MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407081200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407081200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 9 JUL 24 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 81 1 950 537 SFC 910 921 27.4 7.8 29 19.6 15.3 321 3 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.3 7.33 3 900 1015 25.9 6.3 28 19.7 14.1 316 3 308.2 309.5 291.3 328.6 6.65 4 850 1513 21.0 5.5 36 15.4 11.9 310 4 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.6 6.70 5 800 2032 15.9 4.7 47 11.2 9.4 305 4 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.7 6.72 6 750 2575 10.7 3.8 62 6.9 6.8 302 5 308.1 309.4 291.3 328.7 6.70 7 700 3144 5.0 2.6 84 2.5 3.7 300 5 308.0 309.3 291.2 328.2 6.59 8 650 3744 0.9 -8.8 48 9.7 -3.2 313 17 310.0 310.6 288.6 319.6 3.02 9 600 4385 -1.0 -21.7 19 20.7 -7.5 332 20 314.9 315.1 288.3 318.7 1.12 10 550 5073 -4.8 -26.7 16 22.0 -10.8 327 18 318.4 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.78 11 500 5817 -9.1 -30.0 17 20.9 -14.2 321 18 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.63 12 450 6623 -14.5 -33.6 18 19.1 -18.4 317 20 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.8 0.50 13 400 7502 -21.7 -30.6 44 9.0 -23.4 313 20 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.5 0.75 14 350 8468 -30.3 -39.1 42 8.7 -31.4 315 21 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.37 15 300 9547 -37.6 -56.0 13 18.4 -38.6 326 20 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.06 16 250 10780 -46.4 -61.6 16 15.1 -46.9 327 25 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12240 -50.7 -72.3 6 21.6 -51.1 339 36 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14096 -55.2 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.6 356 36 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16663 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 343 17 415.7 415.7 307.2 415.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.26 m Freezing level: 626.45 mb = 4045.78 m = 13273.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.36 mb = 3458.21 m = 11345.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.07 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 682.04 mb = 3354.55 m = 11005.59 ft T: 3.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 9.97 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 663.67 mb = 3575.51 m = 11730.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: 2.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 14.67 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 91.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6703.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 675.29 mb = 3435.00 m = 11269.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 33.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 12.19 m/s