MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 JUL 24 Station: 46.11,-103.46 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 1 950 475 SFC 905 917 34.2 13.7 29 20.5 20.1 182 11 316.2 318.3 296.7 350.5 10.95 3 900 966 33.5 12.4 28 21.1 19.2 180 13 316.0 317.9 296.1 347.7 10.11 4 850 1478 28.5 11.1 34 17.4 16.9 189 15 316.0 317.8 295.8 346.6 9.78 5 800 2011 23.4 10.1 43 13.3 14.7 203 16 316.1 318.0 295.9 346.7 9.75 6 750 2570 18.4 8.5 52 9.9 12.1 233 18 316.6 318.4 295.7 345.9 9.34 7 700 3156 13.2 5.9 61 7.3 8.8 259 24 317.1 318.7 295.1 343.5 8.37 8 650 3774 7.7 2.6 70 5.1 4.8 270 30 317.7 319.1 294.4 340.4 7.15 9 600 4427 1.8 -3.3 69 5.1 -0.7 279 37 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.3 5.02 10 550 5122 -2.9 -22.2 21 19.3 -9.0 293 45 320.7 320.9 290.2 324.7 1.17 11 500 5869 -8.5 -31.7 13 23.3 -13.9 294 46 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.7 0.54 12 450 6675 -14.7 -31.6 22 16.9 -18.3 294 50 324.8 324.9 290.9 327.0 0.60 13 400 7555 -20.8 -24.0 76 3.1 -21.6 293 64 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.8 1.38 14 350 8525 -28.7 -38.3 39 9.5 -30.0 287 65 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.40 15 300 9611 -36.4 -48.0 29 11.7 -37.3 288 69 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10848 -45.7 -57.4 26 11.7 -46.2 287 69 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.07 17 200 12308 -52.2 -72.0 8 19.7 -52.6 287 68 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14155 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.8 288 59 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.5 0.00 19 100 16714 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 283 29 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.17 m Freezing level: 580.76 mb = 4694.37 m = 15401.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.66 mb = 4336.78 m = 14228.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.92 % Est. max temperature: 34.45 C = 94.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.09 mb = 3482.72 m = 11426.11 ft T: 10.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.99 C/km ThetaE index: 22.04 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 644.53 mb = 3842.67 m = 12607.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.68 C = 96.22 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.92 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 40.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 503.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1502.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 660.19 mb = 3644.08 m = 11955.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.19 mb = 4091.35 m = 13422.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.19 mb = 12140.72 m = 39831.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1482.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.19 mb = 14811.15 m = 48592.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 215.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 8.94 Bulk Shear: 168.08 m/s