MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407231200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 JUL 24 Station: 46.16,-103.43 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 541 SFC 911 915 33.3 10.3 24 23.0 18.2 104 5 314.7 316.4 294.8 341.8 8.68 3 900 1028 31.5 9.2 25 22.3 17.1 107 4 314.0 315.6 294.1 339.4 8.14 4 850 1536 26.5 8.2 31 18.4 14.9 112 4 314.0 315.5 294.1 339.0 8.02 5 800 2066 21.3 7.2 40 14.1 12.6 119 3 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.8 8.01 6 750 2619 16.0 6.4 53 9.5 10.1 135 2 313.9 315.4 294.1 339.1 8.08 7 700 3200 10.5 4.5 66 6.0 6.9 269 2 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.7 7.55 8 650 3812 6.4 -4.5 45 11.0 1.0 334 22 316.2 317.0 291.6 329.7 4.20 9 600 4464 1.8 -5.1 60 7.0 -1.6 337 31 318.2 319.1 292.3 332.3 4.36 10 550 5159 -3.2 -10.9 55 7.7 -6.4 324 29 320.3 320.9 291.8 330.3 3.02 11 500 5906 -7.6 -28.1 17 20.6 -12.9 297 25 323.8 324.0 290.7 326.5 0.75 12 450 6716 -13.9 -33.9 17 20.0 -18.0 283 28 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.5 0.48 13 400 7596 -21.5 -37.2 23 15.7 -24.1 285 28 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.39 14 350 8563 -29.7 -44.1 23 14.5 -31.2 286 29 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.22 15 300 9644 -37.6 -47.9 34 10.2 -38.4 306 28 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.17 16 250 10875 -47.2 -55.4 39 8.2 -47.5 310 29 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12328 -52.4 -73.2 6 20.9 -52.7 318 38 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14171 -56.1 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.3 329 34 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16728 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 342 21 412.7 412.7 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.49 m Freezing level: 581.86 mb = 4715.79 m = 15471.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.30 mb = 4062.72 m = 13328.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.71 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 652.96 mb = 3774.74 m = 12384.18 ft T: 6.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.92 mb = 4197.81 m = 13772.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.97 C = 96.75 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.12 C Cross Totals Index: 15.72 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 577.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.38 mb = 3819.98 m = 12532.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 564.38 mb = 4952.51 m = 16248.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.38 mb = 11295.27 m = 37057.51 ft B at Equ Level: 566.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.38 mb = 13206.43 m = 43327.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.7 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 345.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.89 Bulk Shear: 58.42 m/s