MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 2 JUL 23 Station: 46.16,-103.54 Latitude: 46.16 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 511 SFC 907 923 30.3 10.4 29 19.8 17.4 237 7 312.0 313.6 294.1 339.1 8.78 3 900 994 29.3 8.8 28 20.5 16.3 238 8 311.7 313.2 293.3 336.2 7.91 4 850 1498 24.3 7.5 34 16.8 13.8 243 9 311.6 313.0 293.2 335.3 7.66 5 800 2024 19.2 6.6 44 12.6 11.5 247 9 311.6 313.1 293.2 335.3 7.67 6 750 2573 13.8 5.5 57 8.4 8.9 251 9 311.6 313.0 293.0 335.0 7.55 7 700 3149 8.2 4.4 77 3.8 6.0 255 10 311.6 313.0 293.0 334.9 7.52 8 650 3755 3.1 -2.6 66 5.7 0.3 293 12 312.5 313.4 291.1 327.8 4.88 9 600 4399 -0.6 -14.1 35 13.4 -5.8 323 17 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.5 2.15 10 550 5088 -5.8 -19.5 33 13.7 -10.2 329 21 317.2 317.5 289.5 322.2 1.48 11 500 5826 -10.7 -29.7 19 19.0 -15.1 328 19 320.0 320.1 289.5 322.3 0.65 12 450 6629 -15.5 -36.1 15 20.6 -19.3 321 16 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.2 0.39 13 400 7505 -21.9 -53.7 4 31.8 -25.1 309 20 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.06 14 350 8472 -29.4 -53.6 8 24.2 -31.3 309 22 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.07 15 300 9554 -37.5 -52.7 19 15.3 -38.4 304 26 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.10 16 250 10787 -46.3 -61.2 17 14.9 -46.9 297 28 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.3 0.04 17 200 12238 -54.7 -69.0 15 14.4 -54.9 289 30 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14066 -56.7 -78.9 4 22.2 -57.1 295 31 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.01 19 100 16627 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 284 17 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.56 m Freezing level: 608.53 mb = 4289.57 m = 14073.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.89 mb = 3781.58 m = 12406.62 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.40 mb = 3393.43 m = 11133.16 ft T: 6.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 13.12 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 658.50 mb = 3649.21 m = 11972.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.97 C Cross Totals Index: 18.17 C K Index: 38.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 335.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 664.76 mb = 3571.73 m = 11718.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.76 mb = 3883.22 m = 12740.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.76 mb = 10026.27 m = 32894.20 ft B at Equ Level: 334.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.76 mb = 12245.17 m = 40173.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.3 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 334.3 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 15.71 Bulk Shear: 21.37 m/s