MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 38.57,-90.26 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -90.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 994 155 19.9 19.4 97 0.5 19.5 141 4 293.6 296.1 292.9 334.5 14.39 2 950 548 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 233 9 300.0 302.9 295.9 346.8 16.01 3 900 1017 19.2 15.4 78 3.9 16.7 266 6 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.6 12.31 4 850 1507 16.1 9.8 67 6.2 12.2 291 6 303.0 304.6 291.7 329.8 9.01 5 800 2020 13.3 4.3 55 9.0 8.2 293 7 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.1 6.52 6 750 2559 10.3 -3.9 37 14.2 3.4 303 8 307.8 308.5 288.6 319.7 3.82 7 700 3129 6.8 -10.7 27 17.5 -0.5 305 8 310.1 310.5 288.1 317.8 2.41 8 650 3733 2.8 -12.1 32 14.9 -3.2 291 11 312.1 312.5 288.6 319.6 2.32 9 600 4374 -2.2 -12.4 45 10.2 -6.2 291 14 313.6 314.0 289.2 321.6 2.46 10 550 5059 -6.5 -16.7 44 10.2 -10.0 283 20 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.7 1.89 11 500 5798 -10.2 -24.6 30 14.4 -14.2 288 27 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.2 1.04 12 450 6600 -16.0 -30.9 26 14.9 -19.2 291 35 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.64 13 400 7476 -22.0 -35.5 28 13.5 -24.3 287 42 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.1 0.46 14 350 8443 -29.3 -33.6 67 4.3 -30.0 292 50 329.2 329.3 292.2 331.6 0.64 15 300 9528 -36.9 -40.1 72 3.1 -37.2 293 69 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 16 250 10760 -48.1 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.3 302 61 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12205 -52.0 -68.4 12 16.4 -52.4 287 43 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14043 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 287 56 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16561 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 282 23 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.50 m Freezing level: 622.15 mb = 4089.85 m = 13417.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.46 mb = 3053.14 m = 10016.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.75 mb = 217.59 m = 713.86 ft T: 20.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 28.99 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1308.35 m = 4292.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: -3.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 18.62 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1289.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.24 mb = 900.17 m = 2953.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.24 mb = 2153.94 m = 7066.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.24 mb = 11378.04 m = 37329.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1283.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.24 mb = 14158.10 m = 46449.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.6 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 316.6 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 36.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 71.72 Bulk Shear: 17.98 m/s