MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2406191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2406191200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 20 JUN 24 Station: 46.14,-103.54 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 593 SFC 914 924 18.8 6.4 44 12.4 11.6 147 16 299.5 300.7 288.4 319.0 6.60 3 900 1058 17.5 5.5 45 12.0 10.7 149 21 299.6 300.7 288.2 318.2 6.30 4 850 1541 12.8 4.5 57 8.3 8.2 151 24 299.6 300.7 288.1 318.1 6.24 5 800 2046 8.1 2.7 69 5.4 5.2 160 26 299.8 300.8 287.8 317.0 5.80 6 750 2576 5.5 -12.4 26 17.9 -1.3 186 35 302.6 302.9 284.8 308.7 1.96 7 700 3135 1.5 -9.8 43 11.3 -3.0 197 33 304.1 304.6 286.1 312.2 2.59 8 650 3726 -3.8 -6.3 82 2.6 -4.8 210 29 304.7 305.4 287.4 316.0 3.66 9 600 4355 -6.8 -7.1 98 0.3 -7.0 226 26 308.2 308.9 288.7 319.9 3.74 10 550 5028 -11.9 -12.6 95 0.6 -12.2 223 30 309.9 310.4 288.2 318.4 2.65 11 500 5750 -17.4 -24.2 55 6.9 -19.0 235 36 311.9 312.1 287.2 315.5 1.08 12 450 6532 -21.4 -47.8 7 26.3 -24.2 243 48 316.3 316.3 287.7 316.7 0.11 13 400 7390 -26.8 -34.4 48 7.7 -27.9 248 62 320.2 320.3 289.4 322.1 0.52 14 350 8342 -32.1 -35.2 74 3.1 -32.6 239 78 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.55 15 300 9411 -40.0 -43.8 67 3.8 -40.3 241 89 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.26 16 250 10640 -46.1 -56.5 30 10.5 -46.5 243 100 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12095 -53.5 -65.6 21 12.1 -53.7 241 98 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 13954 -51.1 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.7 243 65 382.0 382.0 302.6 382.0 0.00 19 100 16573 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.9 211 38 422.9 422.9 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.45 m Freezing level: 685.86 mb = 3302.27 m = 10834.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 760.12 mb = 2466.06 m = 8090.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.70 % Est. max temperature: 20.96 C = 69.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.90 mb = 2468.39 m = 8098.28 ft T: 6.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.30 mb = 3085.64 m = 10123.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: 0.14 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.87 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 23.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8686.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 749.42 mb = 2582.34 m = 8472.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.4 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 242.4 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 259.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 259.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.01 Bulk Shear: 115.75 m/s