MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 44.4,-96.0 Latitude: 44.40 Longitude: -96.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 966 447 25.6 13.5 47 12.1 17.7 124 5 301.7 303.6 292.2 331.6 10.13 2 950 597 28.0 13.5 41 14.5 18.4 139 12 305.6 307.5 293.4 336.5 10.28 3 900 1074 24.4 11.3 44 13.1 16.0 154 11 306.7 308.4 293.0 335.0 9.38 4 850 1570 19.8 9.1 50 10.6 13.1 170 10 306.8 308.4 292.4 332.8 8.57 5 800 2088 15.1 7.2 59 7.9 10.3 174 9 307.2 308.7 292.1 331.5 7.99 6 750 2630 11.3 -6.3 29 17.5 3.1 165 6 308.8 309.4 288.3 318.9 3.19 7 700 3200 5.9 -6.1 42 12.1 0.4 152 8 309.0 309.7 288.7 319.9 3.45 8 650 3800 0.4 -7.8 54 8.2 -3.1 167 12 309.5 310.1 288.7 319.8 3.27 9 600 4440 -1.5 -25.6 14 24.1 -8.3 188 16 314.4 314.5 287.8 317.1 0.79 10 550 5127 -5.5 -36.0 7 30.5 -12.0 191 16 317.6 317.6 288.3 318.8 0.32 11 500 5868 -9.5 -50.6 2 41.1 -15.4 195 14 321.5 321.5 289.3 321.8 0.07 12 450 6673 -15.2 -30.1 27 15.0 -18.5 189 16 324.1 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.69 13 400 7548 -23.1 -28.2 62 5.2 -24.1 187 20 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.3 0.93 14 350 8512 -29.4 -41.6 30 12.1 -30.9 214 21 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.2 0.29 15 300 9594 -37.5 -48.2 32 10.7 -38.2 225 25 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10827 -47.3 -55.6 38 8.3 -47.6 232 33 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.2 0.08 17 200 12273 -54.6 -66.1 23 11.5 -54.8 235 33 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14092 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 251 22 368.9 368.9 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16605 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 273 16 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.54 m Freezing level: 638.58 mb = 3946.38 m = 12947.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.63 mb = 3262.61 m = 10703.96 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 809.55 mb = 1986.58 m = 6517.58 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.05 mb = 2932.67 m = 9621.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.77 C = 90.99 F Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lifted Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.24 C Cross Totals Index: 18.60 C K Index: 26.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 336.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.85 mb = 2587.37 m = 8488.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.85 mb = 3213.59 m = 10543.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.85 mb = 10088.56 m = 33098.55 ft B at Equ Level: 334.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.85 mb = 12309.27 m = 40384.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 207.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -6.3 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 54.04 Bulk Shear: 6.23 m/s