MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 45.09,-96.33 Latitude: 45.09 Longitude: -96.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 974 325 18.6 14.9 79 3.7 16.2 327 4 294.0 295.9 290.4 325.4 11.01 2 950 538 21.0 14.4 66 6.6 16.7 14 8 298.5 300.4 291.7 330.2 10.89 3 900 1003 16.7 13.1 80 3.6 14.4 11 11 298.7 300.6 291.6 329.6 10.59 4 850 1487 12.6 9.7 82 2.9 10.9 20 13 299.4 301.0 290.4 325.5 8.92 5 800 1993 9.8 0.6 53 9.2 5.1 37 14 301.6 302.5 287.6 316.7 5.01 6 750 2528 8.4 -6.5 34 14.8 1.7 8 16 305.6 306.2 287.2 315.4 3.14 7 700 3094 6.2 -18.0 16 24.2 -2.3 345 17 309.4 309.6 286.6 313.7 1.32 8 650 3697 2.6 -22.2 14 24.7 -5.3 329 18 311.9 312.1 287.2 315.2 0.99 9 600 4338 -1.5 -36.3 5 34.9 -9.2 319 17 314.4 314.5 287.2 315.5 0.28 10 550 5024 -6.5 -34.4 9 27.9 -12.5 315 19 316.3 316.4 288.0 317.7 0.38 11 500 5759 -12.3 -34.4 14 22.2 -16.6 317 17 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.6 0.41 12 450 6554 -18.8 -34.9 23 16.1 -21.5 320 18 319.7 319.7 289.1 321.2 0.44 13 400 7420 -24.7 -44.0 15 19.4 -26.9 321 19 322.9 323.0 289.9 323.7 0.19 14 350 8376 -32.2 -45.3 26 13.1 -33.4 312 23 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 15 300 9442 -41.7 -54.5 24 12.8 -42.3 304 27 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.9 0.08 16 250 10652 -49.9 -61.4 25 11.5 -50.2 304 30 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.0 0.04 17 200 12100 -51.6 -72.3 7 20.8 -52.0 295 35 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13943 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.4 283 26 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16484 -60.3 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 284 25 411.2 411.2 306.7 411.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.10 m Freezing level: 618.18 mb = 4104.94 m = 13467.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.16 mb = 2759.06 m = 9051.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.81 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.26 mb = 792.79 m = 2601.00 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1571.62 m = 5156.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.30 C = 75.75 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 10.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 158.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 166.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 185.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.40 mb = 1373.98 m = 4507.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 526.40 mb = 5362.11 m = 17592.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 276.40 mb = 9985.35 m = 32759.94 ft B at Equ Level: 160.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.40 mb = 11295.25 m = 37057.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 9.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -22.0 tot: -21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: -2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.53 Bulk Shear: 12.30 m/s