MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 38.59,-90.29 Latitude: 38.59 Longitude: -90.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 994 155 20.8 19.9 95 0.9 20.2 142 4 294.4 297.1 293.6 337.0 14.87 2 950 548 22.5 18.2 77 4.3 19.5 207 11 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.0 14.00 3 900 1017 19.1 15.2 78 3.9 16.5 244 11 301.2 303.4 293.6 337.0 12.18 4 850 1506 15.6 11.0 74 4.6 12.7 272 9 302.5 304.3 292.1 331.3 9.73 5 800 2018 13.0 5.4 60 7.6 8.6 276 7 305.0 306.3 290.6 326.2 7.03 6 750 2557 9.8 -0.8 48 10.5 4.3 281 8 307.2 308.1 289.3 322.0 4.82 7 700 3127 6.7 -10.6 28 17.3 -0.6 301 9 309.9 310.3 288.0 317.7 2.44 8 650 3730 2.7 -13.2 30 15.9 -3.5 299 12 312.1 312.5 288.4 319.0 2.13 9 600 4371 -2.0 -13.8 40 11.8 -6.4 301 15 313.8 314.2 289.0 321.0 2.19 10 550 5057 -5.8 -21.5 28 15.7 -10.6 291 18 317.2 317.4 289.2 321.4 1.25 11 500 5798 -9.9 -22.4 35 12.6 -13.5 285 23 321.0 321.3 290.4 325.4 1.26 12 450 6602 -15.7 -28.3 33 12.6 -18.6 279 28 323.5 323.6 290.7 326.4 0.82 13 400 7477 -22.6 -33.7 36 11.0 -24.5 279 36 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.56 14 350 8442 -29.1 -47.7 15 18.5 -30.9 292 41 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.15 15 300 9526 -37.1 -45.1 43 8.0 -37.8 304 73 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.23 16 250 10757 -47.5 -53.6 50 6.1 -47.8 310 91 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 17 200 12208 -52.8 -73.4 7 20.6 -53.1 287 44 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14048 -57.6 -82.8 3 25.2 -57.9 280 46 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16563 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 286 22 403.9 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.83 m Freezing level: 621.20 mb = 4099.57 m = 13449.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.82 mb = 3058.36 m = 10033.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.52 mb = 263.47 m = 864.39 ft T: 21.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 23.28 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.20 mb = 1423.57 m = 4670.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.84 C K Index: 19.17 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 875.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.97 mb = 1045.60 m = 3430.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.97 mb = 2425.10 m = 7956.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.97 mb = 11243.69 m = 36888.29 ft B at Equ Level: 861.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.97 mb = 13556.70 m = 44476.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.8 neg: -3.6 tot: 62.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 30.22 Bulk Shear: 28.97 m/s