MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 37.15,-96.81 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 973 376 22.6 16.0 67 6.5 18.2 110 3 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.5 11.86 2 950 584 22.7 14.2 58 8.6 17.1 95 2 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.8 10.75 3 900 1052 18.3 13.0 71 5.3 14.9 314 3 300.4 302.3 292.1 331.4 10.53 4 850 1538 13.7 11.9 89 1.9 12.6 309 7 300.5 302.4 292.0 330.9 10.34 5 800 2046 9.8 5.5 74 4.3 7.3 339 14 301.6 302.9 289.6 322.6 7.07 6 750 2579 8.2 -8.4 30 16.6 1.0 352 15 305.4 305.9 286.7 313.9 2.70 7 700 3149 8.3 -21.5 10 29.8 -1.7 7 12 311.7 311.9 287.1 315.0 0.98 8 650 3755 4.4 -21.6 13 26.1 -4.1 16 12 314.0 314.2 287.9 317.5 1.04 9 600 4400 -0.4 -26.3 12 25.9 -7.8 18 13 315.6 315.8 288.2 318.2 0.75 10 550 5089 -4.5 -32.7 9 28.2 -11.2 16 13 318.7 318.8 288.8 320.3 0.44 11 500 5833 -8.3 -49.7 2 41.5 -14.6 15 14 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.3 0.08 12 450 6640 -14.6 -49.2 4 34.6 -19.3 33 17 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.3 0.10 13 400 7520 -20.4 -51.7 4 31.4 -23.8 46 22 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.08 14 350 8493 -27.9 -48.6 12 20.8 -29.9 48 23 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.13 15 300 9580 -36.6 -51.9 19 15.3 -37.7 52 31 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.11 16 250 10819 -45.5 -59.3 20 13.8 -46.0 50 33 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12272 -55.1 -66.1 24 11.0 -55.4 40 29 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14079 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.2 -60.9 9 23 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16564 -64.9 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 352 19 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.48 m Freezing level: 604.21 mb = 4345.70 m = 14257.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.56 mb = 2784.77 m = 9136.26 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.87 % Est. max temperature: 25.58 C = 78.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.85 mb = 1205.75 m = 3955.83 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.71 mb = 1750.65 m = 5743.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 2.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.46 C Showalter Index: 2.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.00 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 4.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.21 mb = 1645.20 m = 5397.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.21 mb = 1898.53 m = 6228.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 764.21 mb = 2424.00 m = 7952.65 ft B at Equ Level: 11.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 724.21 mb = 2868.18 m = 9409.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 6.0 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 36.0 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 15.51 m/s