MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306291200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306291200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 30 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 84 1 950 537 SFC 909 926 26.4 11.6 40 14.8 16.8 346 5 307.8 309.6 293.4 336.6 9.47 3 900 1014 25.1 10.2 39 14.9 15.6 344 5 307.3 309.0 292.7 333.8 8.72 4 850 1511 20.2 9.1 49 11.1 13.3 336 6 307.3 308.9 292.6 333.3 8.56 5 800 2030 15.1 8.0 63 7.1 10.8 328 6 307.3 308.8 292.5 332.9 8.46 6 750 2572 9.8 7.1 83 2.8 8.2 319 6 307.2 308.8 292.5 332.8 8.45 7 700 3140 4.9 2.8 86 2.1 3.8 282 12 307.9 309.2 291.3 328.4 6.71 8 650 3740 0.9 -6.9 56 7.8 -2.5 289 18 310.0 310.7 289.1 321.1 3.51 9 600 4380 -2.3 -12.0 47 9.7 -6.1 292 17 313.5 313.9 289.3 321.7 2.53 10 550 5066 -6.1 -18.3 37 12.2 -10.1 292 12 316.8 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.64 11 500 5805 -10.8 -25.2 29 14.4 -14.6 284 9 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.3 0.98 12 450 6605 -16.6 -35.8 17 19.2 -20.1 268 8 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.8 0.40 13 400 7477 -23.4 -42.4 16 19.0 -25.8 264 10 324.6 324.6 290.4 325.5 0.23 14 350 8437 -31.3 -48.7 16 17.4 -32.7 266 12 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.13 15 300 9508 -40.3 -53.4 23 13.2 -41.0 268 9 328.6 328.6 291.4 329.0 0.09 16 250 10724 -50.0 -57.6 40 7.6 -50.3 358 1 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 17 200 12160 -53.6 -69.7 12 16.1 -53.9 258 18 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14007 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 265 26 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16593 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 260 18 418.0 418.0 307.5 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.32 m Freezing level: 635.48 mb = 3926.15 m = 12880.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.08 mb = 3494.10 m = 11463.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.34 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.44 mb = 2778.37 m = 9115.27 ft T: 8.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 15.45 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.26 mb = 2928.14 m = 9606.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.24 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.98 C Cross Totals Index: 19.90 C K Index: 37.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.82 mb = 2887.48 m = 9473.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.82 mb = 3060.50 m = 10040.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.82 mb = 11072.51 m = 36326.70 ft B at Equ Level: 480.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.82 mb = 12597.67 m = 41330.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 62.65 Bulk Shear: 8.00 m/s