MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 JUL 24 Station: 46.14,-103.56 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 501 SFC 905 925 25.2 9.7 38 15.5 15.4 117 10 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.3 8.38 3 900 977 24.5 9.0 37 15.5 14.8 119 13 306.7 308.2 292.0 331.0 8.00 4 850 1474 22.3 1.2 25 21.1 10.6 16 1 309.5 310.4 290.2 324.8 4.91 5 800 1998 20.2 0.4 27 19.8 9.2 299 13 312.6 313.6 291.2 328.2 4.93 6 750 2550 16.6 -0.3 32 16.9 7.4 280 21 314.6 315.6 291.9 330.5 5.00 7 700 3132 11.9 -0.8 41 12.7 5.1 266 26 315.7 316.7 292.3 332.1 5.16 8 650 3746 6.5 -2.1 54 8.6 2.0 259 30 316.3 317.3 292.4 332.5 5.06 9 600 4397 1.3 -4.2 67 5.5 -1.4 256 35 317.6 318.5 292.4 332.7 4.68 10 550 5092 -3.2 -6.0 81 2.8 -4.6 246 43 320.3 321.2 293.0 334.8 4.45 11 500 5839 -8.4 -9.5 91 1.1 -8.9 241 44 322.8 323.5 293.1 335.1 3.71 12 450 6649 -13.1 -15.4 83 2.2 -13.9 237 42 326.7 327.2 293.2 335.5 2.57 13 400 7538 -17.9 -24.9 55 6.9 -19.8 236 40 331.7 331.9 293.4 336.2 1.27 14 350 8522 -24.6 -29.9 62 5.2 -25.7 235 44 335.5 335.7 294.0 338.9 0.92 15 300 9626 -33.5 -37.6 66 4.1 -34.0 236 53 338.2 338.3 294.3 340.1 0.50 16 250 10877 -43.6 -53.5 33 9.8 -44.2 229 55 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.11 17 200 12347 -49.7 -71.9 6 22.2 -50.2 237 48 354.0 354.0 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 14201 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 241 42 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16718 -62.0 -84.7 3 22.7 -62.3 223 20 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.73 m Freezing level: 585.66 mb = 4596.15 m = 15079.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.40 mb = 4125.14 m = 13533.77 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.02 mb = 2882.74 m = 9457.69 ft T: 13.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 7.56 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 561.23 mb = 4930.20 m = 16174.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.55 C = 99.58 F Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lifted Index: 4.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.74 C Showalter Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 30.70 C Cross Totals Index: 9.62 C K Index: 19.19 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8024.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 644.99 mb = 3809.28 m = 12497.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.9 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.4 neg: -96.1 tot: -78.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 174.74 m/s