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: 38.50,-92.63 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -92.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 979 261 27.3 19.0 61 8.3 21.5 182 3 302.3 304.9 295.4 344.5 14.29 2 950 524 24.0 17.8 69 6.1 19.7 185 3 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.7 13.64 3 900 994 19.4 16.8 85 2.7 17.6 189 3 301.5 304.0 294.6 341.2 13.47 4 850 1483 15.2 13.9 92 1.2 14.4 235 2 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.1 11.86 5 800 1995 13.5 3.9 52 9.6 8.1 311 5 305.6 306.7 290.2 324.9 6.35 6 750 2537 10.7 1.9 55 8.8 5.9 288 7 308.1 309.2 290.6 326.2 5.86 7 700 3107 6.8 -4.4 45 11.2 1.4 273 11 310.0 310.8 289.5 322.4 3.94 8 650 3712 3.9 -23.1 12 27.0 -4.6 275 14 313.4 313.6 287.6 316.5 0.92 9 600 4356 -0.9 -36.8 5 35.9 -8.9 285 15 315.0 315.1 287.4 316.0 0.27 10 550 5042 -6.3 -32.4 11 26.1 -12.2 281 19 316.7 316.7 288.2 318.3 0.46 11 500 5780 -10.3 -25.5 27 15.3 -14.3 280 23 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.9 0.96 12 450 6583 -15.7 -27.8 35 12.0 -18.6 285 26 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.5 0.87 13 400 7459 -22.3 -31.9 41 9.6 -24.1 286 28 326.0 326.2 291.3 328.4 0.66 14 350 8425 -29.9 -39.5 39 9.6 -31.1 282 29 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.8 0.35 15 300 9501 -39.3 -49.1 35 9.8 -39.9 286 35 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.15 16 250 10729 -45.2 -61.7 14 16.5 -45.8 298 62 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.04 17 200 12202 -49.8 -68.3 10 18.5 -50.3 294 64 353.8 353.8 297.5 353.9 0.02 18 150 14048 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 286 49 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16553 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 276 27 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.39 m Freezing level: 609.58 mb = 4232.25 m = 13885.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.19 mb = 3246.17 m = 10650.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.50 C = 83.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.55 mb = 1308.44 m = 4292.73 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.66 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1360.35 m = 4463.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1286.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.74 mb = 1326.33 m = 4351.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.74 mb = 1375.90 m = 4514.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 810.74 mb = 1882.71 m = 6176.80 ft B at Equ Level: 5.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.74 mb = 14016.67 m = 45985.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 60.91 Bulk Shear: 21.12 m/s