MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2406301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2406301200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 1 JUL 24 Station: 46.16,-103.43 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 520 SFC 908 915 25.9 13.5 46 12.3 17.7 139 20 307.4 309.4 294.3 340.0 10.79 3 900 997 24.5 12.9 48 11.6 16.8 140 26 306.8 308.7 293.9 338.3 10.45 4 850 1493 19.5 11.9 61 7.6 14.6 146 32 306.5 308.5 293.7 337.7 10.32 5 800 2011 14.7 10.8 77 4.0 12.2 158 36 306.9 308.8 293.7 337.7 10.21 6 750 2562 18.9 4.6 39 14.3 10.2 219 15 317.1 318.4 294.2 339.5 7.09 7 700 3150 14.7 -1.4 33 16.1 5.9 233 13 318.8 319.7 293.0 334.7 4.94 8 650 3769 9.2 -4.7 37 13.9 2.2 242 16 319.4 320.2 292.5 332.9 4.16 9 600 4425 3.5 -11.1 34 14.5 -2.8 264 20 320.1 320.7 291.5 329.2 2.74 10 550 5123 -2.6 -12.0 48 9.4 -6.5 281 24 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.2 2.77 11 500 5870 -9.4 -14.7 65 5.3 -11.3 275 27 321.6 322.1 291.6 329.8 2.45 12 450 6673 -15.6 -27.6 35 11.9 -18.4 264 32 323.6 323.8 290.8 326.7 0.88 13 400 7553 -20.0 -52.3 4 32.3 -23.6 267 47 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 14 350 8528 -27.0 -53.6 6 26.5 -29.4 264 52 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 15 300 9620 -35.0 -57.9 8 22.9 -36.4 262 65 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 16 250 10871 -42.6 -61.0 12 18.4 -43.3 257 80 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.04 17 200 12348 -50.0 -71.9 6 21.9 -50.4 258 90 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14194 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.2 257 69 370.2 370.2 300.6 370.2 0.00 19 100 16712 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 266 35 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.35 m Freezing level: 571.43 mb = 4824.02 m = 15826.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.04 mb = 4051.12 m = 13290.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.61 % Est. max temperature: 33.58 C = 92.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.15 mb = 2469.70 m = 8102.60 ft T: 18.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.25 mb = 3957.50 m = 12983.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.81 C = 100.06 F Cap Strength: 9.08 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.68 C Showalter Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 24.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 531.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.23 mb = 2468.83 m = 8099.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 533.23 mb = 5365.77 m = 17604.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.23 mb = 9544.52 m = 31313.66 ft B at Equ Level: 206.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 233.23 mb = 11330.89 m = 37174.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.8 neg: -18.1 tot: 256.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 186.72 m/s