MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 12 JUL 23 Station: 48.18,-103.63 Latitude: 48.18 Longitude: -103.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 527 SFC 937 644 12.9 10.8 87 2.1 11.6 121 11 291.4 292.9 287.5 316.1 8.69 3 900 980 9.8 9.5 98 0.4 9.6 131 20 291.6 293.1 287.2 315.2 8.29 4 850 1459 13.8 13.0 95 0.8 13.3 229 11 300.6 302.6 292.6 333.4 11.16 5 800 1970 12.3 12.1 99 0.1 12.2 238 7 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.19 6 750 2511 10.6 6.9 78 3.7 8.3 273 18 308.0 309.6 292.6 333.5 8.36 7 700 3083 7.2 -3.4 47 10.6 2.0 290 21 310.5 311.3 289.9 323.8 4.25 8 650 3687 2.7 -5.5 55 8.2 -1.2 285 26 312.0 312.7 290.0 324.3 3.91 9 600 4328 -2.4 -9.9 56 7.5 -5.5 273 29 313.3 313.9 289.7 323.0 3.00 10 550 5013 -6.2 -39.5 5 33.3 -12.6 273 34 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.6 0.23 11 500 5751 -10.9 -34.7 12 23.8 -15.7 277 39 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.2 0.40 12 450 6551 -16.7 -37.8 14 21.1 -20.3 276 39 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.33 13 400 7423 -23.6 -42.9 15 19.3 -26.0 275 37 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.22 14 350 8382 -31.6 -48.6 17 16.9 -33.0 277 41 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.13 15 300 9453 -39.4 -54.8 18 15.3 -40.2 276 53 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 16 250 10682 -45.7 -60.6 17 14.9 -46.2 275 55 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 17 200 12168 -44.7 -75.7 2 31.0 -45.6 269 59 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 18 150 14072 -50.4 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.0 277 50 383.3 383.3 302.8 383.3 0.00 19 100 16663 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 275 25 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.32 m Freezing level: 623.75 mb = 4023.73 m = 13201.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.55 mb = 3457.65 m = 11343.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.01 mb = 905.86 m = 2971.94 ft T: 10.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 13.83 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.77 mb = 752.94 m = 2470.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.94 C = 55.29 F Cap Strength: 6.06 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.77 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 27.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9483.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.30 mb = 1203.56 m = 3948.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.2 neg: -15.9 tot: 210.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 207.58 m/s