MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509141200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509141200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 15 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 36 1 950 484 SFC 936 618 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.6 153 14 301.6 304.3 295.2 343.7 14.27 3 900 956 21.5 16.3 72 5.1 17.9 159 36 303.6 306.0 294.9 342.4 13.07 4 850 1449 17.0 14.5 85 2.5 15.4 159 41 304.0 306.3 294.5 340.7 12.34 5 800 1963 12.8 12.2 96 0.6 12.4 159 43 304.8 306.8 293.9 338.3 11.23 6 750 2503 9.5 9.1 97 0.5 9.3 162 45 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.3 9.71 7 700 3074 6.8 6.0 95 0.8 6.3 166 39 310.0 311.6 293.3 335.8 8.41 8 650 3681 3.7 2.4 91 1.4 2.9 164 33 313.2 314.5 293.0 335.0 7.00 9 600 4328 1.1 -2.5 77 3.6 -0.7 162 32 317.4 318.5 292.9 334.5 5.33 10 550 5025 -1.6 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.8 157 37 322.2 323.0 293.4 336.4 4.35 11 500 5776 -6.9 -11.3 71 4.4 -8.8 162 39 324.6 325.2 293.2 335.4 3.22 12 450 6591 -12.1 -16.2 71 4.1 -13.6 171 36 328.0 328.5 293.4 336.3 2.40 13 400 7480 -18.9 -22.1 76 3.2 -19.8 175 34 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.2 1.63 14 350 8458 -26.5 -30.0 72 3.5 -27.2 172 41 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.3 0.90 15 300 9553 -34.6 -51.9 16 17.3 -35.9 169 42 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 16 250 10800 -45.0 -52.2 44 7.2 -45.4 165 47 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.7 0.12 17 200 12252 -54.4 -70.7 12 16.3 -54.6 160 41 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 14072 -58.9 -82.6 3 23.7 -59.2 184 21 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16591 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 167 7 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.10 m Freezing level: 579.24 mb = 4617.21 m = 15148.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.41 mb = 4202.04 m = 13786.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.72 % Est. max temperature: 26.46 C = 79.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.54 mb = 1193.69 m = 3916.26 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 9.19 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1718.21 m = 5637.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 486.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.90 mb = 1600.97 m = 5252.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.90 mb = 1858.87 m = 6098.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 549.90 mb = 5026.27 m = 16490.18 ft B at Equ Level: 129.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.90 mb = 13283.68 m = 43581.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.0 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 192.0 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.4 neg: -29.5 tot: 112.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 48.29 Bulk Shear: 10.07 m/s