MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 42.8,-101.7 Latitude: 42.80 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 558 SFC 900 1024 17.5 12.4 72 5.1 14.2 161 12 299.5 301.3 291.5 329.0 10.07 3 900 1024 18.0 12.2 69 5.8 14.3 163 12 300.0 301.9 291.5 329.3 9.97 4 850 1515 18.4 10.6 60 7.8 13.5 185 44 305.4 307.2 292.8 334.0 9.51 5 800 2033 16.1 5.8 51 10.2 10.0 195 41 308.3 309.6 291.8 330.5 7.25 6 750 2577 11.8 4.0 59 7.8 7.3 207 32 309.4 310.7 291.8 330.4 6.81 7 700 3150 6.5 3.9 84 2.6 5.1 208 22 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.0 7.27 8 650 3753 1.9 0.7 92 1.2 1.3 212 14 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.4 6.21 9 600 4395 -2.2 -4.3 86 2.0 -3.2 200 10 313.5 314.4 291.2 328.3 4.65 10 550 5081 -6.4 -10.3 74 3.9 -8.0 205 15 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.7 3.16 11 500 5820 -10.4 -16.0 63 5.6 -12.3 202 20 320.3 320.8 291.0 327.7 2.19 12 450 6623 -15.6 -21.2 63 5.5 -17.2 196 18 323.6 323.9 291.4 329.0 1.57 13 400 7500 -22.0 -26.8 65 4.8 -23.1 202 13 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.2 1.06 14 350 8467 -29.8 -34.7 63 4.9 -30.5 227 12 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.7 0.58 15 300 9544 -39.6 -45.8 51 6.2 -40.0 243 16 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.21 16 250 10770 -45.3 -72.2 3 26.8 -45.9 231 23 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.7 0.01 17 200 12239 -51.4 -78.0 3 26.6 -51.8 240 21 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.00 18 150 14086 -56.2 -83.2 2 27.0 -56.5 266 16 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16611 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 245 10 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.31 m Freezing level: 627.00 mb = 4048.11 m = 13281.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.96 mb = 3928.06 m = 12887.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.00 mb = 1677.22 m = 5502.62 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 3.64 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.86 mb = 3080.55 m = 10106.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: -0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 171.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.84 mb = 2523.08 m = 8277.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.84 mb = 3879.39 m = 12727.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 439.84 mb = 6793.10 m = 22286.82 ft B at Equ Level: 72.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.84 mb = 10510.55 m = 34483.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.8 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 228.8 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.4 neg: -24.5 tot: 226.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 6.18 Bulk Shear: 14.23 m/s