MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F039.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KFSD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: KFSD Latitude: 43.58 Longitude: -96.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 967 454 23.6 14.9 58 8.7 17.9 33 3 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.2 11.11 2 950 605 21.0 14.0 64 7.0 16.4 28 3 298.5 300.4 291.6 329.5 10.63 3 900 1070 16.3 13.0 81 3.3 14.1 20 4 298.3 300.2 291.4 328.8 10.48 4 850 1553 11.7 11.2 97 0.5 11.4 9 6 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.2 9.88 5 800 2057 7.7 4.7 81 3.1 6.1 12 14 299.4 300.6 288.5 319.2 6.69 6 750 2586 5.5 -5.3 46 10.8 0.7 19 15 302.5 303.2 286.4 313.1 3.44 7 700 3150 6.3 -22.1 11 28.4 -2.9 27 15 309.4 309.6 286.2 312.5 0.92 8 650 3755 4.4 -34.5 4 38.9 -5.3 33 15 314.0 314.1 287.1 315.1 0.32 9 600 4399 -0.9 -23.6 16 22.7 -7.7 39 14 315.1 315.3 288.2 318.3 0.95 10 550 5086 -6.0 -27.1 17 21.1 -11.5 41 17 317.0 317.2 288.6 319.6 0.75 11 500 5823 -11.5 -32.5 16 20.9 -16.0 36 22 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.8 0.50 12 450 6623 -16.5 -49.5 4 33.0 -20.7 40 20 322.4 322.5 289.6 322.8 0.09 13 400 7494 -23.7 -46.9 10 23.1 -26.3 33 18 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.14 14 350 8453 -31.5 -54.9 8 23.4 -33.1 12 16 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.5 0.06 15 300 9524 -39.9 -57.3 14 17.4 -40.7 46 25 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.06 16 250 10747 -47.9 -64.2 14 16.3 -48.4 47 34 334.8 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.03 17 200 12191 -54.9 -71.9 10 17.0 -55.1 45 32 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14016 -57.4 -82.7 3 25.3 -57.7 21 17 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16547 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 308 12 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.22 m Freezing level: 608.26 mb = 4292.29 m = 14082.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.71 mb = 2687.77 m = 8818.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.23 % Est. max temperature: 23.01 C = 73.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.72 mb = 1545.55 m = 5070.65 ft T: 11.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 19.69 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1490.76 m = 4890.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.33 C = 72.19 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.26 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 6.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 168.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.13 mb = 1501.85 m = 4927.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.13 mb = 1551.43 m = 5089.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.13 mb = 2805.48 m = 9204.21 ft B at Equ Level: 57.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 660.13 mb = 3628.77 m = 11905.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.2 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 61.2 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.01 Bulk Shear: 15.11 m/s