MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 3 JUL 23 Station: 46.11,-103.54 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 499 SFC 906 924 30.3 9.7 28 20.7 17.0 303 10 312.2 313.7 293.8 338.0 8.34 3 900 982 29.4 8.0 26 21.4 16.0 303 11 311.8 313.2 293.1 335.1 7.51 4 850 1486 24.4 6.9 32 17.6 13.6 301 12 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.5 7.35 5 800 2012 19.3 5.9 41 13.5 11.2 298 12 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.3 7.28 6 750 2561 13.9 4.6 53 9.4 8.5 295 12 311.7 313.0 292.7 333.7 7.09 7 700 3138 8.7 1.0 58 7.7 4.5 278 17 312.1 313.2 291.8 330.4 5.87 8 650 3745 4.2 -9.0 38 13.2 -1.6 278 22 313.7 314.3 289.8 323.3 2.98 9 600 4392 1.4 -16.0 26 17.4 -5.1 289 22 317.8 318.1 289.9 323.9 1.83 10 550 5087 -3.0 -18.6 29 15.6 -8.4 290 24 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.60 11 500 5833 -8.8 -24.0 28 15.2 -13.2 284 27 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.10 12 450 6638 -14.9 -31.6 23 16.6 -18.5 285 28 324.4 324.6 290.7 326.6 0.61 13 400 7517 -21.4 -38.3 20 17.0 -24.0 287 31 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.35 14 350 8484 -29.6 -42.4 28 12.8 -31.0 289 29 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.26 15 300 9563 -38.7 -48.6 35 9.8 -39.4 288 28 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.16 16 250 10788 -48.4 -58.1 32 9.7 -48.7 274 28 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 17 200 12221 -58.3 -65.6 39 7.3 -58.4 262 33 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 14041 -55.9 -81.2 3 25.4 -56.2 298 30 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16616 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 293 13 418.5 418.5 307.6 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.68 m Freezing level: 583.70 mb = 4618.49 m = 15152.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.94 mb = 3583.35 m = 11756.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.16 mb = 3494.66 m = 11465.27 ft T: 6.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.61 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.19 mb = 4163.73 m = 13660.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.38 C = 93.88 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.28 C Cross Totals Index: 15.72 C K Index: 32.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 131.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.56 mb = 3662.66 m = 12016.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 481.56 mb = 6120.14 m = 20078.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.56 mb = 10746.10 m = 35255.81 ft B at Equ Level: 178.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.56 mb = 12494.02 m = 40990.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.06 Bulk Shear: 12.77 m/s