MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 18 JUN 25 Station: 46.14,-103.51 Latitude: 46.14 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 64 1 950 514 SFC 907 921 23.7 10.0 42 13.7 15.1 58 2 305.3 306.8 292.0 330.9 8.52 3 900 987 22.7 8.6 40 14.1 14.1 64 2 304.9 306.4 291.3 328.5 7.83 4 850 1480 17.7 7.5 51 10.3 11.6 58 1 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.7 7.65 5 800 1994 12.8 6.4 65 6.3 9.0 30 0 304.7 306.2 291.0 327.5 7.56 6 750 2531 7.5 5.4 87 2.0 6.3 310 0 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.4 7.54 7 700 3094 2.8 0.9 87 1.9 1.8 295 8 305.6 306.7 289.8 323.3 5.82 8 650 3690 -0.8 -7.5 60 6.7 -3.7 306 12 308.0 308.7 288.3 318.6 3.35 9 600 4325 -4.1 -22.9 22 18.8 -9.5 302 15 311.4 311.5 287.0 314.7 1.01 10 550 5004 -9.4 -17.7 51 8.3 -12.0 290 13 312.9 313.3 288.3 318.6 1.73 11 500 5734 -14.1 -16.5 82 2.4 -14.9 274 17 315.8 316.2 289.6 322.8 2.10 12 450 6525 -19.1 -22.1 77 3.0 -19.9 271 25 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.2 1.45 13 400 7390 -25.6 -29.9 68 4.2 -26.4 277 25 321.7 321.8 290.1 324.5 0.80 14 350 8341 -33.8 -38.9 60 5.1 -34.3 271 24 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.38 15 300 9401 -43.0 -48.6 54 5.7 -43.3 266 21 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.15 16 250 10604 -51.6 -60.4 34 8.8 -51.8 249 29 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.04 17 200 12048 -51.2 -76.0 4 24.7 -51.6 257 42 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 13905 -53.3 -79.5 3 26.2 -53.7 282 41 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16505 -55.1 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.6 273 22 421.3 421.3 307.9 421.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.87 m Freezing level: 661.25 mb = 3556.23 m = 11667.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.69 mb = 3284.03 m = 10774.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.83 % Est. max temperature: 23.13 C = 73.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 740.84 mb = 2631.29 m = 8632.74 ft T: 6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 16.17 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.37 mb = 2792.43 m = 9161.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.53 C = 74.35 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 378.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.53 mb = 2756.96 m = 9045.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.53 mb = 2926.67 m = 9601.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.53 mb = 10230.94 m = 33565.66 ft B at Equ Level: 374.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.53 mb = 11903.49 m = 39052.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.8 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 315.8 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 161.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 19.32 Bulk Shear: 19.59 m/s