MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 23 JUL 23 Station: 46.11,-103.54 Latitude: 46.11 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 56 1 950 517 SFC 908 924 31.6 8.9 25 22.7 17.1 5 7 313.3 314.9 293.8 338.0 7.93 3 900 1002 30.4 7.7 24 22.7 16.1 4 7 312.8 314.2 293.2 335.7 7.35 4 850 1508 25.4 6.7 30 18.6 13.8 357 7 312.7 314.1 293.2 335.3 7.27 5 800 2035 20.2 5.7 39 14.5 11.4 349 7 312.7 314.0 293.1 335.1 7.20 6 750 2586 14.8 4.6 50 10.2 8.8 333 7 312.7 314.0 293.0 334.8 7.11 7 700 3164 9.9 0.4 52 9.5 4.7 308 18 313.4 314.5 292.0 331.1 5.63 8 650 3774 5.1 -5.1 48 10.1 0.2 305 29 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.6 4.03 9 600 4421 -0.3 -13.3 37 13.0 -5.4 310 30 315.8 316.2 289.8 323.3 2.29 10 550 5110 -4.9 -22.8 23 18.0 -10.2 316 36 318.3 318.5 289.4 322.1 1.11 11 500 5851 -10.7 -24.9 30 14.2 -14.5 316 39 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.5 1.01 12 450 6651 -16.4 -34.0 20 17.6 -19.8 319 39 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.48 13 400 7525 -22.7 -38.1 23 15.5 -25.0 320 39 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.36 14 350 8489 -30.0 -44.1 24 14.1 -31.5 323 46 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 15 300 9569 -38.4 -52.3 22 13.9 -39.3 324 57 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 16 250 10794 -48.3 -59.1 28 10.8 -48.7 322 64 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12235 -55.0 -68.8 16 13.8 -55.2 323 80 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14059 -57.8 -79.9 4 22.2 -58.0 322 68 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16612 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 303 25 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.61 m Freezing level: 602.62 mb = 4386.66 m = 14391.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.50 mb = 3793.03 m = 12444.17 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.32 mb = 3744.96 m = 12286.47 ft T: 5.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.90 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.41 mb = 4098.55 m = 13446.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.62 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.07 C Cross Totals Index: 17.45 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 433.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.94 mb = 3824.89 m = 12548.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 590.94 mb = 4541.11 m = 14898.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.94 mb = 11031.83 m = 36193.22 ft B at Equ Level: 423.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.94 mb = 12869.64 m = 42222.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.7 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 346.7 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 54.10 m/s