MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 29 JUL 23 Station: 46.07,-103.56 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 578 SFC 913 926 27.0 12.2 40 14.9 17.3 71 9 308.1 309.9 293.8 337.9 9.82 3 900 1055 24.8 11.3 43 13.5 16.1 72 10 307.1 308.8 293.2 335.4 9.38 4 850 1552 19.9 10.4 54 9.5 13.8 75 10 307.0 308.7 293.2 335.3 9.37 5 800 2070 14.8 9.4 70 5.4 11.4 78 8 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.9 9.27 6 750 2612 9.8 7.3 85 2.5 8.3 54 4 307.2 308.8 292.6 333.3 8.60 7 700 3181 6.5 1.7 71 4.8 3.9 308 12 309.7 310.9 291.4 328.8 6.18 8 650 3787 4.0 -3.9 56 7.9 0.1 287 29 313.5 314.3 291.0 327.5 4.41 9 600 4432 -1.1 -11.5 45 10.4 -5.3 285 34 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.5 2.64 10 550 5119 -5.3 -22.3 25 17.0 -10.4 288 43 317.8 318.0 289.3 321.8 1.16 11 500 5860 -10.2 -30.7 17 20.5 -14.9 286 46 320.6 320.7 289.6 322.7 0.59 12 450 6662 -16.3 -34.7 19 18.4 -19.7 284 46 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.45 13 400 7535 -23.0 -40.1 19 17.1 -25.4 281 46 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.29 14 350 8498 -30.2 -46.1 20 15.9 -31.7 277 48 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.18 15 300 9578 -37.5 -52.7 19 15.2 -38.4 279 54 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.10 16 250 10812 -44.9 -61.6 14 16.7 -45.5 279 64 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.04 17 200 12302 -44.5 -75.5 2 31.0 -45.4 278 75 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 18 150 14175 -57.0 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.3 275 73 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16695 -63.0 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 275 42 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.69 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4295.80 m = 14093.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.74 mb = 3802.87 m = 12476.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.73 mb = 2781.55 m = 9125.72 ft T: 8.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 16.12 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2913.88 m = 9559.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.12 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 389.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 737.96 mb = 2745.33 m = 9006.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 622.96 mb = 4129.46 m = 13547.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.96 mb = 9973.95 m = 32722.54 ft B at Equ Level: 384.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.96 mb = 11882.94 m = 38985.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.3 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 320.3 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 6.5 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.3 neg: -14.8 tot: 60.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.32 Bulk Shear: 167.47 m/s