MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 41.74,-95.95 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 975 343 22.1 18.5 80 3.7 19.6 43 11 297.5 300.0 293.7 337.5 13.85 2 950 563 18.9 16.9 88 2.0 17.5 45 13 296.3 298.7 292.6 333.4 12.85 3 900 1025 15.4 13.5 88 1.9 14.1 61 20 297.3 299.3 291.4 328.8 10.84 4 850 1508 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 61 14 299.0 300.8 291.1 327.9 9.87 5 800 2015 9.8 7.7 87 2.1 8.6 57 12 301.6 303.2 290.6 326.2 8.28 6 750 2550 7.9 2.5 69 5.4 4.9 60 10 305.1 306.3 289.9 323.7 6.11 7 700 3116 5.2 -3.9 52 9.1 0.9 47 8 308.3 309.1 289.0 321.1 4.10 8 650 3717 2.5 -19.9 17 22.4 -5.0 42 11 311.8 312.0 287.3 315.8 1.21 9 600 4358 -1.6 -26.7 13 25.2 -8.5 36 11 314.3 314.4 287.7 316.8 0.71 10 550 5045 -5.6 -32.8 10 27.3 -11.8 32 13 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.1 0.44 11 500 5784 -10.5 -34.5 12 24.0 -15.4 22 17 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.7 0.41 12 450 6587 -15.7 -37.3 14 21.6 -19.6 352 16 323.5 323.5 290.2 324.7 0.34 13 400 7464 -21.4 -43.1 12 21.7 -24.4 331 16 327.2 327.2 291.2 328.0 0.21 14 350 8434 -27.7 -31.9 68 4.2 -28.5 294 19 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.2 0.76 15 300 9525 -36.0 -39.2 72 3.2 -36.3 252 35 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.43 16 250 10764 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 224 54 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12216 -53.5 -68.1 15 14.7 -53.7 243 65 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14045 -60.4 -79.7 6 19.3 -60.6 281 39 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16555 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.9 271 16 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.42 m Freezing level: 619.26 mb = 4111.50 m = 13489.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.33 mb = 3205.49 m = 10516.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.66 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.69 mb = 802.84 m = 2633.97 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 21.72 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1139.30 m = 3737.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 24.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.50 mb = 1057.75 m = 3470.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.50 mb = 1296.66 m = 4254.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.50 mb = 2423.37 m = 7950.60 ft B at Equ Level: 18.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 651.50 mb = 3698.64 m = 12134.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 41.7 at 13.0 knts Storm direction: 71.7 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 45.95 Bulk Shear: 0.40 m/s