MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 42.35,-94.69 Latitude: 42.35 Longitude: -94.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 965 365 25.3 18.3 65 7.0 20.4 251 3 301.5 304.0 294.8 342.2 13.83 2 950 504 26.9 17.0 55 9.9 20.1 254 10 304.5 306.9 295.1 343.1 12.95 3 900 980 22.7 15.8 65 6.8 18.0 247 13 304.9 307.2 295.0 342.7 12.68 4 850 1474 17.9 14.6 81 3.3 15.7 242 13 304.9 307.2 294.8 341.9 12.40 5 800 1990 13.8 9.2 74 4.6 10.9 256 15 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.5 9.17 6 750 2531 10.6 4.4 65 6.2 7.1 273 18 308.1 309.4 291.6 329.5 6.99 7 700 3102 6.6 -1.3 57 7.8 2.5 288 22 309.7 310.7 290.3 325.2 4.98 8 650 3705 1.3 -2.4 76 3.7 -0.6 293 23 310.4 311.3 290.5 325.8 4.93 9 600 4344 -3.3 -11.9 52 8.5 -6.7 302 23 312.3 312.7 288.9 320.5 2.57 10 550 5025 -7.6 -31.0 13 23.4 -12.9 303 18 315.1 315.2 287.7 316.9 0.53 11 500 5759 -12.2 -32.7 16 20.6 -16.4 303 17 318.2 318.3 288.7 319.9 0.49 12 450 6556 -17.9 -28.5 39 10.6 -20.2 307 18 320.7 320.9 289.8 323.6 0.81 13 400 7424 -24.7 -33.4 44 8.7 -26.1 299 22 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.0 0.57 14 350 8381 -31.6 -40.8 40 9.2 -32.7 291 27 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.31 15 300 9452 -40.0 -57.5 14 17.5 -40.8 290 35 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.05 16 250 10674 -47.0 -65.8 10 18.8 -47.4 293 38 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.3 0.02 17 200 12137 -50.7 -72.7 6 22.0 -51.1 298 48 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13981 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 290 41 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16511 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 288 26 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.40 m Freezing level: 636.20 mb = 3880.99 m = 12732.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.12 mb = 3591.38 m = 11782.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.33 mb = 1259.73 m = 4132.94 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.05 C/km ThetaE index: 17.89 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.25 mb = 1923.41 m = 6310.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.86 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.07 C Cross Totals Index: 26.78 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1998.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.24 mb = 1777.13 m = 5830.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.24 mb = 2145.90 m = 7040.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.24 mb = 11358.08 m = 37263.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1983.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.24 mb = 15106.52 m = 49561.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.2 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 316.2 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 83.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 122.47 Bulk Shear: 16.31 m/s