MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507071200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507071200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 8 JUL 25 Station: 46.18,-103.43 Latitude: 46.18 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 108 1 950 562 SFC 913 915 26.6 9.6 34 17.0 15.8 321 8 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.7 8.23 3 900 1038 24.9 8.1 34 16.8 14.6 320 9 307.1 308.5 291.7 330.0 7.53 4 850 1535 20.0 6.9 43 13.1 12.1 316 10 307.0 308.4 291.5 329.4 7.34 5 800 2052 14.9 6.0 55 8.9 9.7 312 10 307.1 308.5 291.6 329.4 7.35 6 750 2594 9.6 4.9 72 4.7 6.9 307 10 307.0 308.4 291.5 329.2 7.28 7 700 3162 5.1 -0.1 69 5.2 2.4 296 22 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.8 5.41 8 650 3762 0.9 -5.1 64 6.0 -1.9 295 30 310.0 310.7 289.6 322.6 4.03 9 600 4400 -3.5 -9.3 64 5.8 -5.9 294 34 312.0 312.6 289.4 322.1 3.15 10 550 5083 -6.3 -24.6 22 18.3 -11.4 295 37 316.6 316.8 288.7 319.8 0.95 11 500 5822 -10.4 -34.0 13 23.6 -15.3 300 35 320.3 320.4 289.3 321.9 0.43 12 450 6625 -15.0 -28.6 30 13.6 -18.2 308 39 324.3 324.5 290.9 327.2 0.80 13 400 7505 -21.2 -31.6 39 10.4 -23.2 310 44 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.68 14 350 8474 -29.1 -39.4 36 10.3 -30.4 305 46 329.5 329.5 291.9 330.8 0.36 15 300 9554 -38.5 -46.6 42 8.2 -39.1 307 47 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 16 250 10778 -49.0 -54.1 55 5.1 -49.2 317 50 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 17 200 12210 -56.4 -68.1 22 11.7 -56.6 311 47 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14040 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 289 37 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16630 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 268 25 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.13 m Freezing level: 639.86 mb = 3891.22 m = 12766.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.99 mb = 3492.43 m = 11457.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.99 C = 78.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.83 mb = 3035.21 m = 9957.91 ft T: 6.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 9.60 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.72 mb = 3316.77 m = 10881.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.86 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.37 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 32.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.18 mb = 3147.70 m = 10326.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.18 mb = 3685.23 m = 12090.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 556.18 mb = 4995.15 m = 16388.09 ft B at Equ Level: 24.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 486.18 mb = 6035.74 m = 19802.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.2 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 330.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.1 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 60.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 40.56 m/s