MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 37.21,-93.28 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 963 387 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 152 16 297.9 300.9 295.6 345.3 16.31 2 950 508 20.9 20.5 97 0.4 20.6 153 23 298.4 301.4 295.6 345.5 16.18 3 900 978 22.1 18.4 80 3.7 19.5 186 41 304.3 307.0 296.4 348.9 14.97 4 850 1474 20.0 15.3 74 4.7 16.8 210 40 307.1 309.5 295.8 346.2 12.99 5 800 1996 17.1 12.0 72 5.1 13.8 230 43 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.2 11.08 6 750 2544 13.3 9.1 75 4.2 10.7 242 46 311.1 312.9 294.6 340.9 9.72 7 700 3120 9.0 5.8 80 3.2 7.1 248 47 312.4 314.0 293.9 338.1 8.29 8 650 3731 5.5 1.3 75 4.1 3.2 254 45 315.2 316.4 293.2 335.6 6.50 9 600 4382 1.8 -3.6 67 5.4 -0.9 261 45 318.2 319.2 292.8 334.0 4.89 10 550 5078 -2.3 -12.4 46 10.2 -6.4 267 46 321.4 321.9 291.8 330.3 2.68 11 500 5827 -6.9 -32.5 11 25.6 -13.0 268 47 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.4 0.50 12 450 6642 -11.9 -47.4 3 35.5 -17.3 271 43 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.12 13 400 7530 -18.5 -53.3 3 34.8 -22.5 277 40 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.07 14 350 8509 -25.6 -56.8 4 31.2 -28.3 272 39 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.05 15 300 9611 -33.0 -63.7 3 30.7 -34.7 255 42 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 16 250 10869 -41.8 -62.4 9 20.6 -42.7 267 51 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 17 200 12343 -52.7 -69.5 11 16.8 -53.0 273 57 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14146 -64.2 -77.6 14 13.5 -64.3 274 55 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16605 -66.6 -85.4 5 18.9 -66.7 275 26 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.22 m Freezing level: 577.63 mb = 4693.30 m = 15397.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.19 mb = 4231.42 m = 13882.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.26 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.83 mb = 482.15 m = 1581.82 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 22.46 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.68 mb = 2073.68 m = 6803.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.22 C = 91.80 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.26 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.04 mb = 1192.44 m = 3912.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.04 mb = 2849.62 m = 9349.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.04 mb = 11622.50 m = 38131.09 ft B at Equ Level: 907.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.04 mb = 15347.99 m = 50353.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.9 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 275.9 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 758.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 758.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 252.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 11.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.14 Bulk Shear: 290.17 m/s