MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 41.61,-91.62 Latitude: 41.61 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 987 224 15.2 14.0 93 1.2 14.5 46 1 289.5 291.3 288.2 318.3 10.25 2 950 549 19.6 12.9 66 6.6 15.4 256 14 297.0 298.8 290.5 325.8 9.91 3 900 1015 18.4 7.7 50 10.7 12.1 261 13 300.5 301.8 289.5 322.3 7.35 4 850 1502 15.7 6.4 54 9.3 10.3 304 5 302.6 303.9 289.9 323.8 7.08 5 800 2014 12.5 5.5 62 7.0 8.5 310 8 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.8 7.09 6 750 2552 8.8 2.9 67 5.9 5.6 310 9 306.1 307.3 290.4 325.3 6.31 7 700 3119 4.6 -1.6 64 6.2 1.5 307 7 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.7 4.87 8 650 3718 0.8 -7.0 56 7.9 -2.6 326 6 309.9 310.6 289.0 320.9 3.47 9 600 4357 -2.7 -14.0 42 11.3 -6.9 336 8 312.9 313.4 288.7 320.0 2.16 10 550 5041 -6.5 -24.1 23 17.7 -11.4 335 12 316.4 316.6 288.7 319.8 0.99 11 500 5779 -10.5 -33.9 13 23.4 -15.4 337 12 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.8 0.43 12 450 6581 -16.2 -35.7 17 19.5 -19.8 316 19 322.9 322.9 290.1 324.3 0.40 13 400 7456 -22.0 -28.2 57 6.1 -23.4 300 32 326.4 326.5 291.6 329.7 0.94 14 350 8423 -29.2 -34.3 61 5.1 -30.0 283 43 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.60 15 300 9507 -37.0 -41.8 61 4.8 -37.5 288 63 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.32 16 250 10742 -46.3 -53.2 46 6.8 -46.6 283 83 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.11 17 200 12190 -57.2 -64.8 37 7.6 -57.3 277 81 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.03 18 150 14005 -57.0 -80.9 3 23.9 -57.2 284 51 371.9 371.9 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16527 -62.4 -86.4 3 24.0 -62.6 286 24 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.51 m Freezing level: 638.38 mb = 3866.64 m = 12685.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.58 mb = 3334.57 m = 10940.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.15 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.48 mb = 375.43 m = 1231.71 ft T: 17.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.35 mb = 2714.09 m = 8904.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lifted Index: 4.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.92 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.20 C Cross Totals Index: 16.87 C K Index: 26.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 97.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8273.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.44 mb = 1587.58 m = 5208.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.2 at 9.5 knts Storm direction: 343.2 at 7.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -22.5 tot: -10.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.04 Bulk Shear: 10.38 m/s