MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2406151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2406151200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 16 JUN 24 Station: 46.12,-103.39 Latitude: 46.12 Longitude: -103.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -66 1 950 392 2 900 872 SFC 896 909 26.5 14.4 47 12.1 18.3 180 19 309.2 311.3 295.4 344.4 11.60 4 850 1373 22.3 11.9 52 10.4 15.5 184 37 309.5 311.5 294.6 341.1 10.35 5 800 1898 19.2 9.9 55 9.3 13.3 178 33 311.6 313.5 294.6 341.3 9.65 6 750 2449 15.0 8.4 65 6.5 10.9 173 29 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.6 9.30 7 700 3029 10.7 4.2 64 6.5 6.9 175 23 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.5 7.40 8 650 3642 6.6 -2.9 51 9.5 1.7 190 14 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.7 4.76 9 600 4293 1.4 -6.0 58 7.3 -2.1 255 10 317.7 318.5 292.0 330.9 4.09 10 550 4986 -3.9 -11.3 56 7.4 -7.0 277 21 319.5 320.0 291.5 329.1 2.93 11 500 5731 -9.0 -16.2 56 7.3 -11.5 268 31 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.4 2.15 12 450 6538 -14.6 -23.8 45 9.2 -17.1 264 40 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.2 1.24 13 400 7416 -22.1 -31.6 42 9.5 -23.9 267 46 326.3 326.4 291.3 328.8 0.68 14 350 8382 -29.7 -34.0 66 4.4 -30.3 260 54 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.0 0.61 15 300 9465 -37.0 -40.3 71 3.3 -37.4 242 57 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10700 -46.5 -50.1 67 3.6 -46.7 224 53 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 17 200 12140 -58.7 -62.7 60 4.0 -58.7 213 65 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 18 150 13969 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 237 52 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16566 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 246 28 421.1 421.1 307.9 421.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.79 m Freezing level: 586.83 mb = 4475.59 m = 14683.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.22 mb = 3932.09 m = 12900.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.25 mb = 2434.53 m = 7987.21 ft T: 15.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.66 mb = 3358.57 m = 11018.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.59 C = 90.66 F Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 36.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 460.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1076.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 152.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.53 mb = 2739.30 m = 8987.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 609.53 mb = 4164.78 m = 13663.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.53 mb = 12481.75 m = 40950.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1025.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.53 mb = 13989.46 m = 45896.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.7 neg: -145.2 tot: -48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 20.84 Bulk Shear: 51.63 m/s