MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407111200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407111200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 12 JUL 24 Station: 48.17,-103.67 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 500 SFC 935 642 34.7 12.4 26 22.4 19.7 164 7 313.8 315.7 295.3 343.9 9.69 3 900 988 31.7 9.5 25 22.2 17.3 172 11 314.2 315.8 294.3 340.1 8.30 4 850 1496 26.7 8.7 32 18.0 15.2 178 12 314.1 315.7 294.3 340.1 8.31 5 800 2026 21.6 7.9 41 13.7 13.0 183 12 314.2 315.8 294.4 340.4 8.39 6 750 2581 16.6 4.7 45 11.9 9.5 210 12 314.6 316.0 293.6 337.0 7.15 7 700 3163 12.0 0.9 47 11.1 5.8 263 13 315.7 316.9 292.9 334.2 5.83 8 650 3778 6.3 -1.0 59 7.4 2.4 280 18 316.1 317.2 292.7 333.5 5.46 9 600 4427 0.3 -2.8 80 3.1 -1.3 292 18 316.5 317.5 292.5 333.0 5.19 10 550 5117 -5.7 -7.7 86 2.0 -6.6 298 16 317.3 318.1 291.7 329.9 3.90 11 500 5856 -11.1 -21.8 41 10.8 -14.2 301 17 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.1 1.33 12 450 6657 -15.7 -36.1 16 20.4 -19.5 295 21 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.9 0.39 13 400 7534 -21.8 -44.8 11 23.0 -24.7 289 23 326.6 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.18 14 350 8501 -29.3 -47.8 15 18.5 -31.0 293 24 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.14 15 300 9583 -37.5 -53.0 18 15.5 -38.5 299 26 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.8 0.09 16 250 10819 -45.3 -61.9 14 16.6 -45.9 298 30 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12283 -50.1 -70.2 8 20.1 -50.5 288 32 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14166 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.2 274 26 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16737 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 269 11 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.79 m Freezing level: 597.48 mb = 4461.62 m = 14637.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.19 mb = 4197.61 m = 13771.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.50 % Est. max temperature: 35.21 C = 95.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.98 mb = 3440.52 m = 11287.66 ft T: 9.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.55 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.50 mb = 3935.03 m = 12910.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.07 C = 98.73 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.54 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 37.80 C Cross Totals Index: 19.75 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 937.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 656.21 mb = 3698.76 m = 12134.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.21 mb = 4145.02 m = 13598.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.21 mb = 11054.10 m = 36266.28 ft B at Equ Level: 927.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.21 mb = 13694.78 m = 44929.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 298.9 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 19.26 Bulk Shear: 48.67 m/s