MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 48.47,-97.26 Latitude: 48.47 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 989 244 23.0 17.2 70 5.7 19.1 349 5 297.0 299.3 292.6 333.4 12.59 2 950 597 21.4 15.8 70 5.7 17.7 8 10 298.9 301.1 292.7 333.8 11.95 3 900 1063 18.5 11.3 63 7.2 14.0 41 7 300.6 302.3 291.2 328.2 9.37 4 850 1550 14.8 8.8 67 6.0 11.2 39 7 301.7 303.2 290.7 326.5 8.38 5 800 2061 12.3 1.3 47 11.0 6.5 14 9 304.2 305.2 288.8 320.3 5.27 6 750 2598 8.9 -3.5 41 12.4 2.9 15 14 306.2 306.9 288.2 318.3 3.92 7 700 3165 4.9 -7.9 39 12.8 -0.7 15 21 307.9 308.5 287.9 317.4 3.02 8 650 3764 1.1 -13.3 33 14.5 -4.4 16 21 310.2 310.6 287.8 317.0 2.10 9 600 4403 -1.9 -23.4 18 21.5 -8.2 15 17 313.9 314.1 287.8 317.2 0.97 10 550 5089 -6.2 -23.6 24 17.4 -11.2 18 14 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.3 1.04 11 500 5826 -11.4 -25.2 31 13.8 -15.0 21 15 319.1 319.3 289.5 322.5 0.98 12 450 6625 -17.1 -32.5 25 15.4 -20.1 17 18 321.8 321.9 289.9 323.8 0.55 13 400 7496 -24.0 -38.2 26 14.3 -26.1 13 21 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.35 14 350 8453 -32.3 -39.0 51 6.7 -33.1 12 19 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.37 15 300 9520 -41.2 -50.0 38 8.8 -41.6 21 19 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.13 16 250 10734 -50.1 -58.9 35 8.8 -50.3 24 14 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.8 0.05 17 200 12164 -56.4 -69.2 19 12.7 -56.6 21 15 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 13981 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 356 15 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16509 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.4 333 14 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.89 m Freezing level: 631.29 mb = 4003.39 m = 13134.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.56 mb = 3053.29 m = 10017.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.54 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.31 mb = 974.45 m = 3196.99 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 16.74 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 2116.07 m = 6942.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 22.27 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.79 mb = 1482.53 m = 4863.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 691.79 mb = 3260.05 m = 10695.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.79 mb = 10686.66 m = 35060.80 ft B at Equ Level: 353.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.79 mb = 12428.66 m = 40775.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.6 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 47.6 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -4.2 tot: 28.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 73.07 Bulk Shear: 4.91 m/s