MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407131200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407131200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 14 JUL 24 Station: 48.17,-103.64 Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 552 SFC 940 643 28.6 10.9 33 17.7 17.2 35 8 307.1 308.8 292.7 333.6 8.73 3 900 1029 24.1 9.0 38 15.1 14.7 37 9 306.4 307.9 291.9 330.7 8.04 4 850 1524 19.2 8.0 48 11.1 12.4 39 9 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.3 7.96 5 800 2041 15.1 3.0 44 12.1 8.3 22 5 307.2 308.3 290.4 325.4 5.93 6 750 2585 13.2 -3.2 32 16.4 4.9 299 14 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.6 4.03 7 700 3161 8.9 -2.8 43 11.7 3.0 284 20 312.4 313.2 290.7 326.4 4.44 8 650 3769 3.7 -0.5 74 4.2 1.5 282 26 313.1 314.2 292.0 330.9 5.68 9 600 4412 -1.1 -10.2 50 9.1 -4.9 283 30 314.9 315.4 290.1 324.4 2.93 10 550 5100 -5.5 -20.2 30 14.7 -10.2 285 36 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.2 1.39 11 500 5839 -11.6 -25.5 31 13.9 -15.2 283 39 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.3 0.96 12 450 6635 -18.2 -35.1 21 16.9 -21.1 282 44 320.4 320.5 289.3 322.0 0.43 13 400 7503 -24.6 -41.6 19 17.0 -26.8 282 49 323.0 323.1 290.0 324.0 0.25 14 350 8459 -32.2 -49.0 17 16.7 -33.6 282 52 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.13 15 300 9526 -41.2 -52.4 29 11.2 -41.8 281 55 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.10 16 250 10741 -48.0 -59.1 26 11.2 -48.3 282 61 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.05 17 200 12207 -48.1 -73.5 4 25.4 -48.6 284 59 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 14102 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -49.0 280 44 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.01 19 100 16717 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.2 265 25 418.0 418.0 307.5 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.07 m Freezing level: 611.33 mb = 4266.48 m = 13997.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.38 mb = 3913.82 m = 12840.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 725.66 mb = 2860.41 m = 9384.42 ft T: 11.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 9.95 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.98 mb = 3656.08 m = 11994.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.37 C = 93.86 F Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lifted Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 27.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 296.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 265.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.84 mb = 2915.95 m = 9566.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.84 mb = 5448.32 m = 17874.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.84 mb = 10085.36 m = 33088.06 ft B at Equ Level: 291.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.84 mb = 11706.02 m = 38405.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.4 neg: -10.6 tot: 48.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.79 Bulk Shear: 105.96 m/s