.6 221 17 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.5 0.35 14 350 8371 -29.8 -43.1 26 13.4 -31.2 241 17 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 15 300 9449 -39.0 -49.4 32 10.4 -39.7 260 16 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 16 250 10668 -50.2 -56.0 50 5.8 -50.4 270 23 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.08 17 200 12083 -61.2 -65.8 55 4.6 -61.3 250 19 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 18 150 13879 -56.9 -84.5 2 27.6 -57.2 240 12 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16453 -56.3 -84.5 2 28.2 -56.8 277 9 418.9 418.9 307.6 418.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.99 m Freezing level: 612.11 mb = 4139.58 m = 13581.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.65 mb = 3619.24 m = 11874.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.92 % Est. max temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.46 mb = 3149.25 m = 10332.06 ft T: 5.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.98 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.85 mb = 3371.19 m = 11060.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.08 C K Index: 36.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.45 mb = 3267.87 m = 10721.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.45 mb = 3696.34 m = 12126.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.45 mb = 3821.56 m = 12537.77 ft B at Equ Level: 5.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 596.45 mb = 4342.27 m = 14246.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 225.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 31.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 9.95 Bulk Shear: 13.73 m/s