MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 23 JUN 23 Station: 46.20,-103.64 Latitude: 46.20 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 127 1 950 568 SFC 912 924 20.1 11.9 59 8.2 14.9 73 8 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.7 9.66 3 900 1035 18.3 11.1 63 7.2 13.8 72 8 300.3 302.0 291.0 327.6 9.25 4 850 1521 13.4 10.0 79 3.5 11.3 67 8 300.2 301.9 290.9 326.9 9.08 5 800 2027 9.2 7.4 89 1.8 8.2 57 6 301.0 302.5 290.3 325.0 8.11 6 750 2563 8.3 3.0 70 5.2 5.4 183 6 305.5 306.7 290.2 324.9 6.36 7 700 3129 4.4 1.5 81 2.9 2.8 255 11 307.3 308.5 290.6 326.0 6.09 8 650 3732 2.9 -6.0 52 8.8 -1.2 260 18 312.2 312.9 290.0 324.2 3.77 9 600 4375 -1.2 -8.4 58 7.2 -4.3 241 24 314.8 315.4 290.5 325.6 3.37 10 550 5062 -6.6 -13.2 59 6.6 -9.1 234 28 316.3 316.8 290.2 324.5 2.52 11 500 5799 -11.9 -24.3 35 12.4 -15.2 235 32 318.5 318.7 289.4 322.2 1.07 12 450 6595 -18.5 -25.9 52 7.4 -20.2 234 33 320.0 320.2 289.9 323.6 1.03 13 400 7460 -25.5 -32.6 52 7.1 -26.6 240 38 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.1 0.62 14 350 8419 -30.7 -47.2 18 16.5 -32.2 243 44 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.15 15 300 9494 -39.2 -53.0 22 13.8 -39.9 240 52 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 16 250 10718 -48.0 -58.3 29 10.3 -48.3 234 51 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12163 -54.7 -69.7 14 15.0 -55.0 227 50 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13988 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.7 -56.9 230 40 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16544 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 255 20 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.39 m Freezing level: 614.58 mb = 4187.69 m = 13738.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.97 mb = 3546.73 m = 11636.10 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.31 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.50 mb = 1949.49 m = 6395.88 ft T: 9.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 4.80 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.31 mb = 2614.76 m = 8578.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.23 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: 0.78 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 32.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 251.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.26 mb = 1993.49 m = 6540.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 458.26 mb = 6457.62 m = 21186.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.26 mb = 7861.52 m = 25792.07 ft B at Equ Level: 13.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 358.26 mb = 8251.62 m = 27071.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: -11.4 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 100.74 m/s