MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 38.73,-90.81 Latitude: 38.73 Longitude: -90.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 994 180 27.1 14.1 45 13.0 18.5 307 2 300.7 302.6 291.9 330.7 10.19 2 950 575 22.3 12.4 53 9.9 16.0 312 2 299.8 301.5 291.1 327.8 9.54 3 900 1041 17.6 11.2 66 6.5 13.6 316 2 299.7 301.4 290.9 327.0 9.29 4 850 1527 13.0 9.8 81 3.2 11.1 321 2 299.8 301.4 290.6 326.3 9.01 5 800 2035 12.4 -9.8 20 22.2 2.9 118 7 304.4 304.8 285.8 311.5 2.26 6 750 2572 9.8 -7.6 29 17.4 2.0 102 7 307.2 307.7 287.5 316.3 2.88 7 700 3141 6.8 -12.3 24 19.1 -0.9 11 5 310.0 310.4 287.7 316.9 2.12 8 650 3745 2.9 -16.3 23 19.1 -4.1 346 9 312.2 312.5 288.0 317.6 1.65 9 600 4387 -1.2 -21.6 19 20.5 -7.6 348 10 314.8 315.0 288.3 318.6 1.13 10 550 5075 -5.2 -29.3 13 24.2 -11.2 348 11 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.1 0.61 11 500 5816 -9.2 -37.5 8 28.3 -14.8 345 13 321.8 321.9 289.6 323.0 0.30 12 450 6623 -14.1 -42.6 7 28.5 -18.7 346 14 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.20 13 400 7504 -21.0 -44.4 10 23.3 -24.1 347 15 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.18 14 350 8473 -28.9 -48.1 14 19.2 -30.8 345 18 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 15 300 9556 -37.8 -53.6 18 15.8 -38.8 334 18 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.09 16 250 10786 -47.0 -60.3 21 13.2 -47.5 319 14 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.3 0.05 17 200 12236 -53.7 -69.7 12 16.0 -54.0 285 13 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14063 -59.9 -82.9 3 23.0 -60.1 302 15 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16545 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 284 11 398.9 398.9 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.00 m Freezing level: 614.37 mb = 4202.49 m = 13787.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.66 mb = 2958.88 m = 9707.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.88 mb = 1808.64 m = 5933.80 ft T: 12.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 19.24 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.95 mb = 2829.76 m = 9283.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.81 C = 94.65 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.02 C K Index: 12.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 134.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6601.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.03 mb = 1827.49 m = 5995.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.1 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 27.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -7.8 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 5.10 m/s