MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 29 JUN 23 Station: 46.14,-103.59 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 502 SFC 905 926 25.3 12.1 44 13.3 16.7 319 8 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.8 9.83 3 900 979 24.5 11.0 42 13.6 15.8 320 9 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.5 9.17 4 850 1475 19.6 9.4 52 10.2 13.2 321 11 306.7 308.3 292.6 333.1 8.75 5 800 1992 14.6 8.3 66 6.3 10.7 323 10 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.8 8.60 6 750 2534 9.5 7.0 85 2.4 8.0 326 9 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.4 8.42 7 700 3101 4.8 -0.4 69 5.2 2.1 308 9 307.8 308.8 290.0 324.1 5.31 8 650 3701 0.9 -0.8 89 1.6 0.0 279 19 309.9 311.0 290.9 327.2 5.57 9 600 4340 -2.9 -5.3 83 2.4 -4.0 275 24 312.8 313.6 290.7 326.3 4.29 10 550 5026 -6.4 -9.7 78 3.2 -7.8 269 29 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.3 3.34 11 500 5764 -11.4 -15.5 71 4.1 -12.8 268 28 319.2 319.6 290.8 326.8 2.29 12 450 6564 -16.8 -28.2 36 11.4 -19.4 261 33 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.1 0.83 13 400 7435 -23.5 -35.1 34 11.6 -25.4 261 32 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.48 14 350 8397 -30.9 -46.5 20 15.6 -32.3 261 32 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 15 300 9470 -40.0 -51.4 29 11.4 -40.6 260 34 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.4 0.11 16 250 10685 -51.0 -55.8 56 4.8 -51.1 257 37 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 17 200 12110 -54.6 -72.3 9 17.7 -54.8 259 37 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 13960 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 260 38 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16562 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.2 247 24 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.01 m Freezing level: 638.48 mb = 3848.67 m = 12626.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.76 mb = 3704.48 m = 12153.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.21 mb = 2586.29 m = 8485.10 ft T: 9.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.69 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2797.07 m = 9176.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.82 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 560.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.98 mb = 2733.72 m = 8968.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.98 mb = 2904.12 m = 9527.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.98 mb = 11026.91 m = 36177.08 ft B at Equ Level: 551.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.98 mb = 12896.42 m = 42310.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 14.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.72 Bulk Shear: 28.41 m/s