MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 26 JUL 23 Station: 46.14,-103.51 Latitude: 46.14 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 32 1 950 496 SFC 906 921 34.0 11.1 25 22.9 18.8 343 7 315.9 317.6 295.4 344.7 9.20 3 900 985 32.9 10.1 25 22.8 17.9 342 7 315.4 317.0 294.9 342.4 8.63 4 850 1495 27.7 9.0 31 18.7 15.7 336 7 315.2 316.8 294.8 341.9 8.52 5 800 2027 22.6 8.1 39 14.5 13.4 330 7 315.2 316.8 294.7 341.8 8.49 6 750 2583 17.1 6.9 51 10.2 10.8 323 8 315.2 316.8 294.7 341.4 8.38 7 700 3166 11.5 5.7 67 5.9 8.0 308 10 315.3 316.8 294.6 341.0 8.23 8 650 3780 7.1 -3.0 48 10.2 1.9 312 25 317.0 317.9 292.3 332.1 4.70 9 600 4432 2.1 -8.5 45 10.6 -2.7 300 24 318.5 319.2 291.6 329.5 3.36 10 550 5128 -2.5 -18.5 28 16.0 -8.1 287 33 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.7 1.61 11 500 5878 -6.9 -19.4 36 12.5 -11.1 278 37 324.7 325.0 291.8 330.4 1.65 12 450 6690 -12.9 -24.2 38 11.3 -16.0 276 34 327.0 327.3 292.0 331.3 1.20 13 400 7575 -19.7 -31.8 33 12.1 -22.1 270 34 329.4 329.6 292.2 331.9 0.67 14 350 8550 -27.9 -41.0 28 13.1 -29.5 274 35 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.30 15 300 9638 -36.2 -52.1 18 15.9 -37.3 279 38 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10879 -44.4 -62.6 12 18.1 -45.0 271 44 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12350 -51.2 -71.0 8 19.8 -51.6 262 59 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14184 -59.0 -80.8 4 21.8 -59.3 265 48 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16689 -63.4 -85.8 3 22.4 -63.6 265 22 405.3 405.3 305.9 405.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.27 m Freezing level: 577.07 mb = 4751.21 m = 15587.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.27 mb = 4044.23 m = 13268.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.34 % Est. max temperature: 33.30 C = 91.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 650.92 mb = 3768.48 m = 12363.64 ft T: 7.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.02 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 624.71 mb = 4103.51 m = 13462.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.81 C = 96.46 F Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.59 C Cross Totals Index: 15.91 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 560.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.34 mb = 3826.32 m = 12553.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 591.34 mb = 4548.47 m = 14922.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.34 mb = 11111.73 m = 36455.36 ft B at Equ Level: 553.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.34 mb = 13336.57 m = 43754.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.7 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 322.7 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -1.9 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.52 Bulk Shear: 41.44 m/s