MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509131800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509131800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 SEP 25 Station: 46.0,-98.5 Latitude: 46.00 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 955 440 28.1 17.1 51 11.0 20.5 155 19 305.2 307.6 295.3 343.9 12.93 2 950 489 28.2 16.8 50 11.4 20.3 156 23 305.8 308.1 295.3 344.0 12.74 3 900 966 24.0 15.2 58 8.8 18.0 161 40 306.2 308.5 295.0 342.7 12.15 4 850 1462 19.2 14.1 72 5.1 15.8 162 43 306.2 308.5 294.8 342.1 11.95 5 800 1980 14.2 12.9 92 1.3 13.4 162 44 306.3 308.5 294.7 341.7 11.78 6 750 2522 9.5 8.8 95 0.7 9.0 163 47 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.6 9.50 7 700 3090 5.4 -1.1 63 6.4 2.1 168 49 308.4 309.4 290.0 324.1 5.05 8 650 3692 2.9 -8.8 42 11.7 -2.1 164 46 312.2 312.8 289.3 321.9 3.03 9 600 4339 1.6 -15.7 26 17.3 -5.0 163 43 318.0 318.3 290.0 324.3 1.88 10 550 5035 -1.1 -30.7 9 29.5 -9.0 165 42 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.7 0.54 11 500 5788 -6.2 -16.4 44 10.2 -9.9 161 41 325.5 325.9 292.4 332.8 2.13 12 450 6604 -11.8 -19.4 53 7.6 -14.3 166 45 328.4 328.8 293.0 334.8 1.83 13 400 7494 -17.7 -21.0 76 3.3 -18.7 171 44 332.0 332.3 293.9 338.3 1.80 14 350 8479 -24.5 -28.7 68 4.2 -25.4 174 39 335.7 335.9 294.2 339.4 1.02 15 300 9583 -33.1 -40.4 48 7.2 -34.0 174 44 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.1 0.38 16 250 10835 -44.1 -56.0 25 11.9 -44.6 173 37 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.08 17 200 12286 -57.3 -64.5 39 7.3 -57.4 191 31 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.03 18 150 14089 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 183 25 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16601 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 194 7 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.50 m Freezing level: 570.67 mb = 4747.31 m = 15574.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.46 mb = 3380.23 m = 11089.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.55 mb = 1836.71 m = 6025.86 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.28 C/km ThetaE index: 22.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.21 mb = 2072.86 m = 6800.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.66 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.22 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 424.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.84 mb = 2034.48 m = 6674.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.84 mb = 2194.29 m = 7199.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 559.84 mb = 4893.42 m = 16054.32 ft B at Equ Level: 176.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.84 mb = 13690.88 m = 44917.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 163.4 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 193.4 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.2 neg: -13.7 tot: 162.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 18.57 Bulk Shear: 22.85 m/s