MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306150000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306150000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 15 JUN 23 Station: 46.07,-103.64 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 485 SFC 902 930 15.6 15.0 96 0.6 15.3 42 4 297.5 299.6 292.3 332.2 11.98 3 900 947 15.4 14.9 97 0.5 15.1 41 4 297.4 299.5 292.2 331.8 11.90 4 850 1430 13.6 10.5 81 3.1 11.7 163 8 300.4 302.1 291.2 328.1 9.41 5 800 1940 11.1 9.9 92 1.3 10.3 217 8 303.0 304.8 292.2 331.6 9.60 6 750 2477 8.3 6.3 87 2.0 7.1 207 6 305.6 307.1 291.6 329.8 8.01 7 700 3045 5.5 1.8 77 3.7 3.5 209 8 308.6 309.8 291.1 327.8 6.25 8 650 3647 1.6 -2.4 75 4.0 -0.4 228 8 310.8 311.7 290.6 326.2 4.93 9 600 4287 -2.6 -4.9 84 2.3 -3.7 225 9 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.1 4.42 10 550 4973 -6.3 -7.8 89 1.5 -7.0 211 12 316.6 317.3 291.5 329.1 3.87 11 500 5713 -10.6 -12.1 89 1.5 -11.2 203 15 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.1 3.02 12 450 6515 -16.3 -18.4 84 2.0 -17.0 202 17 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 2.00 13 400 7390 -22.3 -24.8 80 2.5 -22.9 200 23 326.0 326.2 291.9 330.5 1.28 14 350 8357 -29.1 -32.0 76 2.9 -29.6 205 29 329.5 329.6 292.3 332.2 0.75 15 300 9439 -38.2 -41.4 72 3.1 -38.5 205 33 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.8 0.34 16 250 10662 -49.9 -53.3 67 3.5 -50.0 199 38 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.11 17 200 12075 -63.0 -67.2 56 4.3 -63.0 188 36 333.1 333.1 292.6 333.2 0.02 18 150 13868 -55.4 -79.3 4 23.9 -55.8 217 15 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16450 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 279 6 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.22 m Freezing level: 630.96 mb = 3890.93 m = 12765.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.97 mb = 3585.30 m = 11762.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.74 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.39 mb = 1009.29 m = 3311.29 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.33 mb = 2083.59 m = 6835.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.70 C = 71.06 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: 0.69 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 30.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.11 mb = 1669.97 m = 5478.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.11 mb = 4272.46 m = 14017.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 581.11 mb = 4539.40 m = 14892.87 ft B at Equ Level: 23.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 471.11 mb = 6165.99 m = 20229.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.1 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 237.1 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 15.37 m/s