MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407211200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 22 JUL 24 Station: 46.16,-103.46 Latitude: 46.16 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 120 1 950 579 SFC 915 917 29.7 11.1 32 18.6 17.5 41 4 310.7 312.4 294.0 338.7 9.10 3 900 1061 28.1 10.2 33 17.9 16.5 39 5 310.5 312.1 293.6 337.2 8.69 4 850 1563 23.1 9.2 41 14.0 14.3 30 5 310.4 312.0 293.5 336.7 8.59 5 800 2087 18.0 8.1 52 9.9 11.9 24 5 310.3 311.9 293.4 336.4 8.49 6 750 2634 12.7 7.1 69 5.6 9.3 19 5 310.4 311.9 293.4 336.3 8.45 7 700 3208 7.0 5.7 92 1.2 6.2 10 5 310.2 311.8 293.2 335.5 8.25 8 650 3813 2.5 0.2 85 2.3 1.3 348 12 311.8 312.9 291.8 330.4 5.98 9 600 4456 -1.1 -7.9 60 6.8 -4.1 360 14 314.8 315.5 290.6 326.2 3.52 10 550 5144 -5.2 -19.3 32 14.1 -9.8 2 14 317.9 318.2 289.7 323.0 1.51 11 500 5886 -10.0 -24.7 29 14.6 -14.0 5 11 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.4 1.03 12 450 6689 -15.3 -31.1 25 15.8 -18.7 11 9 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.63 13 400 7566 -21.9 -39.1 20 17.2 -24.5 13 10 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 14 350 8534 -29.1 -41.9 28 12.8 -30.6 13 12 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.27 15 300 9617 -37.1 -52.7 18 15.6 -38.1 20 15 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 16 250 10851 -46.8 -59.1 23 12.2 -47.3 13 17 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.05 17 200 12298 -55.4 -66.1 25 10.6 -55.6 358 23 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14134 -53.9 -78.1 4 24.2 -54.3 357 28 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.01 19 100 16716 -58.2 -86.0 2 27.8 -58.6 12 24 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.47 m Freezing level: 615.40 mb = 4257.74 m = 13968.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.28 mb = 3959.09 m = 12988.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 697.03 mb = 3242.98 m = 10639.56 ft T: 6.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 15.64 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.31 mb = 3310.19 m = 10860.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.09 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 41.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 470.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.93 mb = 3302.86 m = 10836.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.93 mb = 3362.03 m = 11030.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.93 mb = 10930.96 m = 35862.29 ft B at Equ Level: 464.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.93 mb = 13079.94 m = 42912.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.5 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 35.5 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 115.55 Bulk Shear: 4.07 m/s