MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 JUL 24 Station: 46.11,-103.48 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 567 SFC 912 919 22.0 8.7 43 13.3 13.8 320 13 303.0 304.4 290.6 326.1 7.74 3 900 1036 20.3 7.7 44 12.6 12.7 321 15 302.4 303.8 290.0 324.3 7.32 4 850 1524 15.4 6.5 55 8.9 10.2 321 17 302.2 303.5 289.9 323.6 7.15 5 800 2034 10.4 5.7 73 4.7 7.7 321 18 302.2 303.5 289.9 323.6 7.17 6 750 2567 5.2 4.4 95 0.8 4.8 321 18 302.2 303.5 289.8 323.2 7.02 7 700 3126 1.5 -0.6 86 2.1 0.4 331 17 304.1 305.1 288.8 320.0 5.23 8 650 3720 -2.0 -4.7 82 2.7 -3.2 329 18 306.7 307.5 288.6 319.6 4.16 9 600 4351 -5.8 -9.3 77 3.4 -7.2 328 17 309.3 309.9 288.5 319.3 3.15 10 550 5028 -10.3 -15.6 65 5.3 -12.1 324 17 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.6 2.06 11 500 5755 -15.0 -28.0 32 13.0 -17.9 323 17 314.7 314.9 287.9 317.4 0.76 12 450 6542 -20.9 -29.0 48 8.1 -22.5 320 14 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.6 0.77 13 400 7398 -28.3 -36.7 44 8.4 -29.5 334 9 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.6 0.41 14 350 8340 -36.2 -45.7 37 9.4 -37.0 347 4 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.18 15 300 9387 -46.0 -50.2 62 4.2 -46.2 302 3 320.5 320.5 289.0 321.0 0.13 16 250 10578 -50.2 -61.3 26 11.1 -50.5 295 13 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.04 17 200 12051 -46.2 -74.0 3 27.8 -46.9 301 23 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 18 150 13961 -47.1 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.9 296 35 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.01 19 100 16607 -53.0 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.7 293 26 425.3 425.3 308.3 425.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5634.92 m Freezing level: 678.42 mb = 3382.29 m = 11096.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.08 mb = 3194.18 m = 10479.47 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 21.25 C = 70.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 749.12 mb = 2576.04 m = 8451.47 ft T: 5.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2638.69 m = 8657.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.49 C = 70.67 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 21.51 C K Index: 34.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 297.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 744.96 mb = 2621.26 m = 8599.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.96 mb = 2786.26 m = 9141.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.96 mb = 9838.89 m = 32279.44 ft B at Equ Level: 287.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.96 mb = 11129.69 m = 36514.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.3 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 354.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1012.59 Bulk Shear: 0.29 m/s