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: 48.18,-103.63 Latitude: 48.18 Longitude: -103.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 526 SFC 937 644 24.5 9.0 37 15.5 15.0 300 6 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.2 7.69 3 900 996 20.5 7.2 42 13.3 12.6 300 7 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.8 7.08 4 850 1485 15.6 6.1 53 9.5 10.1 299 7 302.5 303.8 289.8 323.3 6.95 5 800 1995 10.7 5.2 69 5.5 7.6 298 8 302.5 303.8 289.8 323.3 6.96 6 750 2528 5.5 4.2 91 1.3 4.7 298 8 302.5 303.8 289.7 323.1 6.89 7 700 3088 1.4 -0.4 87 1.9 0.5 301 6 304.1 305.1 288.8 320.2 5.30 8 650 3681 -2.0 -4.4 84 2.4 -3.1 291 5 306.7 307.4 288.6 319.7 4.23 9 600 4313 -6.0 -8.8 80 2.8 -7.2 284 6 309.2 309.8 288.6 319.5 3.27 10 550 4988 -10.6 -14.0 76 3.4 -11.8 280 8 311.5 312.0 288.5 319.2 2.35 11 500 5714 -15.7 -25.8 41 10.1 -18.0 288 9 314.0 314.1 287.8 317.1 0.94 12 450 6500 -21.3 -38.6 19 17.3 -23.8 293 8 316.5 316.5 287.9 317.6 0.30 13 400 7356 -27.9 -40.6 29 12.7 -29.4 284 14 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.7 0.28 14 350 8300 -34.8 -39.0 65 4.3 -35.2 262 35 321.9 321.9 289.8 323.2 0.37 15 300 9356 -43.7 -47.3 68 3.6 -43.9 240 48 323.7 323.8 290.1 324.4 0.18 16 250 10556 -49.7 -63.0 20 13.3 -50.0 245 29 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.03 17 200 12039 -42.5 -74.0 2 31.6 -43.5 252 30 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 18 150 13967 -46.6 -77.1 2 30.5 -47.5 261 31 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.01 19 100 16612 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.2 269 25 424.2 424.2 308.2 424.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.31 m Freezing level: 679.24 mb = 3334.37 m = 10939.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.28 mb = 3165.20 m = 10384.37 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.04 % Est. max temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 745.48 mb = 2576.96 m = 8454.48 ft T: 5.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 6.20 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2677.24 m = 8783.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.21 C = 75.57 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.27 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 35.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 226.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.83 mb = 2649.76 m = 8693.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.83 mb = 2816.24 m = 9239.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 333.83 mb = 8624.32 m = 28294.66 ft B at Equ Level: 226.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.83 mb = 10721.96 m = 35176.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.1 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 322.1 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -1.6 tot: -0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.8 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1364.46 Bulk Shear: 0.17 m/s