MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 9 JUL 22 Station: 46.16,-103.46 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 567 SFC 913 918 28.7 18.1 53 10.5 21.2 137 12 309.7 312.5 297.5 353.9 14.49 3 900 1049 26.7 17.3 56 9.4 20.1 139 15 309.1 311.7 297.0 351.4 13.96 4 850 1550 21.7 16.0 70 5.7 17.8 142 16 308.9 311.5 296.7 350.2 13.61 5 800 2073 18.4 9.9 57 8.5 12.9 171 15 310.8 312.6 294.4 340.2 9.59 6 750 2625 16.2 5.0 48 11.1 9.5 229 9 314.1 315.5 293.6 337.0 7.32 7 700 3207 11.8 3.0 55 8.7 6.7 273 11 315.5 316.8 293.6 337.0 6.81 8 650 3822 7.2 -3.0 48 10.2 2.0 279 17 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.3 4.73 9 600 4474 1.7 -6.0 57 7.7 -2.0 291 22 318.1 318.9 292.0 331.3 4.08 10 550 5168 -4.4 -10.0 65 5.5 -6.8 292 24 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.5 3.25 11 500 5910 -10.7 -14.6 73 3.9 -12.1 291 24 320.1 320.5 291.2 328.3 2.47 12 450 6709 -16.7 -30.3 30 13.6 -19.6 283 28 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.7 0.69 13 400 7586 -21.1 -53.4 4 32.2 -24.5 284 35 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.07 14 350 8555 -29.2 -40.1 34 10.9 -30.6 283 35 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.33 15 300 9636 -38.1 -48.4 33 10.3 -38.8 287 38 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.16 16 250 10864 -47.9 -57.8 31 9.9 -48.3 289 43 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12313 -52.3 -69.8 11 17.4 -52.7 281 39 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14173 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 282 44 377.9 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16717 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 289 28 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.10 m Freezing level: 586.26 mb = 4664.69 m = 15303.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.94 mb = 4142.49 m = 13590.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.68 mb = 2249.53 m = 7380.27 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.30 C/km ThetaE index: 29.12 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.82 mb = 3066.19 m = 10059.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.97 C = 93.15 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: -7.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.32 C Showalter Index: -7.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.38 C Cross Totals Index: 26.69 C K Index: 39.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 539.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2292.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 114.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.54 mb = 2372.05 m = 7782.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.54 mb = 3726.63 m = 12226.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.54 mb = 12393.38 m = 40660.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2271.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.54 mb = 15703.19 m = 51519.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 115.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 17.84 Bulk Shear: 128.52 m/s