MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 41.00,-100.99 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -100.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 551 SFC 910 936 25.3 16.3 58 9.0 19.1 148 11 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.6 12.95 3 900 1030 25.5 15.7 54 9.8 18.7 151 18 307.8 310.1 295.7 345.6 12.52 4 850 1529 21.0 14.4 66 6.6 16.5 159 23 308.2 310.5 295.6 345.3 12.26 5 800 2051 17.4 9.2 58 8.2 12.2 185 23 309.7 311.4 293.7 337.7 9.15 6 750 2598 12.6 5.4 62 7.2 8.3 191 21 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.4 7.52 7 700 3172 7.9 -1.9 50 9.8 2.9 191 21 311.2 312.2 290.6 326.2 4.77 8 650 3777 3.0 -9.6 39 12.6 -2.4 192 20 312.4 312.9 289.2 321.5 2.84 9 600 4419 -1.4 -15.4 33 14.0 -6.5 201 12 314.5 314.9 289.0 320.9 1.92 10 550 5107 -5.1 -26.8 16 21.7 -10.9 204 8 318.0 318.2 289.0 320.7 0.77 11 500 5850 -9.2 -24.8 27 15.5 -13.5 220 9 321.8 322.0 290.4 325.4 1.03 12 450 6654 -15.3 -21.9 57 6.6 -17.2 250 11 324.0 324.3 291.5 329.1 1.47 13 400 7532 -21.6 -28.7 53 7.1 -23.1 232 15 326.9 327.1 291.7 330.1 0.89 14 350 8502 -28.5 -35.0 53 6.6 -29.5 230 19 330.4 330.5 292.4 332.4 0.56 15 300 9586 -37.8 -41.8 66 4.0 -38.1 243 23 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.33 16 250 10814 -47.9 -52.3 60 4.4 -48.1 249 39 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12256 -55.3 -66.9 22 11.7 -55.5 244 35 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14073 -58.6 -81.0 4 22.4 -58.9 214 21 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16576 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 250 13 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.79 m Freezing level: 615.74 mb = 4217.01 m = 13835.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.59 mb = 3497.89 m = 11475.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.38 % Est. max temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.68 mb = 2075.45 m = 6809.12 ft T: 17.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 24.91 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.80 mb = 2689.19 m = 8822.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -4.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 34.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 327.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1602.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.38 mb = 2436.82 m = 7994.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.38 mb = 2944.48 m = 9660.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.38 mb = 12276.18 m = 40275.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1582.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.38 mb = 14986.09 m = 49166.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.0 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 223.0 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 92.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 84.37 Bulk Shear: 18.99 m/s