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: 43.7,-95.0 Latitude: 43.70 Longitude: -95.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 971 425 15.9 13.8 87 2.1 14.6 187 4 291.5 293.3 288.9 320.5 10.23 2 950 611 22.3 13.0 55 9.3 16.3 234 11 299.8 301.7 291.5 329.0 9.94 3 900 1081 20.3 11.5 57 8.7 14.7 222 13 302.4 304.2 291.9 330.7 9.54 4 850 1571 16.2 9.1 63 7.0 11.9 200 13 303.1 304.7 291.3 328.6 8.57 5 800 2083 11.7 8.5 81 3.2 9.8 179 11 303.7 305.3 291.6 329.8 8.74 6 750 2619 7.4 4.8 83 2.6 5.9 169 11 304.7 306.0 290.7 326.4 7.22 7 700 3184 3.4 0.4 81 3.0 1.8 180 12 306.2 307.3 289.8 323.4 5.63 8 650 3783 2.5 -16.8 23 19.3 -4.4 189 18 311.8 312.1 287.8 317.0 1.58 9 600 4426 0.1 -28.0 10 28.1 -7.7 197 21 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.5 0.64 10 550 5118 -3.4 -29.2 12 25.8 -10.2 201 20 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.3 0.62 11 500 5863 -9.1 -17.8 49 8.7 -12.0 195 17 321.9 322.3 291.3 328.4 1.89 12 450 6669 -15.2 -18.7 75 3.5 -16.3 202 24 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.8 1.94 13 400 7547 -21.4 -24.1 79 2.7 -22.1 212 29 327.2 327.4 292.3 332.0 1.36 14 350 8518 -28.2 -31.0 77 2.8 -28.7 220 31 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.7 0.82 15 300 9605 -37.0 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.4 224 31 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10837 -47.8 -52.7 57 4.8 -48.1 225 39 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.12 17 200 12270 -56.6 -62.5 48 5.9 -56.7 245 32 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14086 -59.2 -79.7 5 20.6 -59.4 259 23 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16595 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 286 12 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.14 m Freezing level: 598.67 mb = 4444.74 m = 14582.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.22 mb = 3356.18 m = 11010.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.58 mb = 697.75 m = 2289.19 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 12.75 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.05 mb = 2367.78 m = 7768.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 2.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.22 C K Index: 31.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 152.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 119.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.84 mb = 1927.64 m = 6324.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.84 mb = 2955.09 m = 9695.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.84 mb = 3419.88 m = 11219.93 ft B at Equ Level: 32.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 629.84 mb = 4036.03 m = 13241.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.4 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 225.4 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.3 neg: -12.0 tot: 0.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 10.29 m/s