MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306210000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306210000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 21 JUN 23 Station: 46.09,-103.83 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -103.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 1 950 588 SFC 912 930 12.8 11.7 93 1.1 12.1 345 8 293.5 295.2 288.9 320.7 9.51 3 900 1043 11.5 11.1 97 0.4 11.2 348 11 293.3 295.0 288.6 319.7 9.24 4 850 1522 12.5 10.5 88 2.0 11.3 357 13 299.2 301.0 290.8 326.9 9.44 5 800 2031 10.8 9.8 93 1.0 10.2 317 12 302.7 304.4 292.0 331.0 9.54 6 750 2568 8.3 8.2 99 0.1 8.2 286 4 305.6 307.3 292.5 333.0 9.12 7 700 3135 5.0 4.6 98 0.3 4.8 225 4 308.0 309.4 292.1 331.3 7.65 8 650 3737 1.9 -0.1 86 2.0 0.8 209 10 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.3 5.84 9 600 4378 -2.3 -3.5 92 1.2 -2.9 229 23 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.0 4.93 10 550 5065 -6.4 -8.5 85 2.1 -7.3 231 34 316.5 317.2 291.2 328.4 3.66 11 500 5804 -11.2 -15.5 70 4.3 -12.7 220 39 319.4 319.9 290.9 327.1 2.29 12 450 6605 -15.5 -28.6 32 13.1 -18.5 213 43 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.6 0.80 13 400 7486 -19.6 -45.3 8 25.8 -23.1 212 53 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.17 14 350 8461 -27.8 -39.4 32 11.6 -29.3 209 55 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.7 0.36 15 300 9550 -36.1 -54.6 13 18.4 -37.3 203 57 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.08 16 250 10789 -45.7 -57.9 24 12.1 -46.2 196 62 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12236 -57.1 -67.2 27 10.1 -57.3 206 63 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 18 150 14013 -64.2 -77.4 15 13.2 -64.3 219 60 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16551 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 207 23 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.25 m Freezing level: 627.53 mb = 4025.15 m = 13205.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.80 mb = 3876.24 m = 12717.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.97 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.08 mb = 1061.32 m = 3481.98 ft T: 11.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2468.64 m = 8099.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.01 C = 75.21 F Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.55 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6898.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.96 mb = 1581.87 m = 5189.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.9 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 258.9 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 4.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.0 neg: -29.9 tot: 44.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 116.22 m/s