MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307070000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307070000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 7 JUL 23 Station: 46.07,-103.40 Latitude: 46.07 Longitude: -103.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 545 SFC 910 908 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 287 7 294.1 296.0 289.8 323.3 10.19 3 900 1005 14.3 12.7 90 1.6 13.3 296 18 296.2 298.1 290.6 325.9 10.29 4 850 1492 16.9 7.7 55 9.2 11.4 331 10 303.9 305.3 290.9 327.3 7.80 5 800 2005 12.8 2.9 51 10.0 7.3 348 11 304.8 305.9 289.6 322.7 5.89 6 750 2543 8.1 -0.3 55 8.4 3.8 6 14 305.4 306.3 288.9 320.6 4.97 7 700 3107 2.7 -0.9 77 3.7 0.9 10 15 305.5 306.5 289.1 321.2 5.11 8 650 3701 -2.2 -8.5 62 6.4 -4.8 24 12 306.5 307.1 287.5 316.2 3.08 9 600 4331 -6.2 -19.3 35 13.0 -10.2 355 10 308.9 309.2 286.5 313.4 1.39 10 550 5008 -8.6 -39.8 6 31.3 -14.2 307 11 313.9 314.0 287.0 314.7 0.22 11 500 5739 -13.8 -46.1 5 32.3 -18.3 295 11 316.2 316.2 287.6 316.7 0.12 12 450 6530 -19.8 -35.6 23 15.8 -22.4 291 12 318.4 318.4 288.7 319.8 0.41 13 400 7391 -26.8 -31.9 62 5.0 -27.7 288 15 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.4 0.66 14 350 8339 -34.3 -39.2 61 5.0 -34.8 293 20 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.36 15 300 9398 -42.6 -51.5 37 8.9 -43.1 273 29 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.7 0.11 16 250 10603 -51.9 -58.9 43 7.0 -52.1 264 34 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 17 200 12029 -53.3 -72.9 7 19.6 -53.6 276 38 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 13890 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.1 290 44 381.3 381.3 302.5 381.3 0.00 19 100 16507 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.6 292 26 423.3 423.3 308.1 423.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.23 m Freezing level: 672.10 mb = 3438.24 m = 11280.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.09 mb = 3197.72 m = 10491.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.13 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.98 mb = 967.23 m = 3173.29 ft T: 13.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 6.66 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.45 mb = 2702.89 m = 8867.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.17 C = 75.51 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.65 mb = 2219.97 m = 7283.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.65 mb = 3168.15 m = 10394.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.65 mb = 9292.21 m = 30485.89 ft B at Equ Level: 260.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.65 mb = 11286.36 m = 37028.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 332.7 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 2.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -179.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 43.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 45.69 Bulk Shear: 5.74 m/s