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: 38.68,-90.47 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -90.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 993 158 22.2 20.7 91 1.6 21.2 146 5 296.0 298.8 294.6 341.0 15.65 2 950 547 22.6 18.3 76 4.4 19.6 206 12 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.2 14.03 3 900 1016 19.2 14.9 76 4.3 16.4 242 11 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.95 4 850 1505 15.8 10.5 71 5.3 12.5 267 9 302.7 304.5 291.9 330.7 9.42 5 800 2018 13.0 4.6 57 8.4 8.2 276 7 305.0 306.3 290.3 325.2 6.66 6 750 2557 9.9 -2.1 43 12.0 3.9 287 8 307.4 308.2 289.0 320.9 4.38 7 700 3126 6.6 -10.6 28 17.2 -0.6 309 9 309.8 310.2 287.9 317.5 2.42 8 650 3730 2.6 -13.2 30 15.8 -3.6 303 12 311.9 312.3 288.3 318.8 2.12 9 600 4371 -2.0 -14.5 38 12.5 -6.7 305 16 313.8 314.2 288.9 320.6 2.07 10 550 5057 -5.8 -20.8 30 15.0 -10.5 292 18 317.2 317.4 289.3 321.7 1.32 11 500 5797 -9.9 -23.9 31 14.0 -13.8 285 23 321.0 321.2 290.2 324.9 1.11 12 450 6600 -15.9 -29.0 31 13.1 -18.8 278 28 323.3 323.4 290.6 326.0 0.77 13 400 7475 -22.6 -33.5 37 10.9 -24.5 279 37 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.6 0.57 14 350 8442 -28.8 -47.7 15 18.8 -30.6 294 42 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.15 15 300 9526 -37.2 -44.9 45 7.7 -37.9 303 74 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.23 16 250 10757 -47.5 -53.6 50 6.1 -47.7 309 92 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12207 -53.0 -73.5 7 20.5 -53.3 287 44 348.9 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 14046 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.9 280 46 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16563 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.1 289 22 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.09 m Freezing level: 621.94 mb = 4089.33 m = 13416.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.92 mb = 3045.17 m = 9990.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.35 mb = 353.41 m = 1159.46 ft T: 22.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 23.69 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.05 mb = 1444.48 m = 4739.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.99 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 18.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 993.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.53 mb = 1087.37 m = 3567.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.53 mb = 2255.74 m = 7400.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.53 mb = 11368.66 m = 37298.30 ft B at Equ Level: 976.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.53 mb = 13733.14 m = 45055.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.5 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 314.5 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 30.66 Bulk Shear: 32.40 m/s