MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509141200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509141200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 14 SEP 25 Station: 46.4,-99.3 Latitude: 46.40 Longitude: -99.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 522 SFC 939 618 17.3 16.7 96 0.6 16.9 334 2 295.6 298.0 292.4 332.4 12.80 3 900 988 18.8 18.7 99 0.1 18.7 342 1 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.6 15.22 4 850 1478 17.2 13.6 79 3.6 14.8 88 1 304.1 306.3 294.0 338.6 11.57 5 800 1995 15.2 9.1 67 6.1 11.4 153 8 307.4 309.1 293.0 334.9 9.09 6 750 2538 11.3 5.0 65 6.3 7.6 161 15 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.2 7.31 7 700 3111 7.6 2.7 71 4.9 4.8 169 21 310.9 312.1 292.1 331.4 6.64 8 650 3718 3.2 2.0 91 1.3 2.5 179 29 312.6 313.9 292.7 333.9 6.81 9 600 4362 -0.8 -1.6 94 0.8 -1.2 184 35 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.1 5.67 10 550 5052 -4.8 -7.7 80 2.9 -6.1 184 38 318.4 319.2 292.0 331.1 3.90 11 500 5796 -8.8 -14.8 62 6.0 -11.1 182 38 322.3 322.8 291.8 330.4 2.42 12 450 6605 -13.8 -18.7 67 4.9 -15.4 176 34 325.8 326.2 292.4 332.5 1.94 13 400 7490 -19.3 -24.1 65 4.9 -20.5 167 35 329.9 330.2 293.0 334.8 1.36 14 350 8468 -26.4 -31.6 62 5.2 -27.3 169 35 333.2 333.4 293.3 336.1 0.78 15 300 9563 -35.1 -40.5 58 5.4 -35.7 186 35 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.3 0.37 16 250 10805 -46.2 -52.0 52 5.8 -46.5 204 44 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 17 200 12247 -54.8 -65.3 26 10.5 -55.1 210 41 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14068 -58.8 -83.0 3 24.2 -59.0 181 20 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16574 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.3 159 10 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.67 m Freezing level: 610.11 mb = 4231.74 m = 13883.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.14 mb = 4148.33 m = 13609.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.33 mb = 692.70 m = 2272.61 ft T: 17.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.44 mb = 617.94 m = 2027.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.38 C = 63.29 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 575.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.86 mb = 1280.00 m = 4199.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.86 mb = 3053.61 m = 10018.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.86 mb = 11208.63 m = 36773.27 ft B at Equ Level: 575.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.86 mb = 13470.06 m = 44192.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.5 at 23.7 knts Storm direction: 208.5 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 6.86 Bulk Shear: 83.94 m/s