MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 23 JUL 24 Station: 46.14,-103.38 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 550 SFC 913 909 30.4 11.9 32 18.5 18.2 71 5 311.6 313.5 294.6 341.3 9.63 3 900 1033 28.7 10.9 33 17.8 17.1 70 6 311.1 312.8 294.1 339.1 9.11 4 850 1536 23.7 10.1 42 13.7 15.0 67 6 311.0 312.7 294.1 339.1 9.15 5 800 2061 18.6 8.9 53 9.7 12.4 64 5 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.5 8.96 6 750 2610 13.3 7.9 70 5.4 10.0 59 5 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.6 8.98 7 700 3185 7.7 6.8 94 0.9 7.2 53 4 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.5 8.92 8 650 3791 3.0 -2.4 68 5.4 0.3 349 12 312.4 313.3 291.2 328.0 4.95 9 600 4435 0.4 -13.9 33 14.3 -5.1 344 16 316.6 317.1 289.9 323.8 2.18 10 550 5127 -3.3 -26.3 15 23.0 -9.8 339 19 320.2 320.3 289.7 323.0 0.81 11 500 5874 -8.4 -30.4 15 22.0 -13.7 337 22 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.0 0.61 12 450 6679 -15.2 -33.6 19 18.4 -18.8 338 25 324.2 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.50 13 400 7557 -21.6 -41.8 14 20.2 -24.4 342 24 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.24 14 350 8524 -29.5 -44.4 22 15.0 -31.0 344 25 329.0 329.1 291.7 329.9 0.21 15 300 9604 -38.3 -52.6 21 14.3 -39.2 350 28 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 16 250 10833 -46.5 -59.6 21 13.1 -47.0 347 32 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12296 -51.3 -71.2 8 19.8 -51.7 341 47 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14150 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 347 37 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16711 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 358 22 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.50 m Freezing level: 594.07 mb = 4517.36 m = 14820.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.13 mb = 3826.96 m = 12555.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 696.81 mb = 3222.68 m = 10572.98 ft T: 7.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.60 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.99 mb = 3279.39 m = 10759.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.49 C K Index: 41.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 694.10 mb = 3254.55 m = 10677.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.10 mb = 3313.68 m = 10871.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.10 mb = 11125.02 m = 36498.98 ft B at Equ Level: 669.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.10 mb = 13377.30 m = 43888.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.2 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 20.2 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 28.34 Bulk Shear: 24.02 m/s