MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 12 JUL 25 Station: 46.2,-103.38 Latitude: 46.20 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 120 1 950 567 SFC 913 911 22.7 6.9 36 15.8 13.3 327 13 303.6 304.9 290.0 324.1 6.83 3 900 1036 20.7 5.7 38 15.0 12.0 327 16 302.8 304.0 289.3 322.0 6.39 4 850 1525 15.7 4.7 48 11.1 9.5 326 18 302.6 303.8 289.2 321.5 6.29 5 800 2035 10.8 3.7 62 7.1 6.9 325 18 302.6 303.8 289.2 321.3 6.24 6 750 2569 5.5 2.8 82 2.8 4.1 324 18 302.6 303.7 289.2 321.3 6.24 7 700 3128 1.7 -4.9 61 6.6 -1.3 332 25 304.3 305.0 287.4 316.0 3.78 8 650 3724 0.2 -18.3 23 18.5 -6.0 313 24 309.2 309.4 286.6 313.7 1.39 9 600 4360 -3.5 -30.6 10 27.1 -10.0 300 30 312.1 312.2 286.7 313.8 0.50 10 550 5041 -8.5 -34.2 11 25.6 -13.8 295 35 314.0 314.0 287.2 315.3 0.39 11 500 5771 -14.2 -37.5 12 23.3 -18.2 291 39 315.7 315.8 287.7 316.8 0.31 12 450 6560 -20.3 -46.1 8 25.9 -23.3 286 43 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.3 0.14 13 400 7420 -26.8 -48.1 12 21.2 -28.8 276 47 320.1 320.1 288.9 320.6 0.12 14 350 8368 -34.1 -52.9 13 18.8 -35.3 267 53 322.7 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.08 15 300 9430 -41.6 -57.2 17 15.6 -42.3 258 60 326.7 326.7 290.8 326.9 0.06 16 250 10645 -48.1 -63.1 16 15.0 -48.5 262 56 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.7 0.03 17 200 12110 -48.3 -74.8 3 26.5 -48.9 274 37 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 13990 -51.7 -80.9 2 29.3 -52.2 267 27 381.1 381.1 302.4 381.1 0.00 19 100 16596 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.6 -54.9 282 9 422.8 422.8 308.0 422.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.28 m Freezing level: 647.40 mb = 3756.80 m = 12325.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.32 mb = 2986.66 m = 9798.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.11 % Est. max temperature: 21.70 C = 71.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 722.35 mb = 2873.27 m = 9426.62 ft T: 3.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 706.15 mb = 3057.14 m = 10029.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.16 C = 73.69 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 28.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 130.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7820.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 719.68 mb = 2903.27 m = 9525.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.9 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 332.9 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -7.6 tot: 1.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 31.71 m/s