MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 JUL 24 Station: 46.16,-103.51 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -19 1 950 442 SFC 901 921 29.9 11.5 32 18.4 17.7 312 6 312.2 314.0 294.7 341.5 9.49 3 900 928 30.4 10.8 30 19.6 17.5 314 6 312.8 314.5 294.6 340.9 9.08 4 850 1435 26.1 8.8 33 17.3 15.1 307 9 313.5 315.1 294.3 339.7 8.40 5 800 1964 21.1 7.7 42 13.4 12.7 292 7 313.7 315.3 294.2 339.5 8.29 6 750 2518 15.9 6.6 54 9.3 10.2 263 7 313.8 315.4 294.1 339.4 8.19 7 700 3099 10.9 3.4 60 7.4 6.5 243 12 314.5 315.8 293.4 336.5 7.01 8 650 3711 5.9 -4.0 49 10.0 1.0 247 21 315.7 316.5 291.6 329.6 4.36 9 600 4359 0.4 -12.7 37 13.0 -4.8 254 23 316.5 317.0 290.1 324.5 2.41 10 550 5050 -4.4 -22.9 22 18.6 -9.9 259 27 318.9 319.1 289.6 322.7 1.10 11 500 5793 -9.3 -25.4 26 16.0 -13.7 247 30 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.0 0.97 12 450 6598 -14.9 -25.6 40 10.6 -17.7 237 31 324.4 324.7 291.2 328.2 1.06 13 400 7480 -19.4 -22.4 77 3.0 -20.3 233 49 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.3 1.58 14 350 8458 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.4 240 46 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9554 -34.6 -50.8 18 16.2 -35.8 246 49 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.12 16 250 10797 -44.7 -55.9 27 11.2 -45.2 241 44 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.08 17 200 12277 -44.6 -75.6 2 31.0 -45.5 242 53 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 18 150 14155 -56.4 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 248 47 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16683 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 231 19 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.84 m Freezing level: 596.09 mb = 4413.34 m = 14479.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.75 mb = 3814.56 m = 12514.81 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.44 C = 88.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.95 mb = 3230.13 m = 10597.42 ft T: 9.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.02 mb = 3823.82 m = 12545.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.36 C = 92.05 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 35.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 391.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.60 mb = 3552.44 m = 11654.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.60 mb = 4125.21 m = 13533.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.60 mb = 10333.38 m = 33901.77 ft B at Equ Level: 390.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.60 mb = 12029.79 m = 39467.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 38.60 m/s