MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507221200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507221200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 23 JUL 25 Station: 46.11,-103.35 Latitude: 46.11 Longitude: -103.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 1 950 505 SFC 908 904 23.6 17.2 67 6.5 19.1 50 6 305.1 307.6 295.7 346.0 13.70 3 900 980 23.0 16.6 67 6.3 18.6 51 8 305.2 307.7 295.5 345.1 13.35 4 850 1475 18.1 15.3 84 2.8 16.3 48 9 305.1 307.6 295.3 344.0 12.99 5 800 1992 14.3 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 73 6 306.4 308.8 295.4 344.4 12.65 6 750 2537 13.8 9.5 75 4.3 11.1 222 6 311.6 313.5 294.8 342.3 10.00 7 700 3120 12.8 0.2 42 12.6 5.8 281 16 316.7 317.7 292.9 334.3 5.55 8 650 3737 8.2 -3.0 45 11.2 2.4 256 16 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.4 4.72 9 600 4391 2.6 -5.0 57 7.6 -1.2 249 18 319.1 320.0 292.6 333.3 4.39 10 550 5088 -2.7 -10.8 54 8.1 -6.1 257 23 320.8 321.4 292.0 330.9 3.05 11 500 5836 -8.7 -16.2 55 7.5 -11.3 251 31 322.4 322.9 291.6 329.8 2.16 12 450 6643 -13.9 -16.4 82 2.5 -14.8 244 40 325.7 326.2 292.7 333.8 2.36 13 400 7530 -17.8 -50.8 4 33.0 -22.0 244 46 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 14 350 8514 -24.7 -43.8 15 19.1 -27.2 248 58 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.3 0.22 15 300 9618 -32.5 -44.0 31 11.6 -33.7 237 71 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.6 0.26 16 250 10878 -41.9 -49.1 46 7.1 -42.4 233 71 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.4 0.18 17 200 12348 -53.9 -60.4 45 6.5 -54.1 237 74 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.06 18 150 14148 -63.2 -76.7 14 13.5 -63.3 242 61 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16646 -62.9 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 226 34 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.01 m Freezing level: 575.67 mb = 4730.50 m = 15519.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.39 mb = 4171.02 m = 13684.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.88 mb = 1720.14 m = 5643.45 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.64 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 1962.45 m = 6438.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.75 C Showalter Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 29.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.75 mb = 1846.26 m = 6057.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.75 mb = 4407.91 m = 14461.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.75 mb = 10640.61 m = 34909.72 ft B at Equ Level: 498.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.75 mb = 13793.48 m = 45253.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.8 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 283.8 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: -12.8 tot: 87.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 5.23 Bulk Shear: 95.74 m/s
