MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506201200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506201200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 21 JUN 25 Station: 46.14,-103.48 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -99 1 950 356 2 900 844 SFC 892 919 30.9 17.3 44 13.5 21.2 52 11 314.1 316.8 298.2 357.7 14.09 4 850 1352 26.2 15.4 52 10.8 18.7 60 13 313.6 316.1 297.5 354.1 13.10 5 800 1883 21.3 14.2 64 7.1 16.4 92 10 313.8 316.3 297.4 353.5 12.83 6 750 2438 16.2 12.4 78 3.8 13.7 147 10 314.2 316.5 297.1 352.0 12.20 7 700 3022 11.8 8.0 78 3.8 9.4 227 16 315.6 317.4 295.7 345.8 9.68 8 650 3638 8.5 -7.1 32 15.7 1.0 250 34 318.6 319.3 291.7 329.8 3.44 9 600 4293 2.8 -12.2 32 15.0 -3.4 246 38 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.7 2.51 10 550 4988 -3.5 -15.9 38 12.4 -8.0 246 36 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 2.01 11 500 5732 -10.3 -21.3 40 11.1 -13.6 243 33 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.3 1.39 12 450 6532 -16.8 -34.3 21 17.4 -20.1 237 32 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.47 13 400 7405 -22.4 -43.8 12 21.4 -25.2 244 46 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.20 14 350 8373 -28.8 -49.7 12 20.9 -30.7 248 51 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.5 0.12 15 300 9458 -37.0 -55.5 13 18.5 -38.1 244 59 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.5 0.07 16 250 10693 -45.5 -63.3 12 17.8 -46.1 245 68 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 17 200 12161 -51.1 -70.2 9 19.1 -51.5 238 78 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14011 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 244 75 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16554 -63.3 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.5 225 34 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.14 m Freezing level: 577.73 mb = 4602.64 m = 15100.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.34 mb = 3786.25 m = 12421.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.37 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.44 mb = 2627.02 m = 8618.72 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.15 C/km ThetaE index: 33.95 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.33 mb = 2885.82 m = 9467.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.00 C = 89.60 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -8.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -8.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 62.18 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 36.47 C Cross Totals Index: 25.71 C K Index: 48.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 507.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2837.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.95 mb = 2713.80 m = 8903.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.95 mb = 3129.88 m = 10268.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.95 mb = 12458.68 m = 40874.44 ft B at Equ Level: 2825.30 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.4 neg: -1.2 tot: 273.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.45 Bulk Rich Number: 14.77 Bulk Shear: 192.09 m/s