MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307051200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 6 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 142 1 950 586 SFC 913 924 20.6 4.7 35 15.9 11.6 205 3 301.4 302.5 288.4 319.0 5.85 3 900 1051 18.6 3.2 36 15.4 10.2 210 3 300.6 301.6 287.6 316.7 5.36 4 850 1537 13.7 2.1 45 11.6 7.5 221 4 300.5 301.4 287.5 316.1 5.22 5 800 2043 8.7 1.3 59 7.5 4.9 228 4 300.5 301.4 287.5 316.2 5.24 6 750 2572 3.5 0.3 79 3.3 1.9 235 5 300.4 301.4 287.4 316.0 5.21 7 700 3128 0.4 -9.0 49 9.4 -3.4 299 18 302.9 303.4 285.8 311.5 2.76 8 650 3718 -2.6 -20.6 24 18.0 -7.9 299 20 306.1 306.3 285.2 309.8 1.14 9 600 4348 -6.0 -23.1 24 17.2 -10.7 298 23 309.2 309.4 286.2 312.5 0.99 10 550 5023 -10.5 -23.5 34 13.0 -13.9 294 25 311.6 311.8 287.1 315.1 1.04 11 500 5749 -16.1 -29.2 31 13.1 -18.8 291 25 313.4 313.5 287.3 315.8 0.68 12 450 6531 -22.5 -35.2 30 12.8 -24.4 292 24 315.0 315.1 287.6 316.5 0.42 13 400 7383 -29.7 -41.6 31 11.9 -30.9 291 26 316.4 316.5 287.9 317.3 0.25 14 350 8318 -37.4 -49.1 28 11.7 -38.1 290 34 318.3 318.4 288.3 318.8 0.12 15 300 9368 -43.5 -60.0 14 16.5 -44.0 293 47 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.04 16 250 10579 -48.1 -64.9 13 16.8 -48.6 293 57 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.02 17 200 12042 -49.0 -73.9 4 24.9 -49.6 287 51 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 18 150 13933 -49.7 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.3 279 43 384.5 384.5 302.9 384.5 0.00 19 100 16560 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 280 29 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.03 m Freezing level: 693.33 mb = 3206.41 m = 10519.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 732.03 mb = 2767.08 m = 9078.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.76 % Est. max temperature: 19.61 C = 67.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.50 mb = 2895.07 m = 9498.15 ft T: 1.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 6.35 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.52 mb = 3376.07 m = 11076.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.32 C = 73.97 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 2.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.79 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 22.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 56.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9850.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.15 mb = 2966.43 m = 9732.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 36.76 m/s