MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2407181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2407181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 19 JUL 24 Station: 46.11,-103.48 Latitude: 46.11 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 76 1 950 538 SFC 911 919 32.5 11.5 28 21.0 18.5 144 2 313.9 315.7 295.0 343.0 9.37 3 900 1024 30.8 10.5 28 20.4 17.5 151 2 313.3 315.0 294.5 340.8 8.87 4 850 1531 25.8 9.3 35 16.6 15.2 178 2 313.2 314.9 294.3 340.1 8.66 5 800 2059 20.6 8.3 45 12.3 12.9 203 2 313.2 314.8 294.3 340.0 8.64 6 750 2612 15.3 7.1 58 8.2 10.2 222 3 313.1 314.8 294.2 339.4 8.47 7 700 3191 9.6 5.9 77 3.8 7.3 235 4 313.2 314.7 294.1 339.0 8.34 8 650 3801 5.5 -10.6 30 16.1 -1.4 306 13 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.8 2.62 9 600 4450 1.7 -21.9 15 23.6 -6.0 325 20 318.1 318.3 289.3 321.9 1.10 10 550 5144 -3.1 -26.5 14 23.4 -9.7 325 23 320.5 320.6 289.8 323.3 0.80 11 500 5890 -8.6 -27.9 19 19.3 -13.5 323 24 322.6 322.8 290.4 325.4 0.77 12 450 6697 -14.1 -23.6 44 9.5 -16.7 315 26 325.6 325.8 291.7 330.0 1.26 13 400 7579 -20.9 -27.0 58 6.1 -22.3 298 29 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.5 1.04 14 350 8552 -27.7 -33.7 56 6.1 -28.6 300 34 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.8 0.63 15 300 9640 -36.5 -45.9 37 9.4 -37.3 305 40 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.21 16 250 10875 -46.9 -53.1 50 6.1 -47.2 305 41 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.11 17 200 12319 -55.7 -64.8 31 9.1 -55.9 298 37 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14160 -53.0 -81.7 2 28.7 -53.4 307 24 378.8 378.8 302.1 378.8 0.00 19 100 16730 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 334 19 413.0 413.0 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.71 m Freezing level: 582.20 mb = 4697.09 m = 15410.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.94 mb = 3701.40 m = 12143.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.73 C = 89.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 671.31 mb = 3535.71 m = 11599.94 ft T: 7.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.17 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.71 mb = 3805.03 m = 12483.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.74 C = 92.73 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 34.40 C Cross Totals Index: 17.82 C K Index: 39.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 609.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.28 mb = 3585.32 m = 11762.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 582.28 mb = 4689.13 m = 15384.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.28 mb = 11635.56 m = 38173.96 ft B at Equ Level: 602.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.28 mb = 13656.28 m = 44803.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.7 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 345.7 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 54.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 19.20 Bulk Shear: 31.73 m/s