MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 9 JUL 25 Station: 46.18,-103.38 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -103.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 548 SFC 912 910 29.6 16.2 44 13.4 20.2 145 10 310.8 313.2 296.6 350.0 12.81 3 900 1030 27.9 15.1 46 12.8 19.1 147 12 310.3 312.5 296.0 347.2 12.11 4 850 1533 22.9 14.2 58 8.6 17.0 150 13 310.1 312.4 296.0 347.0 12.10 5 800 2057 17.8 13.1 74 4.7 14.7 154 13 310.1 312.4 295.8 346.5 11.94 6 750 2606 14.0 6.5 61 7.5 9.5 208 7 311.8 313.4 293.6 337.0 8.15 7 700 3185 10.9 -2.0 40 12.9 4.2 307 20 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.6 4.72 8 650 3797 5.8 -1.9 58 7.7 1.8 307 27 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.7 5.11 9 600 4446 1.3 -15.4 28 16.7 -5.0 303 27 317.7 318.0 290.0 324.1 1.92 10 550 5141 -2.6 -22.4 20 19.8 -8.8 299 25 321.0 321.3 290.3 325.0 1.15 11 500 5889 -7.5 -27.6 18 20.1 -12.9 296 26 323.9 324.0 290.7 326.7 0.79 12 450 6699 -13.7 -31.0 22 17.3 -17.6 294 26 326.0 326.2 291.2 328.4 0.64 13 400 7581 -20.6 -34.8 27 14.1 -23.2 295 24 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.50 14 350 8552 -28.7 -40.0 33 11.3 -30.2 295 22 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.3 0.34 15 300 9634 -38.1 -47.6 36 9.5 -38.8 295 19 331.7 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.17 16 250 10862 -48.0 -60.2 23 12.3 -48.3 295 18 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12300 -56.5 -68.6 20 12.1 -56.8 289 24 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 14119 -57.2 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.5 295 45 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16668 -59.1 -86.6 2 27.6 -59.4 297 32 413.6 413.6 307.0 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.13 m Freezing level: 583.04 mb = 4681.76 m = 15359.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.92 mb = 3961.85 m = 12998.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.17 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 750.86 mb = 2596.32 m = 8518.00 ft T: 14.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 20.46 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.18 mb = 3075.54 m = 10090.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.76 C = 90.98 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 31.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1837.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.13 mb = 2626.97 m = 8618.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.13 mb = 3508.22 m = 11509.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.13 mb = 12857.22 m = 42181.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1791.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.13 mb = 15359.78 m = 50392.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.0 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 323.0 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 145.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 13.94 Bulk Shear: 131.79 m/s