MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 JUL 24 Station: 46.14,-103.54 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 1 950 472 SFC 904 924 39.0 5.0 12 34.0 17.7 166 18 321.2 322.4 294.5 340.7 6.04 3 900 969 38.2 4.2 12 34.1 17.2 167 20 320.9 322.0 294.2 339.5 5.74 4 850 1487 33.1 3.3 15 29.9 15.0 171 25 320.8 322.0 294.1 339.3 5.70 5 800 2027 27.8 1.8 19 26.0 12.4 174 26 320.8 321.8 293.9 338.4 5.46 6 750 2592 22.3 0.9 24 21.4 9.9 178 26 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.5 5.47 7 700 3184 16.7 -0.4 31 17.1 7.1 191 24 321.0 322.1 293.9 338.3 5.33 8 650 3809 11.3 -2.3 38 13.6 3.9 221 21 321.7 322.7 293.8 337.9 4.96 9 600 4470 5.4 -6.4 42 11.9 -0.4 233 19 322.4 323.2 293.2 335.4 3.94 10 550 5173 -0.3 -12.7 39 12.4 -5.5 235 17 323.7 324.2 292.4 332.5 2.61 11 500 5926 -6.6 -21.1 31 14.5 -11.3 238 18 325.0 325.3 291.7 329.9 1.42 12 450 6739 -12.4 -25.3 33 12.9 -15.9 237 18 327.6 327.8 292.1 331.5 1.09 13 400 7628 -18.2 -23.8 61 5.7 -19.7 244 23 331.4 331.6 293.4 336.3 1.39 14 350 8613 -24.3 -31.3 52 7.0 -25.7 261 20 336.0 336.2 294.1 339.0 0.80 15 300 9719 -32.4 -43.3 33 10.9 -33.6 266 19 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.8 0.28 16 250 10975 -43.5 -50.9 44 7.5 -43.9 277 25 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.14 17 200 12437 -53.2 -60.7 39 7.5 -53.4 272 25 348.5 348.5 296.4 348.7 0.05 18 150 14259 -60.2 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 302 33 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16773 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.5 272 13 409.3 409.3 306.4 409.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5925.39 m Freezing level: 552.85 mb = 5133.17 m = 16840.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.50 mb = 4408.04 m = 14461.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.01 % Est. max temperature: 38.56 C = 101.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 553.92 mb = 5115.73 m = 16783.70 ft T: 0.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.51 C/km ThetaE index: 8.56 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 524.41 mb = 5549.68 m = 18207.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.02 C = 107.64 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: 0.52 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 39.73 C Cross Totals Index: 9.88 C K Index: 25.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 549.04 mb = 5187.03 m = 17017.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 464.04 mb = 6501.97 m = 21331.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.04 mb = 7552.20 m = 24777.27 ft B at Equ Level: 5.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 374.04 mb = 8122.88 m = 26649.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 26.80 m/s