MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.28,-96.26 Latitude: 37.28 Longitude: -96.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 972 317 20.2 19.4 96 0.7 19.7 6 10 295.7 298.4 293.9 338.3 14.79 2 950 514 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 19 19 296.1 298.7 293.6 337.1 14.26 3 900 981 20.9 20.8 99 0.1 20.8 207 8 303.1 306.3 297.7 354.8 17.42 4 850 1476 17.6 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 232 19 304.6 307.4 296.4 349.2 14.95 5 800 1993 15.8 13.1 84 2.7 14.0 242 25 308.0 310.2 295.3 344.0 11.91 6 750 2540 13.7 7.0 64 6.7 9.6 248 35 311.5 313.1 293.7 337.5 8.42 7 700 3118 9.2 5.5 77 3.7 7.0 245 40 312.7 314.3 293.8 338.0 8.13 8 650 3728 4.5 3.3 92 1.2 3.8 247 38 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.5 7.49 9 600 4376 0.7 -4.3 69 5.0 -1.7 258 37 316.9 317.8 292.2 331.8 4.63 10 550 5069 -3.7 -17.5 33 13.8 -8.5 259 44 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.6 1.75 11 500 5814 -8.3 -32.1 13 23.8 -13.8 259 48 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.52 12 450 6625 -12.7 -48.6 3 35.9 -17.9 264 47 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.7 0.10 13 400 7512 -19.0 -45.9 7 27.0 -22.7 270 46 330.3 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.16 14 350 8491 -25.7 -59.2 3 33.5 -28.4 270 39 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.04 15 300 9590 -33.8 -58.7 6 24.8 -35.4 263 35 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 16 250 10845 -41.6 -66.0 5 24.4 -42.5 263 54 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 17 200 12325 -51.3 -71.2 8 19.8 -51.7 267 67 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14148 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.1 -61.6 277 43 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16608 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.0 277 20 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.47 m Freezing level: 591.88 mb = 4488.72 m = 14726.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.61 mb = 4168.10 m = 13674.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.63 mb = 408.40 m = 1339.89 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 17.29 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.83 mb = 317.09 m = 1040.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.53 C = 68.96 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 39.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 975.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.08 mb = 799.95 m = 2624.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.08 mb = 3069.47 m = 10070.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.08 mb = 11004.18 m = 36102.52 ft B at Equ Level: 974.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.08 mb = 14828.81 m = 48650.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.8 neg: -62.0 tot: 161.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 214.73 m/s