MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 15 JUL 23 Station: 46.20,-103.27 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -103.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 529 SFC 911 898 25.5 9.8 37 15.7 15.6 308 15 306.8 308.3 292.3 332.2 8.40 3 900 1004 24.0 8.6 38 15.3 14.5 308 19 306.2 307.7 291.7 329.9 7.82 4 850 1499 19.0 7.4 47 11.6 12.0 307 21 306.0 307.5 291.5 329.2 7.64 5 800 2015 14.0 6.4 60 7.6 9.5 306 22 306.1 307.5 291.4 328.9 7.55 6 750 2554 8.7 5.5 80 3.2 6.9 305 22 306.0 307.5 291.5 329.0 7.58 7 700 3120 3.7 1.9 88 1.8 2.7 306 27 306.6 307.7 290.5 325.7 6.28 8 650 3719 0.2 -2.3 83 2.5 -1.0 316 31 309.2 310.2 290.2 324.7 4.98 9 600 4356 -3.6 -6.3 82 2.7 -4.8 310 35 312.0 312.7 290.2 324.6 3.99 10 550 5039 -7.7 -10.7 79 3.0 -8.9 307 36 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.9 3.07 11 500 5774 -12.3 -20.0 53 7.7 -14.6 304 35 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.3 1.56 12 450 6570 -18.0 -27.7 42 9.7 -20.1 300 36 320.7 320.8 289.9 323.7 0.87 13 400 7437 -24.9 -31.0 57 6.1 -26.0 299 37 322.6 322.8 290.3 325.2 0.72 14 350 8391 -33.1 -38.4 59 5.3 -33.7 299 36 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.6 0.40 15 300 9455 -42.3 -48.8 49 6.5 -42.6 298 34 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.15 16 250 10662 -49.5 -60.1 28 10.6 -49.8 300 39 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 17 200 12125 -47.8 -75.2 3 27.5 -48.4 295 47 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.2 0.01 18 150 14017 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.5 292 49 384.1 384.1 302.9 384.1 0.00 19 100 16625 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 292 35 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.47 m Freezing level: 646.87 mb = 3758.50 m = 12330.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.51 mb = 3552.38 m = 11654.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.10 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 723.21 mb = 2852.62 m = 9358.86 ft T: 6.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.40 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.18 mb = 2967.07 m = 9734.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.21 C = 77.37 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 36.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 311.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.20 mb = 2932.48 m = 9620.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.20 mb = 3106.05 m = 10190.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.20 mb = 10122.82 m = 33210.94 ft B at Equ Level: 305.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.20 mb = 11464.48 m = 37612.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.4 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 336.4 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 59.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 19.33 Bulk Shear: 16.09 m/s