MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307191200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 20 JUL 23 Station: 46.18,-103.30 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 1 950 587 SFC 917 901 25.0 8.4 35 16.6 14.8 326 15 305.6 307.1 291.3 328.5 7.56 3 900 1060 22.8 7.1 36 15.7 13.3 325 19 305.0 306.3 290.6 326.2 7.02 4 850 1553 17.9 6.0 46 11.9 10.9 323 21 304.9 306.2 290.5 325.8 6.92 5 800 2066 12.9 4.9 59 7.9 8.3 321 21 304.9 306.1 290.4 325.5 6.81 6 750 2604 7.7 3.1 72 4.6 5.2 318 23 304.9 306.1 290.0 324.2 6.37 7 700 3169 4.7 -11.3 30 16.0 -1.7 312 39 307.7 308.2 287.1 315.1 2.31 8 650 3768 1.6 -23.9 13 25.6 -6.0 307 37 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.7 0.85 9 600 4409 -0.8 -40.8 3 40.0 -8.9 305 37 315.2 315.2 287.3 315.8 0.18 10 550 5098 -4.9 -32.7 9 27.7 -11.4 307 39 318.2 318.3 288.7 319.8 0.45 11 500 5839 -9.9 -36.9 9 27.0 -15.2 305 43 321.0 321.0 289.4 322.2 0.32 12 450 6642 -15.6 -43.2 7 27.6 -19.8 302 46 323.6 323.7 290.1 324.3 0.19 13 400 7519 -21.9 -51.5 5 29.7 -24.9 302 50 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.08 14 350 8485 -29.6 -52.9 9 23.3 -31.4 303 52 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.1 0.08 15 300 9566 -37.7 -52.0 21 14.3 -38.5 302 58 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 16 250 10797 -46.7 -60.0 21 13.3 -47.2 297 60 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.05 17 200 12261 -49.3 -70.5 7 21.2 -49.8 294 78 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 14129 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 292 74 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16691 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 298 25 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.70 m Freezing level: 616.90 mb = 4192.37 m = 13754.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.41 mb = 3024.71 m = 9923.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.97 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 717.80 mb = 2963.02 m = 9721.09 ft T: 5.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 14.81 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.60 mb = 3564.07 m = 11693.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 3.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.81 C Cross Totals Index: 15.92 C K Index: 17.83 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7989.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.30 mb = 3026.02 m = 9927.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.0 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 339.0 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.1 neg: -18.1 tot: 35.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 38.19 m/s