MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307201200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 21 JUL 23 Station: 46.16,-103.54 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 1 950 591 SFC 915 923 25.4 9.7 37 15.7 15.5 19 3 306.2 307.8 292.0 331.2 8.27 3 900 1065 23.2 8.4 39 14.7 14.1 15 3 305.4 306.8 291.3 328.7 7.72 4 850 1559 18.3 7.6 50 10.7 11.9 4 2 305.3 306.7 291.3 328.6 7.73 5 800 2074 13.3 6.7 64 6.6 9.4 347 2 305.3 306.7 291.3 328.5 7.71 6 750 2612 8.0 5.6 85 2.4 6.6 328 2 305.3 306.7 291.2 328.2 7.61 7 700 3178 6.2 -15.0 20 21.2 -1.8 305 18 309.4 309.7 287.1 314.9 1.70 8 650 3782 3.3 -16.9 21 20.1 -4.0 314 20 312.7 313.0 288.1 317.8 1.57 9 600 4425 -1.1 -14.9 34 13.8 -6.2 314 20 314.8 315.2 289.2 321.4 2.00 10 550 5112 -5.9 -19.5 33 13.6 -10.3 306 23 317.1 317.4 289.4 322.1 1.48 11 500 5852 -10.3 -34.2 12 24.0 -15.3 301 29 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.42 12 450 6655 -15.7 -40.4 10 24.7 -19.7 295 32 323.5 323.5 290.1 324.4 0.25 13 400 7529 -23.0 -40.8 18 17.8 -25.4 290 37 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.2 0.27 14 350 8491 -30.8 -45.1 23 14.3 -32.1 281 48 327.3 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.20 15 300 9565 -39.3 -54.0 19 14.7 -40.1 274 50 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.08 16 250 10791 -47.4 -59.6 24 12.1 -47.9 270 55 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 17 200 12243 -52.9 -68.6 13 15.7 -53.2 272 61 349.0 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14092 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 281 55 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16661 -59.0 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.3 279 23 413.7 413.7 307.0 413.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.17 m Freezing level: 612.82 mb = 4259.88 m = 13975.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.72 mb = 3053.60 m = 10018.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.44 C = 75.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 726.17 mb = 2876.98 m = 9438.78 ft T: 7.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 16.33 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.67 mb = 3612.31 m = 11851.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.53 C Cross Totals Index: 17.86 C K Index: 14.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 124.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6484.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.50 mb = 2895.89 m = 9500.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.8 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 335.8 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 35.70 m/s