MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407241200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 25 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 72 1 950 540 SFC 912 911 36.6 9.2 19 27.4 18.7 174 13 318.0 319.6 295.1 343.5 8.05 3 900 1033 34.9 7.9 19 27.0 17.5 175 15 317.5 318.9 294.6 341.0 7.42 4 850 1546 29.9 7.0 24 22.9 15.4 180 16 317.5 318.9 294.6 340.9 7.39 5 800 2081 24.6 5.8 30 18.8 13.0 186 16 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.4 7.26 6 750 2641 19.3 4.6 38 14.8 10.4 202 15 317.6 319.0 294.3 340.1 7.10 7 700 3228 14.4 1.7 42 12.7 7.1 252 15 318.4 319.6 293.9 338.3 6.21 8 650 3848 9.2 -1.3 48 10.5 3.5 291 18 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.6 5.35 9 600 4504 3.3 -5.9 51 9.2 -1.2 314 20 319.9 320.7 292.6 333.3 4.11 10 550 5202 -2.4 -19.1 26 16.7 -8.1 336 24 321.3 321.6 290.7 326.6 1.54 11 500 5951 -7.0 -38.9 6 31.9 -13.5 338 26 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.5 0.26 12 450 6763 -12.9 -42.5 6 29.6 -17.9 337 24 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.20 13 400 7647 -20.5 -42.5 12 22.0 -23.6 336 22 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.23 14 350 8617 -29.0 -45.5 19 16.5 -30.7 337 20 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.19 15 300 9699 -37.6 -51.7 22 14.1 -38.5 338 19 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.11 16 250 10933 -45.9 -61.9 15 16.0 -46.4 328 25 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.04 17 200 12389 -53.5 -70.5 11 17.0 -53.8 327 41 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14226 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.4 319 36 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16769 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.0 323 15 412.3 412.3 306.8 412.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5878.84 m Freezing level: 570.97 mb = 4909.40 m = 16106.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.29 mb = 4338.27 m = 14233.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.64 % Est. max temperature: 36.15 C = 97.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 614.50 mb = 4308.71 m = 14136.03 ft T: 5.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 17.96 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.55 mb = 4699.93 m = 15419.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.83 C = 101.89 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 36.86 C Cross Totals Index: 13.92 C K Index: 31.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 612.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 607.83 mb = 4398.21 m = 14429.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.83 mb = 5160.90 m = 16931.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.83 mb = 11397.32 m = 37392.32 ft B at Equ Level: 604.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.83 mb = 13701.71 m = 44952.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.88 Bulk Shear: 125.50 m/s