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: 40.1,-102.0 Latitude: 40.10 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 1066 11.3 8.8 85 2.5 9.8 129 3 293.5 294.9 287.5 316.3 7.93 4 850 1511 16.7 10.7 68 6.0 12.9 186 27 303.6 305.4 292.3 332.1 9.55 5 800 2026 15.0 7.9 63 7.1 10.7 195 25 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.5 8.38 6 750 2571 12.1 5.1 62 7.0 8.0 200 22 309.7 311.1 292.3 332.4 7.36 7 700 3144 7.4 2.0 69 5.4 4.4 204 22 310.6 311.8 291.7 330.2 6.31 8 650 3749 2.5 -2.9 68 5.4 -0.2 213 17 311.8 312.7 290.8 326.8 4.76 9 600 4391 -1.4 -11.9 45 10.5 -5.5 212 16 314.5 315.0 289.6 322.9 2.56 10 550 5079 -5.6 -16.5 42 10.9 -9.4 215 16 317.4 317.8 289.9 323.8 1.91 11 500 5820 -9.9 -22.4 35 12.5 -13.5 222 15 321.0 321.2 290.4 325.4 1.27 12 450 6624 -15.3 -25.9 40 10.6 -17.9 229 13 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.03 13 400 7500 -22.3 -31.5 43 9.3 -24.0 222 14 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.68 14 350 8467 -29.5 -40.3 34 10.8 -30.8 219 20 329.0 329.0 291.7 330.2 0.32 15 300 9553 -35.1 -55.4 11 20.3 -36.4 251 18 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.07 16 250 10808 -41.0 -66.3 5 25.3 -42.0 281 31 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 17 200 12295 -50.2 -73.0 5 22.8 -50.6 290 49 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 14131 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 286 27 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16616 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.4 271 11 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.52 m Freezing level: 617.65 mb = 4164.55 m = 13663.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.73 mb = 3727.36 m = 12228.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.72 mb = 1385.39 m = 4545.20 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.11 mb = 3248.46 m = 10657.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.06 C = 82.51 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 31.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 57.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6412.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.37 mb = 2268.44 m = 7442.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 151.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.51 Bulk Shear: 7.60 m/s