MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 4 JUL 24 Station: 46.14,-103.46 Latitude: 46.14 Longitude: -103.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 561 SFC 911 917 14.9 10.2 74 4.7 12.1 241 15 295.8 297.4 289.0 320.8 8.62 3 900 1020 13.7 9.9 78 3.8 11.4 240 20 295.6 297.1 288.8 320.3 8.53 4 850 1500 12.5 6.6 67 5.9 9.1 274 20 299.2 300.5 288.9 320.5 7.20 5 800 2007 9.8 4.6 70 5.2 6.9 308 15 301.6 302.8 289.2 321.5 6.68 6 750 2539 5.2 1.8 78 3.4 3.4 314 16 302.2 303.3 288.6 319.7 5.80 7 700 3098 0.7 -0.5 92 1.2 0.1 303 15 303.2 304.2 288.5 319.2 5.27 8 650 3690 -2.3 -3.4 92 1.1 -2.8 276 16 306.4 307.2 288.9 320.5 4.59 9 600 4323 -5.4 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 257 18 309.8 310.6 289.4 322.1 3.89 10 550 5001 -9.3 -10.6 90 1.4 -9.8 249 24 313.1 313.7 289.7 323.0 3.09 11 500 5733 -13.7 -15.4 87 1.7 -14.3 244 29 316.3 316.8 289.9 323.9 2.30 12 450 6525 -19.4 -21.6 83 2.2 -20.0 239 31 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.0 1.51 13 400 7388 -26.0 -28.7 78 2.7 -26.5 233 34 321.2 321.4 290.1 324.4 0.90 14 350 8340 -33.3 -36.5 73 3.2 -33.7 230 37 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.6 0.48 15 300 9402 -42.2 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.5 218 45 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.21 16 250 10609 -49.2 -56.9 40 7.7 -49.4 222 60 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.07 17 200 12097 -41.4 -73.2 2 31.8 -42.6 254 44 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.3 0.01 18 150 14029 -47.1 -77.5 2 30.4 -48.0 257 37 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.01 19 100 16655 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.1 269 26 420.4 420.4 307.7 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5621.36 m Freezing level: 688.92 mb = 3229.16 m = 10594.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.64 mb = 3113.54 m = 10214.89 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.01 % Est. max temperature: 20.98 C = 69.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.22 mb = 1508.00 m = 4947.43 ft T: 12.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 2.36 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 754.20 mb = 2493.04 m = 8179.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.92 F Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lifted Index: 2.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 2.45 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 31.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9489.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.40 mb = 2044.32 m = 6706.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.1 neg: -0.7 tot: 49.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.58 Bulk Shear: 1.76 m/s