MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2107180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2107180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 19 JUL 21 Station: 48.24,-103.51 Latitude: 48.24 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 91 1 950 558 SFC 940 654 37.5 10.3 19 27.2 19.5 183 4 316.2 317.8 294.9 342.6 8.40 3 900 1049 33.4 8.3 21 25.1 17.3 188 5 315.9 317.4 294.3 340.0 7.67 4 850 1559 28.5 7.1 26 21.4 15.0 192 5 316.0 317.4 294.2 339.4 7.45 5 800 2092 23.2 6.1 33 17.1 12.7 195 5 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.2 7.40 6 750 2649 17.8 5.2 43 12.6 10.2 199 5 315.9 317.3 294.1 339.3 7.42 7 700 3233 12.2 4.1 58 8.0 7.4 202 5 316.0 317.4 294.1 339.2 7.38 8 650 3848 6.5 0.4 65 6.1 3.2 206 5 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.6 6.08 9 600 4498 1.3 -6.7 55 8.0 -2.4 328 7 317.7 318.4 291.7 330.2 3.87 10 550 5192 -4.2 -9.1 69 4.9 -6.3 335 16 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.5 3.49 11 500 5935 -9.7 -19.2 46 9.5 -12.8 306 15 321.2 321.5 290.8 326.9 1.67 12 450 6738 -16.1 -20.1 71 4.0 -17.3 297 16 323.0 323.4 291.4 328.9 1.73 13 400 7615 -21.6 -22.3 93 0.8 -21.8 297 18 327.0 327.3 292.4 332.5 1.59 14 350 8583 -29.1 -38.4 40 9.3 -30.3 303 22 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.39 15 300 9667 -37.2 -47.7 33 10.5 -38.0 316 28 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.6 0.17 16 250 10899 -46.6 -58.7 24 12.1 -47.0 317 30 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.06 17 200 12362 -50.4 -70.0 8 19.5 -50.9 297 41 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.02 18 150 14211 -57.4 -81.0 3 23.5 -57.7 285 36 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16739 -62.1 -84.6 3 22.5 -62.3 300 15 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.96 m Freezing level: 587.89 mb = 4666.37 m = 15309.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.40 mb = 4213.76 m = 13824.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.85 % Est. max temperature: 37.23 C = 99.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 635.71 mb = 4028.80 m = 13217.69 ft T: 5.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.09 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.23 mb = 4294.78 m = 14090.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.55 C = 101.39 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 38.17 C Cross Totals Index: 16.79 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 803.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 625.90 mb = 4155.12 m = 13632.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.90 mb = 4486.26 m = 14718.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.90 mb = 11142.33 m = 36555.74 ft B at Equ Level: 802.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.90 mb = 13372.76 m = 43873.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.9 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 316.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 58.39 Bulk Shear: 13.75 m/s