MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307121200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307121200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 13 JUL 23 Station: 46.07,-103.48 Latitude: 46.07 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 54 1 950 507 SFC 907 918 26.3 10.5 37 15.7 16.2 305 12 307.9 309.6 293.0 334.8 8.84 3 900 984 25.2 9.2 36 16.0 15.2 304 13 307.5 309.0 292.3 332.2 8.14 4 850 1481 20.3 8.1 45 12.2 12.8 301 16 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.7 7.99 5 800 1999 15.2 7.0 58 8.2 10.2 297 17 307.3 308.8 292.0 331.2 7.86 6 750 2541 9.9 6.0 77 3.9 7.6 294 18 307.4 308.8 292.0 331.2 7.85 7 700 3110 4.9 2.9 87 2.0 3.8 288 24 307.9 309.1 291.3 328.5 6.75 8 650 3710 1.1 -5.1 63 6.2 -1.8 297 37 310.2 310.9 289.6 322.8 4.02 9 600 4352 -1.0 -8.3 57 7.4 -4.2 297 41 315.0 315.6 290.5 325.9 3.40 10 550 5041 -5.4 -18.7 34 13.3 -9.8 296 43 317.6 317.9 289.6 323.0 1.58 11 500 5781 -10.8 -28.4 22 17.6 -15.0 294 45 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.4 0.74 12 450 6580 -16.6 -36.8 16 20.2 -20.1 294 48 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.7 0.36 13 400 7453 -23.3 -43.5 14 20.2 -25.8 291 49 324.8 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 14 350 8414 -31.2 -47.0 20 15.8 -32.6 287 48 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.16 15 300 9486 -40.5 -51.0 32 10.5 -41.1 284 51 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.12 16 250 10704 -46.8 -58.5 25 11.7 -47.2 281 63 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.06 17 200 12177 -48.0 -67.6 9 19.6 -48.6 281 72 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.02 18 150 14060 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 283 56 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16640 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 287 30 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.85 m Freezing level: 623.89 mb = 4045.45 m = 13272.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.14 mb = 3511.28 m = 11519.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.12 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.76 mb = 2880.26 m = 9449.56 ft T: 6.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 8.41 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.66 mb = 3043.25 m = 9984.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.08 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 195.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.71 mb = 2996.18 m = 9829.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.71 mb = 3171.13 m = 10403.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 614.71 mb = 4158.09 m = 13641.86 ft B at Equ Level: 14.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 564.71 mb = 4832.19 m = 15853.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.4 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 325.4 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 105.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.05 Bulk Shear: 48.17 m/s