MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 44.37,-101.46 Latitude: 44.37 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 499 SFC 928 709 25.1 11.4 42 13.6 16.3 323 7 304.7 306.4 292.3 332.2 9.18 3 900 976 25.3 7.1 31 18.1 14.3 334 19 307.6 308.9 291.5 329.1 7.06 4 850 1473 20.6 5.9 38 14.7 11.9 336 19 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.7 6.85 5 800 1992 17.3 -2.4 26 19.7 7.2 340 22 309.6 310.3 289.4 322.2 4.01 6 750 2539 13.5 -3.3 31 16.8 5.1 314 17 311.3 312.0 289.9 323.9 4.01 7 700 3114 8.8 -3.6 41 12.4 2.6 305 15 312.2 313.0 290.4 325.4 4.18 8 650 3722 4.2 -10.8 33 15.0 -2.1 290 16 313.7 314.2 289.4 322.1 2.58 9 600 4367 0.1 -16.8 27 16.9 -6.0 282 21 316.2 316.5 289.3 321.9 1.71 10 550 5057 -4.0 -31.1 10 27.1 -10.7 278 22 319.3 319.4 289.1 321.2 0.52 11 500 5801 -8.9 -36.6 9 27.7 -14.5 281 23 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.33 12 450 6608 -14.6 -40.5 9 25.9 -18.9 279 23 324.9 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.25 13 400 7488 -20.1 -54.2 3 34.1 -23.7 289 23 328.8 328.9 291.5 329.1 0.06 14 350 8465 -26.8 -55.3 5 28.5 -29.2 289 24 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 15 300 9557 -35.4 -55.1 12 19.7 -36.7 309 25 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.07 16 250 10798 -45.8 -58.0 24 12.2 -46.3 318 25 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.06 17 200 12249 -55.6 -62.6 41 7.1 -55.7 336 25 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14039 -63.9 -76.8 16 12.9 -64.0 284 34 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.01 19 100 16511 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 280 34 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.99 m Freezing level: 599.01 mb = 4380.39 m = 14371.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.29 mb = 3445.17 m = 11302.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.97 mb = 2438.06 m = 7998.77 ft T: 14.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 620.90 mb = 4090.72 m = 13420.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.32 C = 95.57 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: 2.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.36 C Showalter Index: 3.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.47 C Cross Totals Index: 14.74 C K Index: 22.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6173.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 690.85 mb = 3221.94 m = 10570.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.4 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 328.4 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: -19.6 tot: -19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: -3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 16.77 m/s