MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307231200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 24 JUL 23 Station: 46.14,-103.38 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 1 950 490 SFC 907 909 35.6 8.9 20 26.7 18.2 311 4 317.4 319.0 294.9 342.4 7.89 3 900 981 34.5 7.7 19 26.8 17.4 308 4 317.1 318.5 294.4 340.2 7.32 4 850 1494 29.4 6.3 23 23.2 15.0 300 6 317.0 318.3 294.1 339.3 7.05 5 800 2028 24.2 5.0 29 19.2 12.5 292 7 316.9 318.2 294.0 338.6 6.84 6 750 2586 18.8 3.8 37 15.0 9.9 285 9 317.0 318.3 293.9 338.3 6.71 7 700 3172 13.1 2.2 47 11.0 6.8 282 12 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.4 6.42 8 650 3789 7.5 -2.6 49 10.1 2.3 280 15 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.1 4.87 9 600 4442 3.0 -22.9 13 25.9 -5.5 299 30 319.6 319.8 289.7 323.1 1.01 10 550 5138 -2.8 -29.2 11 26.4 -9.8 303 36 320.8 320.9 289.7 323.0 0.62 11 500 5884 -9.0 -31.0 15 21.9 -14.2 303 40 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.58 12 450 6688 -15.4 -36.3 15 20.8 -19.3 306 42 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.38 13 400 7565 -21.8 -42.6 13 20.8 -24.6 308 46 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.5 0.22 14 350 8533 -29.0 -46.2 17 17.2 -30.7 308 51 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 15 300 9617 -37.0 -50.6 23 13.6 -37.9 310 58 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 16 250 10852 -46.9 -54.1 44 7.1 -47.2 313 68 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.10 17 200 12300 -53.9 -69.3 13 15.4 -54.1 313 79 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14125 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 308 67 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16649 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 302 39 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5858.50 m Freezing level: 574.03 mb = 4803.55 m = 15759.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.21 mb = 3976.61 m = 13046.46 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.30 % Est. max temperature: 35.13 C = 95.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 616.48 mb = 4220.83 m = 13847.71 ft T: 4.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.18 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.71 mb = 4675.81 m = 15340.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.47 C Cross Totals Index: 15.32 C K Index: 33.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 633.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 606.35 mb = 4356.00 m = 14291.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.35 mb = 5118.46 m = 16792.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.35 mb = 11354.73 m = 37252.60 ft B at Equ Level: 623.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.35 mb = 13662.10 m = 44822.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.4 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 329.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 14.34 Bulk Shear: 44.20 m/s