MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 18 JUL 24 Station: 46.14,-103.40 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 1 950 580 SFC 915 911 28.6 10.7 33 17.9 17.0 117 5 309.5 311.2 293.4 336.6 8.86 3 900 1060 26.5 9.2 34 17.3 15.6 121 5 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.7 8.14 4 850 1559 21.6 8.5 43 13.1 13.4 129 4 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.9 8.22 5 800 2080 16.5 7.5 55 9.1 11.0 141 3 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.6 8.13 6 750 2624 11.2 6.6 73 4.6 8.5 164 3 308.7 310.3 292.7 333.7 8.19 7 700 3195 5.8 5.0 94 0.8 5.4 228 3 308.9 310.4 292.5 332.9 7.84 8 650 3800 3.6 -6.6 47 10.2 -1.1 321 20 313.1 313.8 290.1 324.5 3.59 9 600 4445 0.1 -12.7 38 12.7 -5.0 327 21 316.2 316.6 290.0 324.1 2.40 10 550 5136 -3.9 -24.0 19 20.0 -9.9 325 23 319.4 319.6 289.6 322.9 1.00 11 500 5881 -9.0 -30.3 16 21.3 -14.1 322 25 322.0 322.2 290.0 324.3 0.62 12 450 6686 -14.9 -35.9 15 20.9 -18.9 321 27 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.9 0.40 13 400 7563 -21.9 -39.6 19 17.7 -24.5 321 24 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.31 14 350 8530 -29.3 -42.2 27 13.0 -30.7 319 22 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.27 15 300 9613 -36.9 -53.5 16 16.6 -37.9 315 25 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.09 16 250 10852 -45.1 -59.2 19 14.1 -45.6 310 31 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.05 17 200 12320 -49.5 -76.5 3 27.0 -50.0 309 40 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.4 0.01 18 150 14179 -56.5 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 319 39 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16728 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.7 320 24 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.44 m Freezing level: 599.35 mb = 4453.95 m = 14612.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.48 mb = 3694.01 m = 12119.30 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.33 mb = 3144.30 m = 10315.82 ft T: 6.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 10.84 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 692.97 mb = 3277.65 m = 10753.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.52 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 68.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.53 mb = 3200.80 m = 10501.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 464.53 mb = 6443.12 m = 21138.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 324.53 mb = 9061.29 m = 29728.26 ft B at Equ Level: 68.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.53 mb = 10468.02 m = 34343.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.5 at 15.1 knts Storm direction: 352.5 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.36 Bulk Shear: 50.48 m/s