MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 22 SEP 25 Station: 36.50,-90.21 Latitude: 36.50 Longitude: -90.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 93 27.6 21.7 70 5.9 23.4 211 11 300.6 303.6 296.4 349.2 16.57 1 1000 115 25.4 20.8 76 4.6 22.1 211 10 298.5 301.4 295.3 343.9 15.61 2 950 563 20.5 19.4 93 1.1 19.7 210 13 298.0 300.7 294.7 341.7 15.06 3 900 1028 17.0 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 237 18 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.9 12.65 4 850 1515 14.9 12.6 86 2.3 13.4 243 20 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.7 10.84 5 800 2027 12.2 9.8 86 2.4 10.7 232 23 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.7 9.56 6 750 2565 9.1 7.0 87 2.0 7.9 236 25 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.9 8.43 7 700 3134 5.8 4.7 93 1.1 5.1 243 28 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.3 7.65 8 650 3739 2.6 0.4 85 2.2 1.4 253 29 311.9 313.1 291.9 330.9 6.08 9 600 4382 -1.0 -5.4 72 4.4 -3.0 259 25 315.0 315.8 291.3 328.6 4.26 10 550 5072 -4.6 -8.5 74 3.9 -6.3 259 19 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.6 3.66 11 500 5817 -8.3 -11.4 78 3.1 -9.6 255 18 322.9 323.5 292.7 333.5 3.19 12 450 6627 -13.6 -21.2 53 7.6 -15.9 259 22 326.1 326.5 292.2 331.6 1.57 13 400 7511 -20.1 -27.1 54 7.0 -21.7 260 27 328.9 329.1 292.4 332.6 1.04 14 350 8485 -28.0 -39.5 33 11.4 -29.6 258 45 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.3 0.36 15 300 9573 -36.4 -47.3 31 11.0 -37.2 241 50 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.8 0.18 16 250 10812 -45.2 -61.4 14 16.2 -45.7 257 43 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.04 17 200 12273 -52.5 -73.1 7 20.6 -52.8 286 48 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14101 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 287 53 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16592 -68.0 -85.7 6 17.7 -68.1 268 24 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.45 m Freezing level: 613.45 mb = 4208.94 m = 13808.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.99 mb = 3939.10 m = 12923.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.34 mb = 835.84 m = 2742.21 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 828.82 m = 2719.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 839.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.76 mb = 803.98 m = 2637.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.76 mb = 850.69 m = 2790.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.76 mb = 11113.12 m = 36459.92 ft B at Equ Level: 832.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.76 mb = 13740.36 m = 45079.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: -3.9 tot: 70.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 33.11 Bulk Shear: 25.37 m/s