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: 42.6,-90.7 Latitude: 42.60 Longitude: -90.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 992 260 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 74 2 286.6 288.3 286.1 312.2 9.21 2 950 634 24.9 10.0 39 14.8 15.6 149 8 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.7 8.14 3 900 1104 20.8 8.4 45 12.4 13.3 148 2 302.9 304.3 290.6 325.9 7.70 4 850 1594 16.1 6.3 52 9.8 10.4 261 1 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.2 7.07 5 800 2105 11.2 5.3 67 5.9 7.8 248 1 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.1 7.00 6 750 2640 7.8 -1.8 51 9.6 3.1 145 2 305.0 305.9 288.3 318.8 4.48 7 700 3207 6.4 -13.5 23 19.8 -1.4 131 12 309.5 309.9 287.3 315.8 1.93 8 650 3811 4.2 -23.7 11 27.9 -4.6 140 10 313.7 313.8 287.6 316.6 0.87 9 600 4457 0.8 -29.0 9 29.8 -7.3 147 6 317.1 317.2 288.5 319.1 0.58 10 550 5149 -3.9 -32.2 9 28.3 -10.8 183 5 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.1 0.47 11 500 5893 -9.2 -36.4 9 27.1 -14.7 198 8 321.8 321.8 289.7 323.0 0.34 12 450 6698 -15.1 -42.5 8 27.4 -19.4 213 15 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.20 13 400 7575 -22.0 -35.1 30 13.0 -24.2 240 14 326.3 326.4 291.2 328.1 0.49 14 350 8542 -29.5 -32.7 74 3.1 -30.0 265 16 328.9 329.1 292.1 331.5 0.70 15 300 9624 -37.4 -40.7 71 3.4 -37.7 295 16 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.36 16 250 10857 -47.5 -53.0 53 5.6 -47.7 298 31 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.11 17 200 12291 -57.6 -63.2 49 5.6 -57.8 294 31 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.04 18 150 14098 -60.3 -79.3 7 19.0 -60.4 278 23 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16597 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 272 11 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.76 m Freezing level: 591.24 mb = 4578.43 m = 15020.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.57 mb = 3026.15 m = 9928.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.97 mb = 303.79 m = 996.67 ft T: 14.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 10.86 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.58 mb = 3593.64 m = 11790.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.31 C = 100.96 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.53 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 15.56 C K Index: 11.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 86.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 61.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7119.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.50 mb = 2120.61 m = 6957.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.9 at 6.0 knts Storm direction: 188.9 at 4.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -6.0 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 106.20 Bulk Shear: 0.57 m/s