MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307101200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307101200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 11 JUL 23 Station: 46.11,-103.48 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 506 SFC 907 919 27.0 13.1 42 13.9 17.7 63 8 308.7 310.6 294.4 340.5 10.47 3 900 986 27.2 12.0 39 15.2 17.2 65 12 309.6 311.4 294.2 339.6 9.85 4 850 1488 22.6 10.3 46 12.3 14.7 67 12 309.9 311.6 293.9 338.3 9.31 5 800 2011 17.7 9.1 57 8.7 12.3 70 9 310.0 311.8 293.8 337.9 9.08 6 750 2559 12.9 7.1 68 5.7 9.4 38 1 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.6 8.49 7 700 3134 8.4 2.5 66 5.9 5.1 283 13 311.8 313.0 292.3 332.2 6.57 8 650 3741 4.0 -3.7 57 7.7 0.2 289 25 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.6 4.47 9 600 4386 -0.5 -9.5 51 9.0 -4.4 302 30 315.5 316.1 290.5 325.6 3.10 10 550 5076 -4.9 -19.0 32 14.1 -9.5 302 36 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.6 1.55 11 500 5819 -9.5 -17.3 53 7.8 -12.2 303 42 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.0 1.96 12 450 6623 -15.7 -19.9 70 4.2 -17.0 297 43 323.5 323.8 291.6 329.5 1.75 13 400 7500 -20.4 -20.6 98 0.3 -20.4 302 52 328.5 328.9 293.0 335.0 1.85 14 350 8472 -28.4 -32.6 67 4.2 -29.1 295 58 330.4 330.6 292.5 333.0 0.70 15 300 9563 -34.6 -57.5 8 22.9 -36.0 302 71 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 16 250 10819 -41.0 -66.3 5 25.3 -42.0 302 86 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 17 200 12312 -47.7 -75.1 3 27.5 -48.3 300 77 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 18 150 14169 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 296 50 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16701 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 305 37 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.26 m Freezing level: 605.70 mb = 4312.77 m = 14149.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.86 mb = 3767.84 m = 12361.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.14 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.51 mb = 2676.02 m = 8779.47 ft T: 11.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 16.91 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.77 mb = 3266.33 m = 10716.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.73 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.87 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.83 mb = 2993.99 m = 9822.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.83 mb = 3655.56 m = 11993.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.83 mb = 9635.92 m = 31613.51 ft B at Equ Level: 423.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 216.83 mb = 11771.11 m = 38618.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.6 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 333.6 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.5 neg: -23.2 tot: 114.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.99 Bulk Shear: 143.42 m/s