MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 12 JUL 23 Station: 45.93,-103.32 Latitude: 45.93 Longitude: -103.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 497 SFC 908 898 25.1 15.0 54 10.1 18.2 139 13 306.6 308.8 294.9 342.5 11.91 3 900 972 23.5 14.5 57 9.1 17.5 141 15 305.8 307.9 294.4 340.5 11.59 4 850 1467 18.5 13.3 72 5.2 15.1 147 16 305.6 307.7 294.3 339.7 11.39 5 800 1984 15.1 12.6 85 2.5 13.4 213 12 307.3 309.4 294.8 342.1 11.54 6 750 2531 13.8 4.3 53 9.5 8.2 298 19 311.5 312.9 292.6 333.1 6.96 7 700 3108 9.4 -1.4 47 10.8 3.7 288 28 312.8 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.93 8 650 3718 5.5 -15.3 21 20.8 -2.6 281 37 315.2 315.5 289.1 321.1 1.79 9 600 4365 1.0 -34.7 5 35.7 -7.6 283 39 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.5 0.34 10 550 5058 -4.0 -36.5 6 32.6 -11.1 284 40 319.4 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.31 11 500 5801 -9.7 -42.3 5 32.6 -15.4 282 42 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.9 0.18 12 450 6603 -15.8 -45.3 6 29.5 -20.0 282 43 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.15 13 400 7478 -22.6 -45.1 11 22.6 -25.3 284 48 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.3 0.17 14 350 8441 -30.4 -49.8 13 19.5 -32.0 282 56 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.11 15 300 9522 -37.0 -56.8 11 19.8 -38.1 275 69 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 16 250 10766 -42.0 -67.3 5 25.3 -42.9 276 79 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 17 200 12263 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 274 84 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 18 150 14142 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 270 59 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16696 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 290 25 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.33 m Freezing level: 589.63 mb = 4509.04 m = 14793.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.40 mb = 3463.55 m = 11363.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.03 mb = 2165.97 m = 7106.11 ft T: 14.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 23.56 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.80 mb = 2910.00 m = 9547.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.72 C = 87.30 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 806.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 129.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.02 mb = 2155.24 m = 7070.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.02 mb = 4112.93 m = 13493.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.02 mb = 10265.77 m = 33679.95 ft B at Equ Level: 802.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.02 mb = 12631.91 m = 41442.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 206.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 204.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 257.29 m/s