MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307241200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 25 JUL 23 Station: 46.16,-103.51 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 1 950 508 SFC 908 921 35.6 7.8 18 27.7 17.8 152 11 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.6 7.34 3 900 1000 34.5 6.5 18 28.0 16.9 154 13 317.0 318.4 293.9 338.5 6.76 4 850 1512 29.5 5.2 21 24.3 14.6 158 15 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.7 6.53 5 800 2046 24.2 4.2 27 20.0 12.1 161 15 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.4 6.46 6 750 2605 18.8 3.4 36 15.4 9.7 164 15 317.0 318.3 293.7 337.7 6.52 7 700 3191 14.3 -4.9 26 19.2 4.5 197 13 318.3 319.0 291.9 330.6 3.79 8 650 3810 9.2 -2.5 44 11.8 3.0 240 15 319.4 320.4 293.1 335.2 4.89 9 600 4467 3.8 -3.6 58 7.4 -0.0 282 18 320.5 321.4 293.4 336.3 4.87 10 550 5166 -2.0 -9.9 55 7.9 -5.4 293 19 321.7 322.4 292.4 332.6 3.28 11 500 5916 -7.4 -17.5 44 10.2 -10.9 301 26 324.1 324.4 291.9 330.7 1.93 12 450 6728 -12.6 -19.9 54 7.3 -15.0 301 35 327.3 327.7 292.6 333.4 1.75 13 400 7616 -18.5 -25.7 53 7.2 -20.3 301 40 331.0 331.2 293.1 335.2 1.18 14 350 8598 -25.7 -34.8 42 9.1 -27.3 296 45 334.1 334.2 293.4 336.2 0.57 15 300 9695 -34.4 -39.8 58 5.4 -35.1 295 57 336.9 336.9 293.9 338.4 0.40 16 250 10942 -44.6 -48.2 67 3.6 -44.9 292 66 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.19 17 200 12396 -54.9 -61.6 43 6.7 -55.1 292 65 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14211 -59.3 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.5 294 51 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16719 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.1 315 28 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5876.21 m Freezing level: 567.28 mb = 4924.70 m = 16156.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.64 mb = 4458.22 m = 14626.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.92 % Est. max temperature: 35.20 C = 95.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 607.57 mb = 4364.00 m = 14317.42 ft T: 4.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 7.06 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 563.09 mb = 4977.42 m = 16329.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.49 C = 103.07 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.85 C Cross Totals Index: 12.55 C K Index: 22.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 125.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3867.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 596.80 mb = 4509.91 m = 14796.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 102.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 95.36 m/s