MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2207241200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2207241200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 25 JUL 22 Station: 46.09,-103.51 Latitude: 46.09 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 553 SFC 911 921 28.1 10.7 34 17.4 16.9 86 6 309.3 311.0 293.4 336.6 8.91 3 900 1032 26.1 9.9 36 16.2 15.8 88 6 308.4 310.0 292.9 334.5 8.56 4 850 1531 21.1 8.9 45 12.2 13.4 91 6 308.2 309.8 292.8 333.9 8.43 5 800 2051 16.0 8.0 59 8.0 11.1 95 5 308.2 309.8 292.8 334.0 8.47 6 750 2595 10.9 6.2 73 4.7 8.1 77 1 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.7 7.95 7 700 3167 8.8 -7.2 31 16.0 1.4 301 19 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.4 3.17 8 650 3776 5.2 -12.4 27 17.6 -2.0 299 24 314.8 315.3 289.5 322.3 2.27 9 600 4423 0.7 -12.9 36 13.5 -4.7 299 28 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.7 2.37 10 550 5114 -5.1 -13.1 53 8.0 -8.2 292 32 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.4 2.54 11 500 5854 -11.4 -20.9 45 9.4 -14.2 295 36 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.1 1.45 12 450 6652 -16.7 -38.9 13 22.2 -20.4 295 36 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.29 13 400 7526 -22.3 -43.6 13 21.3 -25.1 292 35 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.7 0.20 14 350 8492 -29.6 -45.2 21 15.6 -31.2 287 43 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.19 15 300 9574 -37.3 -58.4 9 21.1 -38.4 279 63 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.05 16 250 10810 -45.8 -63.8 11 18.0 -46.3 274 83 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 17 200 12266 -53.8 -70.4 11 16.6 -54.1 270 98 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14099 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 280 56 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16658 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 289 27 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.03 m Freezing level: 594.15 mb = 4504.00 m = 14776.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.38 mb = 3412.77 m = 11196.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.77 mb = 3087.39 m = 10129.10 ft T: 9.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 11.70 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 648.14 mb = 3798.78 m = 12463.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Cap Strength: 2.97 C Lifted Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.97 C Showalter Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.50 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 25.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.29 mb = 3057.82 m = 10032.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 554.29 mb = 5052.37 m = 16575.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.29 mb = 9474.04 m = 31082.44 ft B at Equ Level: 243.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.29 mb = 11518.24 m = 37789.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.6 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 327.6 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 5.1 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -36.2 tot: -7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.47 Bulk Shear: 99.34 m/s