MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509141200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509141200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 14 SEP 25 Station: 45.1,-99.5 Latitude: 45.10 Longitude: -99.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 1 950 481 SFC 940 574 25.0 17.7 64 7.4 19.9 148 16 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.0 13.65 3 900 954 21.7 16.0 70 5.7 17.8 150 30 303.9 306.2 294.8 342.0 12.82 4 850 1447 16.9 15.0 89 1.9 15.7 151 33 303.9 306.2 294.7 341.8 12.74 5 800 1961 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 153 37 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.3 11.55 6 750 2501 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 163 45 306.8 308.6 293.3 336.2 9.74 7 700 3072 6.5 5.5 94 0.9 5.9 170 45 309.7 311.2 293.0 334.7 8.15 8 650 3677 3.6 1.2 84 2.5 2.3 171 46 313.1 314.3 292.6 333.2 6.42 9 600 4324 0.7 -2.3 80 3.0 -0.8 171 47 317.0 318.0 292.9 334.2 5.39 10 550 5020 -2.8 -6.4 76 3.6 -4.4 172 46 320.8 321.6 293.0 334.9 4.33 11 500 5770 -7.0 -10.0 79 3.0 -8.3 169 43 324.5 325.2 293.4 336.4 3.57 12 450 6584 -12.3 -15.3 79 2.9 -13.4 172 40 327.7 328.2 293.4 336.6 2.60 13 400 7473 -18.8 -22.2 75 3.4 -19.8 175 37 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.2 1.61 14 350 8452 -26.3 -29.2 76 3.0 -26.9 166 39 333.3 333.5 293.6 336.9 0.97 15 300 9548 -34.4 -47.0 27 12.6 -35.5 160 45 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.18 16 250 10795 -45.2 -52.8 42 7.6 -45.6 162 53 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.11 17 200 12245 -54.6 -72.9 9 18.3 -54.8 164 42 346.3 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 14062 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 185 28 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16581 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 196 10 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.15 m Freezing level: 589.33 mb = 4472.45 m = 14673.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.89 mb = 4152.33 m = 13622.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.03 mb = 1506.69 m = 4943.13 ft T: 16.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.01 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.93 mb = 1711.16 m = 5613.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 38.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 586.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.43 mb = 1644.46 m = 5395.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.43 mb = 1799.07 m = 5902.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.43 mb = 11467.47 m = 37622.47 ft B at Equ Level: 579.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.43 mb = 13837.37 m = 45397.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.1 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 196.1 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 233.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 233.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 12.38 Bulk Shear: 47.39 m/s