MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407101200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407101200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 11 JUL 24 Station: 46.16,-103.59 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 535 SFC 910 925 31.6 8.3 23 23.3 16.8 163 8 313.1 314.6 293.5 336.6 7.55 3 900 1019 30.1 7.3 24 22.8 15.9 164 9 312.5 313.8 293.0 334.7 7.14 4 850 1524 25.0 5.7 29 19.3 13.3 168 9 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.4 6.78 5 800 2051 19.9 5.1 38 14.7 11.1 173 9 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.8 6.92 6 750 2601 14.5 4.0 49 10.5 8.4 177 8 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.5 6.81 7 700 3178 8.8 2.9 66 5.9 5.5 183 8 312.3 313.6 292.6 333.3 6.76 8 650 3786 5.1 -14.5 23 19.6 -2.6 307 5 314.7 315.1 289.0 321.0 1.91 9 600 4436 2.7 -29.8 7 32.5 -6.4 336 11 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.1 0.54 10 550 5133 -2.2 -30.8 9 28.7 -9.6 320 12 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.4 0.53 11 500 5882 -7.5 -32.8 11 25.3 -13.4 319 16 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.48 12 450 6690 -14.2 -34.6 16 20.4 -18.3 319 20 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.45 13 400 7569 -21.6 -40.8 16 19.1 -24.4 320 20 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.27 14 350 8536 -29.7 -47.9 15 18.2 -31.4 326 20 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.14 15 300 9615 -38.5 -53.0 20 14.6 -39.4 327 27 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.09 16 250 10845 -45.8 -62.9 13 17.1 -46.3 346 33 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 17 200 12310 -51.7 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.1 341 32 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14169 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 4 32 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16728 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 4 17 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.57 m Freezing level: 572.40 mb = 4820.74 m = 15815.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.94 mb = 3587.60 m = 11770.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.79 C = 87.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 647.28 mb = 3820.36 m = 12533.85 ft T: 4.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 578.12 mb = 4733.51 m = 15529.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.48 C = 101.27 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.53 C Cross Totals Index: 13.27 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 102.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.93 mb = 3887.83 m = 12755.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 426.93 mb = 7083.14 m = 23238.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.93 mb = 9915.56 m = 32530.96 ft B at Equ Level: 92.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.93 mb = 10925.84 m = 35845.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -1.4 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.12 Bulk Shear: 44.59 m/s