MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407191200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407191200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 20 JUL 24 Station: 46.16,-103.40 Latitude: 46.16 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 100 1 950 559 SFC 913 912 30.3 11.3 31 19.0 17.8 21 10 311.4 313.2 294.3 339.9 9.24 3 900 1041 28.4 10.1 32 18.3 16.6 20 11 310.7 312.4 293.7 337.4 8.65 4 850 1544 23.4 9.1 40 14.3 14.3 18 12 310.7 312.3 293.6 336.9 8.55 5 800 2068 18.3 8.1 51 10.2 11.9 16 12 310.6 312.2 293.5 336.7 8.49 6 750 2616 12.9 6.9 67 6.0 9.3 13 12 310.6 312.2 293.4 336.4 8.37 7 700 3191 7.4 5.8 90 1.6 6.5 10 12 310.7 312.2 293.4 336.2 8.29 8 650 3796 3.1 -1.9 70 5.0 0.5 342 19 312.4 313.4 291.3 328.5 5.11 9 600 4439 -1.4 -5.2 75 3.8 -3.2 335 21 314.5 315.3 291.2 328.3 4.33 10 550 5127 -5.5 -10.7 67 5.2 -7.6 336 19 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.6 3.07 11 500 5870 -9.1 -17.1 52 8.0 -11.8 336 21 322.0 322.4 291.4 328.8 2.00 12 450 6678 -14.1 -22.5 49 8.4 -16.5 335 22 325.5 325.7 291.8 330.3 1.40 13 400 7560 -20.6 -30.1 42 9.5 -22.6 332 23 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.1 0.78 14 350 8532 -28.1 -38.4 37 10.3 -29.6 328 24 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.39 15 300 9618 -36.9 -45.3 42 8.4 -37.7 327 24 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.22 16 250 10852 -46.5 -53.7 44 7.2 -46.8 326 27 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.3 0.10 17 200 12311 -51.7 -65.1 19 13.4 -52.0 330 38 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.1 0.03 18 150 14175 -53.0 -82.0 2 29.0 -53.5 330 48 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16749 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 340 23 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.35 m Freezing level: 615.79 mb = 4236.26 m = 13898.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.04 mb = 3882.67 m = 12738.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.27 mb = 3281.47 m = 10765.84 ft T: 6.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.40 mb = 3386.81 m = 11111.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.45 C Cross Totals Index: 18.13 C K Index: 39.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.40 mb = 3327.25 m = 10916.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.40 mb = 3507.23 m = 11506.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.40 mb = 10761.04 m = 35304.83 ft B at Equ Level: 334.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.40 mb = 12528.03 m = 41101.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 17.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -1.3 tot: 1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 28.02 Bulk Shear: 12.08 m/s