MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509111800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509111800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 SEP 25 Station: 43.7,-94.4 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -94.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 973 347 27.3 21.4 70 5.9 23.0 157 6 302.8 305.9 297.1 352.2 16.69 2 950 563 29.6 17.6 49 11.9 21.2 175 19 307.2 309.7 296.1 347.8 13.47 3 900 1042 25.3 15.5 55 9.8 18.6 183 22 307.6 309.9 295.5 345.0 12.39 4 850 1541 20.6 14.4 68 6.1 16.4 187 22 307.7 310.0 295.4 344.7 12.25 5 800 2061 16.3 8.2 59 8.1 11.3 195 23 308.5 310.1 293.0 334.7 8.57 6 750 2607 13.5 -6.8 24 20.3 3.9 202 27 311.2 311.8 289.0 320.9 3.05 7 700 3182 8.8 -3.7 41 12.5 2.6 199 26 312.2 313.0 290.4 325.4 4.17 8 650 3789 3.8 -3.3 60 7.1 0.3 199 29 313.2 314.1 291.1 327.8 4.61 9 600 4433 -1.4 -6.8 66 5.5 -3.8 198 29 314.5 315.3 290.8 326.8 3.82 10 550 5121 -5.5 -18.2 36 12.7 -9.8 177 24 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.1 1.65 11 500 5861 -10.2 -25.6 27 15.4 -14.3 165 31 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.9 0.96 12 450 6667 -14.4 -36.8 13 22.3 -18.6 177 28 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.36 13 400 7547 -20.7 -40.4 15 19.7 -23.7 181 26 328.1 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.28 14 350 8522 -26.7 -41.1 24 14.4 -28.6 166 25 332.8 332.9 292.8 333.9 0.30 15 300 9616 -35.3 -44.4 39 9.1 -36.2 168 20 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.6 0.24 16 250 10859 -45.8 -55.7 32 9.9 -46.2 179 20 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12302 -57.5 -64.4 41 7.0 -57.6 182 16 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.03 18 150 14090 -62.8 -78.4 11 15.5 -63.0 199 5 361.8 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16584 -63.7 -87.9 2 24.1 -63.9 95 3 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.61 m Freezing level: 613.39 mb = 4260.91 m = 13979.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.90 mb = 3827.65 m = 12557.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.61 C = 90.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.05 mb = 1109.52 m = 3640.13 ft T: 24.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 31.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.25 mb = 2536.50 m = 8321.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.29 C = 95.52 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -5.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.39 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.76 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 32.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1802.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.17 mb = 2069.57 m = 6789.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.17 mb = 3014.74 m = 9890.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.17 mb = 12814.70 m = 42042.47 ft B at Equ Level: 1793.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.17 mb = 15769.27 m = 51735.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.6 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 217.6 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.1 neg: -3.1 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 135.12 Bulk Shear: 13.34 m/s