MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2306081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2306081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 9 JUN 23 Station: 46.14,-103.51 Latitude: 46.14 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 31 1 950 489 SFC 905 921 29.6 11.1 32 18.5 17.5 122 7 311.6 313.3 294.3 339.9 9.20 3 900 972 28.9 10.1 31 18.8 16.8 123 8 311.3 312.9 293.8 337.9 8.64 4 850 1475 24.0 8.9 38 15.0 14.4 128 9 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.3 8.47 5 800 2000 18.7 7.9 49 10.8 12.0 130 10 311.1 312.7 293.6 337.0 8.41 6 750 2549 13.4 6.8 64 6.6 9.4 132 10 311.1 312.7 293.5 336.8 8.32 7 700 3124 7.7 5.6 86 2.1 6.5 135 10 311.1 312.6 293.4 336.3 8.19 8 650 3730 3.1 1.1 87 2.0 2.0 168 8 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.5 6.39 9 600 4375 -0.4 -3.5 80 3.1 -2.0 152 3 315.6 316.6 292.0 331.3 4.93 10 550 5066 -4.4 -12.5 53 8.1 -7.6 165 3 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.66 11 500 5811 -8.8 -31.7 14 22.8 -14.1 226 5 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.2 0.54 12 450 6617 -14.5 -40.5 9 26.0 -18.8 245 6 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.0 0.25 13 400 7497 -21.0 -43.0 12 21.9 -24.1 260 8 327.7 327.7 291.3 328.5 0.22 14 350 8468 -28.5 -44.6 20 16.2 -30.2 272 13 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 15 300 9551 -37.7 -50.1 26 12.5 -38.5 272 15 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.13 16 250 10782 -47.2 -60.0 22 12.7 -47.6 258 14 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 17 200 12224 -56.8 -68.5 22 11.6 -57.0 235 11 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 14010 -63.0 -74.3 20 11.3 -63.1 157 14 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16538 -60.2 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.5 87 14 411.3 411.3 306.7 411.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.00 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4295.45 m = 14092.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.75 mb = 4049.57 m = 13285.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 690.49 mb = 3236.24 m = 10617.45 ft T: 6.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 15.68 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.44 mb = 3392.20 m = 11129.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.17 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.76 C K Index: 39.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 406.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 681.89 mb = 3338.72 m = 10953.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 666.89 mb = 3520.60 m = 11550.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.89 mb = 11130.25 m = 36516.14 ft B at Equ Level: 400.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.89 mb = 13347.54 m = 43790.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 186.5 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 162.36 Bulk Shear: 2.50 m/s