MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 4 JUL 23 Station: 46.14,-103.64 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 524 SFC 907 928 22.6 15.5 64 7.1 17.8 94 9 304.1 306.3 294.4 340.6 12.26 3 900 996 21.1 14.7 67 6.5 16.8 97 9 303.3 305.4 293.9 338.1 11.74 4 850 1487 16.2 13.6 84 2.6 14.5 104 10 303.1 305.3 293.7 337.5 11.59 5 800 2000 12.1 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 146 11 304.0 306.0 293.2 335.6 10.58 6 750 2539 9.6 6.6 82 3.0 7.8 265 10 307.0 308.5 292.2 331.8 8.19 7 700 3109 7.2 0.3 61 7.0 3.5 264 17 310.5 311.6 291.1 327.9 5.59 8 650 3717 4.4 -10.5 33 14.9 -1.9 271 27 313.9 314.4 289.5 322.5 2.63 9 600 4362 -0.5 -18.8 24 18.2 -6.7 274 35 315.5 315.8 288.9 320.4 1.45 10 550 5050 -5.8 -26.5 18 20.7 -11.3 274 42 317.2 317.3 288.7 319.9 0.80 11 500 5788 -11.4 -33.5 14 22.2 -15.9 271 44 319.2 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.45 12 450 6586 -17.4 -38.6 14 21.1 -20.8 272 48 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.30 13 400 7455 -24.4 -42.7 17 18.3 -26.6 270 47 323.3 323.4 290.0 324.2 0.22 14 350 8411 -32.7 -47.3 22 14.6 -33.9 265 44 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.3 0.15 15 300 9476 -41.2 -54.2 23 13.0 -41.8 261 41 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.6 0.08 16 250 10693 -47.9 -63.6 15 15.7 -48.3 268 37 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.0 0.03 17 200 12148 -51.8 -70.7 9 18.9 -52.1 269 45 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14017 -51.0 -80.5 2 29.4 -51.6 276 50 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 19 100 16619 -56.6 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.1 279 38 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.91 m Freezing level: 605.36 mb = 4292.79 m = 14083.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.56 mb = 3498.58 m = 11478.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.31 % Est. max temperature: 24.99 C = 76.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.99 mb = 1822.12 m = 5978.01 ft T: 13.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 20.66 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 1934.00 m = 6345.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: -3.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 34.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1072.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 812.79 mb = 1865.68 m = 6120.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.79 mb = 2128.37 m = 6982.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 747.79 mb = 2563.63 m = 8410.74 ft B at Equ Level: 3.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 697.79 mb = 3135.37 m = 10286.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.0 neg: -5.7 tot: 202.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.50 Bulk Shear: 195.03 m/s