MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307060000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307060000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 6 JUL 23 Station: 46.04,-103.56 Latitude: 46.04 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 147 1 950 579 SFC 912 924 10.4 9.2 93 1.1 9.7 184 5 291.1 292.5 286.7 314.0 8.04 3 900 1039 15.3 9.4 68 5.9 11.7 197 15 297.2 298.7 289.1 321.2 8.23 4 850 1522 13.3 6.4 63 6.9 9.3 214 8 300.1 301.4 289.1 321.2 7.12 5 800 2029 9.5 5.0 74 4.5 6.9 287 6 301.2 302.5 289.2 321.6 6.84 6 750 2561 5.0 -1.9 61 6.9 1.7 318 5 302.0 302.8 287.2 315.5 4.45 7 700 3119 0.9 -6.3 59 7.1 -2.2 274 9 303.4 304.1 286.7 314.0 3.42 8 650 3710 -2.7 -12.0 49 9.3 -6.2 282 12 305.9 306.3 286.5 313.3 2.34 9 600 4341 -5.1 -39.0 5 33.9 -11.5 295 18 310.2 310.2 285.7 311.0 0.22 10 550 5018 -9.4 -40.8 6 31.3 -14.7 297 24 312.9 312.9 286.6 313.6 0.20 11 500 5747 -14.4 -50.4 3 36.0 -18.8 299 24 315.5 315.5 287.3 315.8 0.08 12 450 6535 -20.6 -48.9 6 28.3 -23.7 297 23 317.4 317.4 288.0 317.8 0.10 13 400 7394 -27.1 -50.3 9 23.3 -29.1 292 28 319.8 319.8 288.8 320.2 0.09 14 350 8341 -34.6 -54.1 12 19.6 -35.7 291 37 322.1 322.2 289.5 322.4 0.07 15 300 9398 -43.2 -54.8 27 11.6 -43.7 291 48 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.8 0.08 16 250 10599 -52.1 -60.7 35 8.6 -52.3 290 53 328.6 328.6 291.3 328.8 0.04 17 200 12037 -50.8 -77.2 3 26.4 -51.2 289 48 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13911 -50.9 -80.4 2 29.4 -51.5 288 45 382.3 382.3 302.6 382.3 0.00 19 100 16529 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.7 280 30 423.2 423.2 308.1 423.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.08 m Freezing level: 687.96 mb = 3261.01 m = 10698.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.11 mb = 2800.26 m = 9187.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.70 % Est. max temperature: 20.85 C = 69.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.51 mb = 1071.53 m = 3515.49 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.81 mb = 2518.92 m = 8264.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.98 C = 69.76 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.83 C K Index: 27.00 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 116.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 77.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.81 mb = 2155.72 m = 7072.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.81 mb = 3434.76 m = 11268.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 642.81 mb = 3797.53 m = 12458.94 ft B at Equ Level: 21.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 592.81 mb = 4434.42 m = 14548.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.3 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 319.3 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.9 neg: -14.7 tot: 44.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 49.01 m/s