MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 JUL 24 Station: 48.13,-103.64 Latitude: 48.13 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 16 1 950 477 SFC 933 637 34.5 13.7 29 20.8 20.3 229 5 313.8 315.8 295.9 346.8 10.64 3 900 964 30.7 11.8 31 18.9 18.2 230 7 313.2 315.0 295.1 343.3 9.73 4 850 1471 25.8 10.9 39 15.0 16.0 228 9 313.2 315.1 295.1 343.1 9.65 5 800 2000 20.6 9.9 50 10.7 13.7 228 11 313.1 314.9 295.0 342.9 9.61 6 750 2552 15.2 8.7 65 6.5 11.1 228 13 313.1 314.9 294.9 342.5 9.47 7 700 3132 9.5 7.5 87 2.1 8.3 230 15 313.1 314.8 294.8 342.0 9.34 8 650 3742 4.3 3.3 93 1.1 3.7 248 20 313.9 315.3 293.6 337.2 7.46 9 600 4389 0.0 -1.9 87 2.0 -1.0 263 26 316.2 317.2 292.7 333.8 5.55 10 550 5081 -4.3 -11.2 59 6.9 -7.1 276 36 319.0 319.6 291.3 328.7 2.96 11 500 5824 -9.7 -26.9 23 17.2 -14.2 283 45 321.2 321.3 290.0 324.1 0.84 12 450 6627 -15.9 -34.9 18 18.9 -19.5 283 48 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.8 0.44 13 400 7503 -22.0 -45.5 10 23.5 -24.9 283 52 326.4 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.16 14 350 8468 -29.8 -49.5 13 19.7 -31.5 283 56 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.12 15 300 9547 -38.7 -53.7 19 15.1 -39.5 283 61 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 16 250 10772 -47.6 -60.7 21 13.0 -48.0 283 65 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12222 -53.4 -70.4 11 17.1 -53.7 284 78 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14075 -52.3 -81.4 2 29.1 -52.8 290 61 379.9 379.9 302.2 379.9 0.00 19 100 16681 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.8 282 29 420.9 420.9 307.8 420.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.38 m Freezing level: 599.47 mb = 4396.68 m = 14424.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.41 mb = 4250.17 m = 13943.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.22 % Est. max temperature: 33.85 C = 92.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 691.23 mb = 3236.04 m = 10616.81 ft T: 8.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.16 C/km ThetaE index: 22.65 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.89 mb = 3323.90 m = 10905.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.05 C = 93.29 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.22 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.16 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 35.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 44.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 336.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1545.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 684.25 mb = 3319.56 m = 10890.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.25 mb = 3379.92 m = 11088.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.25 mb = 11928.45 m = 39134.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1524.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.25 mb = 14552.68 m = 47744.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 31.91 Bulk Shear: 48.42 m/s