MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407091200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407091200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 10 JUL 24 Station: 46.23,-103.48 Latitude: 46.23 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 544 SFC 911 919 29.2 9.2 29 20.1 16.5 9 11 310.6 312.1 293.2 335.3 8.03 3 900 1025 27.5 7.7 29 19.8 15.3 9 13 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.5 7.34 4 850 1526 22.5 7.0 37 15.6 13.0 8 13 309.8 311.2 292.4 332.5 7.41 5 800 2048 17.5 5.8 46 11.7 10.5 7 14 309.8 311.1 292.3 332.0 7.23 6 750 2594 12.2 4.7 60 7.4 7.8 6 14 309.8 311.1 292.2 331.8 7.17 7 700 3167 7.5 -2.0 51 9.5 2.7 360 22 310.8 311.7 290.5 325.6 4.73 8 650 3772 3.1 -9.7 39 12.8 -2.4 338 19 312.4 313.0 289.2 321.5 2.82 9 600 4415 0.1 -29.5 9 29.6 -7.8 335 20 316.2 316.3 288.1 318.1 0.55 10 550 5107 -3.8 -30.3 11 26.5 -10.5 341 22 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.6 0.56 11 500 5852 -8.4 -33.8 11 25.4 -14.0 345 24 322.8 322.9 290.1 324.4 0.44 12 450 6659 -14.4 -34.7 16 20.3 -18.4 353 23 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.8 0.44 13 400 7539 -21.4 -42.1 14 20.7 -24.2 358 21 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.1 0.24 14 350 8507 -29.5 -44.7 21 15.2 -31.1 0 28 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.20 15 300 9587 -38.4 -51.0 25 12.6 -39.2 0 34 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 16 250 10813 -47.8 -59.2 26 11.4 -48.1 357 34 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.05 17 200 12260 -54.3 -67.8 17 13.6 -54.5 352 32 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14114 -51.4 -80.7 2 29.3 -52.0 330 24 381.5 381.5 302.5 381.5 0.00 19 100 16707 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 330 11 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.65 m Freezing level: 599.20 mb = 4426.30 m = 14521.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.37 mb = 3483.42 m = 11428.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 679.29 mb = 3412.01 m = 11194.13 ft T: 5.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.68 mb = 3763.08 m = 12345.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.83 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 1.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.93 C Cross Totals Index: 15.38 C K Index: 28.43 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 135.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 673.82 mb = 3477.92 m = 11410.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 358.82 mb = 8326.62 m = 27317.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.82 mb = 9160.46 m = 30053.62 ft B at Equ Level: 4.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.82 mb = 9841.99 m = 32289.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 20.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -21.3 tot: -12.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.59 Bulk Shear: 8.86 m/s