MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407301200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407301200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 31 JUL 24 Station: 46.14,-103.43 Latitude: 46.14 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 -20 1 950 443 SFC 902 915 35.1 3.1 13 32.0 15.9 322 8 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.5 5.31 3 900 934 34.7 2.3 13 32.4 15.5 320 8 317.3 318.3 292.6 333.4 5.03 4 850 1446 29.6 0.4 15 29.2 12.9 318 10 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.0 4.63 5 800 1980 24.4 -0.6 19 25.0 10.4 315 11 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.9 4.58 6 750 2538 19.0 -1.6 25 20.6 7.8 313 11 317.2 318.0 292.2 331.7 4.53 7 700 3123 13.5 -4.4 28 18.0 4.4 297 9 317.5 318.2 291.7 330.2 3.93 8 650 3740 7.8 -7.3 33 15.1 0.7 262 11 317.7 318.4 291.4 328.8 3.40 9 600 4392 1.7 -10.5 40 12.2 -3.5 252 16 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.5 2.86 10 550 5085 -4.4 -14.2 46 9.8 -8.1 260 23 318.9 319.3 290.7 326.6 2.32 11 500 5827 -10.7 -16.7 61 6.1 -12.7 257 29 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.0 2.06 12 450 6627 -16.7 -25.1 48 8.4 -18.8 255 34 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.1 1.11 13 400 7502 -21.5 -24.3 78 2.8 -22.2 257 33 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.8 1.34 14 350 8472 -28.2 -32.0 70 3.7 -28.9 261 35 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.75 15 300 9557 -37.3 -40.8 70 3.5 -37.7 265 38 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.36 16 250 10789 -47.5 -51.4 64 3.9 -47.7 259 40 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12227 -55.1 -61.4 45 6.3 -55.2 257 50 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14071 -53.7 -79.8 3 26.2 -54.1 262 37 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16659 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 248 29 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.67 m Freezing level: 585.91 mb = 4587.30 m = 15050.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.02 mb = 3840.55 m = 12600.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.56 % Est. max temperature: 34.78 C = 94.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 566.13 mb = 4854.80 m = 15927.63 ft T: -2.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.88 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 541.31 mb = 5209.09 m = 17089.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.66 C = 97.98 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 40.29 C Cross Totals Index: 11.08 C K Index: 22.73 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 101.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 555.02 mb = 5012.68 m = 16445.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.02 mb = 5672.66 m = 18610.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.02 mb = 7318.04 m = 24009.03 ft B at Equ Level: 45.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 340.02 mb = 8675.38 m = 28462.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 26.08 m/s