MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306051200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306051200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 6 JUN 23 Station: 46.04,-103.62 Latitude: 46.04 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 540 SFC 909 930 27.8 12.7 39 15.0 17.8 144 13 309.2 311.2 294.4 340.4 10.23 3 900 1020 26.4 11.8 40 14.6 16.8 145 15 308.7 310.5 293.9 338.2 9.68 4 850 1520 21.5 10.7 50 10.8 14.6 147 17 308.7 310.4 293.7 337.6 9.52 5 800 2041 16.3 9.7 65 6.7 12.1 149 17 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.4 9.46 6 750 2585 11.1 8.6 85 2.5 9.5 150 17 308.6 310.3 293.6 337.1 9.36 7 700 3157 6.4 2.5 76 4.0 4.2 172 12 309.6 310.9 291.7 329.8 6.55 8 650 3761 3.7 -6.1 49 9.8 -0.9 177 9 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.0 3.72 9 600 4405 -0.7 -11.1 45 10.4 -5.0 173 9 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.2 2.73 10 550 5094 -4.9 -18.0 35 13.1 -9.3 175 7 318.3 318.6 290.0 324.0 1.69 11 500 5838 -8.8 -29.4 17 20.6 -13.9 182 10 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.8 0.67 12 450 6645 -14.1 -36.2 14 22.1 -18.4 159 17 325.5 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.38 13 400 7526 -20.5 -41.7 13 21.2 -23.7 149 22 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 14 350 8499 -28.1 -43.1 22 15.0 -29.9 134 22 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.24 15 300 9585 -36.9 -49.4 26 12.4 -37.8 136 22 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.14 16 250 10818 -47.5 -58.8 26 11.3 -47.9 140 26 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 17 200 12252 -58.3 -65.1 41 6.8 -58.4 139 35 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 14038 -61.6 -77.4 10 15.8 -61.7 120 31 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16569 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 107 21 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.70 m Freezing level: 608.03 mb = 4301.65 m = 14112.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.66 mb = 3652.92 m = 11984.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.04 % Est. max temperature: 27.15 C = 80.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.70 mb = 2812.54 m = 9227.40 ft T: 9.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.53 mb = 2928.78 m = 9608.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.25 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.93 mb = 2866.91 m = 9405.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.93 mb = 3040.05 m = 9973.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.93 mb = 11355.87 m = 37256.33 ft B at Equ Level: 417.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.93 mb = 13639.95 m = 44749.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 161.7 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 191.7 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -13.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 12.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 125.57 Bulk Shear: 3.33 m/s