MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509291800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509291800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 29 SEP 25 Station: 45.2,-105.0 Latitude: 45.20 Longitude: -105.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 530 2 900 1007 SFC 890 1109 26.4 10.5 37 15.9 16.1 49 1 309.7 311.4 293.6 337.3 8.99 4 850 1505 20.7 7.9 44 12.8 12.9 76 1 307.8 309.3 292.2 331.9 7.90 5 800 2025 17.6 4.2 41 13.4 9.8 133 7 309.9 311.1 291.7 329.9 6.47 6 750 2573 13.9 1.7 44 12.1 7.1 152 9 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.6 5.78 7 700 3149 9.1 -1.7 47 10.7 3.5 141 8 312.5 313.4 291.1 327.8 4.84 8 650 3757 4.2 -5.5 49 9.7 -0.4 107 10 313.7 314.5 290.6 326.2 3.90 9 600 4402 -0.9 -11.1 46 10.2 -5.1 102 10 315.1 315.6 289.9 323.9 2.72 10 550 5090 -6.1 -14.8 50 8.7 -9.3 116 7 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.1 2.20 11 500 5828 -11.3 -16.3 67 5.0 -13.0 143 8 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.4 2.14 12 450 6628 -16.5 -21.5 65 5.0 -17.9 155 12 322.5 322.8 291.1 327.8 1.53 13 400 7502 -22.8 -27.4 66 4.6 -23.8 158 14 325.3 325.5 291.4 328.9 1.01 14 350 8466 -29.9 -35.5 58 5.6 -30.7 160 12 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.3 0.53 15 300 9546 -38.6 -43.5 59 5.0 -39.0 169 12 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.27 16 250 10769 -49.4 -52.8 68 3.4 -49.6 175 22 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12203 -52.3 -79.7 2 27.5 -52.7 223 16 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.00 18 150 14048 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.7 254 12 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16577 -63.2 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 246 10 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.65 m Freezing level: 608.82 mb = 4288.60 m = 14070.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.05 mb = 3694.00 m = 12119.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 704.25 mb = 3098.62 m = 10165.96 ft T: 9.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.14 mb = 3880.69 m = 12731.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.20 C Showalter Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.03 C Cross Totals Index: 19.26 C K Index: 29.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 121.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 189.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 685.84 mb = 3316.92 m = 10882.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 570.84 mb = 4795.97 m = 15734.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 320.84 mb = 9075.41 m = 29774.62 ft B at Equ Level: 121.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.84 mb = 11566.12 m = 37946.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 132.0 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 162.0 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.4 neg: -6.5 tot: 4.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 15.55 Bulk Shear: 7.84 m/s