MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 46.38,-98.19 Latitude: 46.38 Longitude: -98.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 969 422 22.9 15.4 63 7.5 17.9 168 2 298.7 300.7 292.2 331.9 11.41 2 950 598 22.5 13.7 58 8.7 16.8 204 2 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.7 10.45 3 900 1065 18.1 12.8 71 5.3 14.7 262 3 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.7 10.39 4 850 1552 15.3 3.7 46 11.6 8.9 305 8 302.1 303.2 288.6 319.7 5.87 5 800 2063 13.3 -0.4 39 13.7 6.2 322 8 305.3 306.2 288.6 319.6 4.65 6 750 2602 9.7 -4.1 38 13.7 3.1 329 10 307.1 307.8 288.3 318.8 3.77 7 700 3170 5.4 -7.9 38 13.3 -0.4 337 10 308.4 309.0 288.1 318.0 3.01 8 650 3771 3.0 -23.7 12 26.7 -5.2 332 9 312.3 312.5 287.2 315.3 0.87 9 600 4416 0.1 -24.4 14 24.5 -7.2 322 8 316.2 316.4 288.5 319.2 0.88 10 550 5106 -4.6 -30.6 11 26.0 -11.1 335 8 318.6 318.7 288.9 320.5 0.54 11 500 5848 -9.5 -42.3 5 32.8 -15.2 351 11 321.5 321.5 289.4 322.2 0.19 12 450 6652 -15.4 -45.3 6 30.0 -19.7 3 14 323.9 324.0 290.1 324.5 0.15 13 400 7528 -22.0 -49.3 7 27.2 -25.1 31 18 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.8 0.11 14 350 8498 -28.0 -51.3 9 23.3 -30.1 44 28 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.10 15 300 9584 -36.9 -51.7 20 14.8 -37.9 41 34 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 16 250 10819 -46.7 -58.4 25 11.8 -47.1 42 41 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 17 200 12264 -56.4 -66.9 26 10.5 -56.5 26 41 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14063 -62.2 -78.3 10 16.1 -62.3 7 28 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.01 19 100 16550 -64.8 -85.3 4 20.5 -65.0 325 19 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.05 m Freezing level: 599.28 mb = 4425.71 m = 14519.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.39 mb = 3095.15 m = 10154.57 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.53 mb = 1368.12 m = 4488.52 ft T: 16.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.44 mb = 2619.45 m = 8593.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.20 C Showalter Index: 7.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 13.17 C K Index: 15.16 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 70.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5307.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.59 mb = 1797.61 m = 5897.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.9 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 1.9 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 11.41 m/s