MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 28 JUN 23 Station: 46.11,-103.56 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 481 SFC 903 926 21.6 16.1 71 5.5 17.9 155 6 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.8 12.87 3 900 953 21.3 15.8 71 5.5 17.6 156 6 303.5 305.8 294.6 341.1 12.66 4 850 1445 16.4 14.7 89 1.7 15.3 160 7 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.4 12.47 5 800 1958 13.0 12.9 99 0.2 12.9 215 2 305.0 307.2 294.3 340.1 11.74 6 750 2499 9.6 4.6 71 5.0 6.7 357 8 307.0 308.3 291.3 328.6 7.10 7 700 3068 6.4 0.8 67 5.6 3.4 349 11 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.5 5.79 8 650 3672 2.6 -1.9 72 4.5 0.3 323 7 311.9 312.8 291.1 327.9 5.12 9 600 4314 -1.9 -3.0 92 1.2 -2.4 264 5 314.0 314.9 291.7 330.1 5.10 10 550 5001 -6.4 -9.3 80 2.9 -7.7 223 8 316.5 317.1 291.0 327.6 3.44 11 500 5740 -11.4 -15.5 71 4.1 -12.8 215 11 319.1 319.6 290.8 326.7 2.28 12 450 6539 -16.9 -20.6 73 3.7 -18.0 228 10 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.6 1.64 13 400 7410 -24.0 -27.9 70 4.0 -24.8 264 8 323.8 324.0 290.9 327.2 0.96 14 350 8370 -31.2 -34.5 73 3.2 -31.7 274 14 326.6 326.8 291.4 328.8 0.59 15 300 9443 -39.8 -43.2 70 3.4 -40.1 235 22 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.28 16 250 10666 -48.7 -52.3 66 3.6 -48.8 239 53 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.12 17 200 12106 -52.7 -68.8 13 16.0 -53.1 259 59 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13976 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 255 35 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16568 -57.0 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 241 25 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.50 m Freezing level: 621.12 mb = 4043.24 m = 13265.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.32 mb = 3742.65 m = 12278.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.83 % Est. max temperature: 24.86 C = 76.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.29 mb = 1623.00 m = 5324.74 ft T: 15.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 14.27 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1833.15 m = 6014.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.70 C = 72.86 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.85 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1549.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.95 mb = 1729.01 m = 5672.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.95 mb = 1990.46 m = 6530.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.95 mb = 11290.17 m = 37040.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1545.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.95 mb = 14107.68 m = 46284.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: -11.6 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 111.45 Bulk Shear: 13.90 m/s