MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 34.58,-93.27 Latitude: 34.58 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 985 224 26.7 23.0 80 3.7 24.0 134 3 301.2 304.5 297.7 355.0 18.30 2 950 543 24.9 20.9 78 4.1 22.1 171 9 302.5 305.6 297.0 351.6 16.59 3 900 1017 21.8 17.5 76 4.3 18.8 205 14 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.1 14.15 4 850 1511 18.1 14.8 81 3.2 15.8 212 17 305.1 307.4 294.9 342.6 12.55 5 800 2028 14.9 11.8 82 3.1 12.9 224 20 307.0 309.0 294.3 339.9 10.91 6 750 2572 11.2 8.6 84 2.6 9.6 232 17 308.7 310.5 293.6 337.3 9.37 7 700 3145 7.9 5.7 86 2.2 6.6 257 14 311.3 312.8 293.4 336.6 8.22 8 650 3754 4.8 -1.4 64 6.2 1.5 293 12 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.1 5.30 9 600 4401 0.6 -13.3 34 14.0 -4.9 304 13 316.9 317.3 290.1 324.4 2.28 10 550 5094 -2.7 -18.7 28 16.0 -8.2 297 16 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.3 1.59 11 500 5844 -6.6 -31.7 12 25.1 -12.7 299 20 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.0 0.54 12 450 6659 -11.4 -28.8 22 17.3 -15.8 290 26 328.9 329.0 292.2 331.7 0.79 13 400 7550 -18.5 -30.8 33 12.4 -21.1 286 33 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.7 0.73 14 350 8529 -26.1 -34.5 45 8.4 -27.5 293 39 333.5 333.7 293.3 335.7 0.59 15 300 9625 -34.4 -47.1 27 12.7 -35.5 311 55 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.6 0.18 16 250 10877 -42.5 -56.6 20 14.1 -43.2 300 70 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.07 17 200 12353 -51.4 -69.0 11 17.6 -51.8 303 82 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14172 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.7 300 59 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.00 19 100 16609 -70.8 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 292 25 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.61 m Freezing level: 590.36 mb = 4534.52 m = 14876.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.03 mb = 3904.07 m = 12808.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.08 mb = 691.10 m = 2267.36 ft T: 23.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 30.66 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1451.19 m = 4761.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 37.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1503.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.97 mb = 1201.21 m = 3940.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.97 mb = 1755.22 m = 5758.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.97 mb = 12158.39 m = 39889.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1494.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.97 mb = 16260.54 m = 53347.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 38.43 Bulk Shear: 39.12 m/s