MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407211200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407211200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 22 JUL 24 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 128 1 950 586 SFC 944 644 31.5 15.0 37 16.5 20.2 67 6 309.7 311.9 295.4 344.5 11.42 3 900 1067 26.6 13.5 44 13.1 17.8 70 6 308.9 311.0 294.8 342.0 10.87 4 850 1567 21.6 12.5 56 9.2 15.6 73 5 308.8 310.8 294.7 341.5 10.76 5 800 2089 16.6 11.5 72 5.1 13.3 76 5 308.8 310.9 294.7 341.5 10.73 6 750 2634 11.4 10.1 92 1.3 10.6 78 4 308.9 310.9 294.4 340.6 10.41 7 700 3207 6.9 0.9 65 6.0 3.7 322 7 310.2 311.3 291.2 328.3 5.84 8 650 3812 3.7 -12.9 28 16.6 -2.9 330 10 313.2 313.6 288.8 320.3 2.17 9 600 4456 -0.2 -19.4 22 19.2 -6.7 345 10 315.9 316.1 288.9 320.5 1.37 10 550 5146 -4.6 -24.3 20 19.7 -10.3 359 9 318.6 318.8 289.3 322.0 0.97 11 500 5888 -9.6 -25.7 26 16.1 -13.9 4 9 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.7 0.94 12 450 6693 -15.3 -31.8 23 16.5 -18.8 9 11 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.1 0.59 13 400 7570 -21.5 -35.2 28 13.7 -23.9 15 12 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.8 0.48 14 350 8539 -28.9 -39.5 35 10.6 -30.3 7 13 329.8 329.8 292.0 331.1 0.35 15 300 9622 -37.5 -48.1 32 10.6 -38.2 5 15 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10853 -47.4 -55.9 37 8.5 -47.7 355 17 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.08 17 200 12297 -55.4 -65.0 29 9.6 -55.6 344 24 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14135 -53.8 -78.0 4 24.2 -54.2 359 31 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.4 0.01 19 100 16719 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.6 13 23 417.3 417.3 307.4 417.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.26 m Freezing level: 602.85 mb = 4419.46 m = 14499.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.97 mb = 3540.26 m = 11614.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.11 mb = 2710.80 m = 8893.60 ft T: 10.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 24.25 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2721.12 m = 8927.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.89 C = 87.59 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1261.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.93 mb = 2712.82 m = 8900.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.93 mb = 2768.84 m = 9083.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.93 mb = 12045.03 m = 39517.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1248.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.93 mb = 14669.56 m = 48127.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.2 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 36.2 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: -1.6 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 185.29 Bulk Shear: 6.81 m/s