MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 40.0,-102.0 Latitude: 40.00 Longitude: -102.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 1 950 570 2 900 1028 SFC 896 1069 11.1 8.7 85 2.5 9.7 138 2 293.4 294.8 287.4 316.0 7.88 4 850 1511 16.7 10.9 69 5.8 13.0 186 28 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.5 9.68 5 800 2027 15.1 7.8 62 7.3 10.7 196 25 307.3 308.8 292.4 332.6 8.34 6 750 2571 12.2 5.0 62 7.1 8.0 202 22 309.8 311.2 292.3 332.3 7.33 7 700 3145 7.4 2.0 68 5.4 4.4 206 22 310.7 311.9 291.8 330.2 6.31 8 650 3750 2.5 -2.6 69 5.1 -0.0 215 18 311.8 312.8 290.9 327.1 4.87 9 600 4392 -1.4 -11.1 48 9.6 -5.4 214 16 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.3 2.74 10 550 5079 -5.6 -16.3 43 10.7 -9.4 216 16 317.4 317.8 289.9 323.9 1.94 11 500 5820 -9.8 -22.7 34 12.9 -13.6 222 15 321.1 321.3 290.4 325.3 1.23 12 450 6624 -15.3 -25.8 40 10.5 -17.9 228 13 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.7 1.04 13 400 7501 -22.3 -31.0 45 8.7 -23.9 223 14 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.72 14 350 8467 -29.4 -40.3 34 10.9 -30.7 220 20 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.32 15 300 9554 -34.9 -55.6 10 20.7 -36.2 255 18 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.07 16 250 10810 -40.9 -66.2 5 25.3 -41.9 283 32 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 17 200 12297 -50.2 -72.3 6 22.1 -50.7 291 49 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14133 -59.6 -81.4 4 21.8 -59.8 287 27 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16616 -67.4 -86.5 5 19.2 -67.5 271 10 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.16 m Freezing level: 618.10 mb = 4159.25 m = 13645.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.11 mb = 3748.29 m = 12297.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.94 % Est. max temperature: 27.09 C = 80.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.61 mb = 1386.51 m = 4548.86 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 9.25 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.41 mb = 3245.49 m = 10647.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lifted Index: 1.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 58.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6361.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.27 mb = 2269.84 m = 7446.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.6 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 238.6 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 147.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 7.74 m/s