MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407151200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407151200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 16 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 58 1 950 514 SFC 908 917 28.6 12.0 36 16.6 17.7 352 3 310.2 312.0 294.3 340.0 9.74 3 900 994 27.1 11.1 37 16.1 16.7 347 2 309.5 311.2 293.7 337.7 9.24 4 850 1495 22.1 9.9 46 12.2 14.4 327 2 309.3 311.0 293.6 337.0 9.06 5 800 2017 17.1 9.0 59 8.1 12.0 306 3 309.3 311.0 293.6 336.9 9.02 6 750 2563 11.9 7.4 74 4.5 9.2 280 7 309.5 311.2 293.3 336.0 8.66 7 700 3137 8.1 3.6 73 4.5 5.5 275 22 311.4 312.7 292.6 333.3 7.08 8 650 3745 4.6 -0.7 68 5.3 1.8 278 24 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.9 5.62 9 600 4391 -0.6 -11.4 44 10.8 -5.0 283 31 315.4 315.9 290.0 324.1 2.67 10 550 5080 -5.2 -26.1 18 20.9 -10.9 291 36 317.9 318.1 289.0 320.8 0.83 11 500 5821 -9.9 -32.8 13 22.9 -14.9 295 38 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.7 0.48 12 450 6625 -15.1 -42.3 8 27.2 -19.4 293 40 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.21 13 400 7503 -21.1 -38.1 20 16.9 -23.8 287 45 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.9 0.36 14 350 8475 -28.3 -34.0 58 5.7 -29.2 284 57 330.5 330.7 292.4 332.8 0.62 15 300 9561 -36.3 -49.5 24 13.2 -37.2 283 51 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 16 250 10804 -44.2 -63.7 10 19.5 -44.9 285 54 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.03 17 200 12271 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 286 68 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14124 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 301 63 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16696 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 302 31 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.09 m Freezing level: 605.82 mb = 4316.21 m = 14160.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.61 mb = 3913.44 m = 12839.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.47 mb = 2989.96 m = 9809.46 ft T: 9.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.21 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.66 mb = 3366.91 m = 11046.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.43 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.24 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.83 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.01 mb = 3018.73 m = 9903.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.01 mb = 4061.78 m = 13325.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.01 mb = 9910.52 m = 32514.43 ft B at Equ Level: 340.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.01 mb = 12108.05 m = 39724.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.7 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 318.7 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 5.16 Bulk Shear: 66.67 m/s