MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 22 SEP 25 Station: 36.51,-96.34 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -96.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 977 270 29.7 23.0 67 6.7 24.7 164 6 304.9 308.3 298.7 359.9 18.40 2 950 514 26.6 22.1 77 4.5 23.3 165 7 304.1 307.5 298.2 357.5 17.90 3 900 989 21.9 21.1 95 0.8 21.3 168 7 304.1 307.4 298.1 357.0 17.78 4 850 1484 18.1 16.8 92 1.4 17.2 194 9 305.2 307.8 296.1 347.8 14.27 5 800 2001 15.1 9.6 70 5.5 11.7 246 8 307.3 309.1 293.3 335.9 9.44 6 750 2548 14.4 -10.8 16 25.2 3.3 268 12 312.2 312.6 288.6 319.4 2.23 7 700 3125 10.7 -27.6 5 38.3 -1.2 282 11 314.3 314.5 287.5 316.3 0.57 8 650 3735 5.6 -11.0 29 16.6 -1.4 293 13 315.3 315.8 289.9 323.7 2.55 9 600 4383 0.9 -12.1 37 13.1 -4.4 297 15 317.2 317.7 290.4 325.4 2.51 10 550 5076 -3.7 -18.2 31 14.6 -8.7 304 21 319.8 320.1 290.4 325.4 1.66 11 500 5822 -8.0 -28.2 18 20.2 -13.2 299 29 323.3 323.5 290.6 326.0 0.75 12 450 6634 -12.4 -28.7 24 16.3 -16.4 285 37 327.7 327.9 291.9 330.6 0.80 13 400 7521 -19.4 -26.9 52 7.5 -21.2 275 41 329.8 330.0 292.7 333.6 1.06 14 350 8497 -27.4 -32.4 62 5.0 -28.3 282 43 331.8 332.0 292.9 334.5 0.72 15 300 9589 -35.4 -42.8 47 7.4 -36.1 298 62 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.29 16 250 10835 -43.7 -58.9 17 15.3 -44.3 294 82 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12308 -50.8 -70.1 8 19.2 -51.2 293 92 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14127 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 292 70 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16590 -68.4 -86.0 6 17.6 -68.5 284 26 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.13 m Freezing level: 590.07 mb = 4520.96 m = 14832.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 712.94 mb = 2971.43 m = 9748.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.20 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.96 mb = 1115.45 m = 3659.57 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 43.57 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.86 mb = 1135.98 m = 3726.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.53 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -7.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.73 C K Index: 4.55 Risk: None Sweat Index: 285.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2882.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.96 mb = 1115.48 m = 3659.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.96 mb = 1164.41 m = 3820.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.96 mb = 13263.04 m = 43513.38 ft B at Equ Level: 2867.70 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 53.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 60.83 Bulk Shear: 47.38 m/s