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: 37.55,-97.13 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -97.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 971 388 23.7 15.6 60 8.1 18.3 128 2 299.3 301.4 292.5 333.0 11.53 2 950 582 23.5 13.5 53 10.1 17.0 55 0 301.1 303.0 292.0 331.3 10.25 3 900 1051 19.1 12.3 65 6.7 14.7 303 3 301.1 303.0 291.9 330.8 10.04 4 850 1538 14.3 11.4 83 2.9 12.4 301 6 301.1 303.0 291.9 330.6 9.99 5 800 2047 9.8 8.3 90 1.6 8.9 320 10 301.6 303.2 290.9 327.1 8.60 6 750 2580 7.7 -4.2 43 11.9 2.1 349 15 304.9 305.6 287.6 316.4 3.72 7 700 3151 8.6 -21.6 10 30.2 -1.6 0 11 312.0 312.1 287.2 315.2 0.97 8 650 3757 4.8 -26.1 8 30.9 -4.5 359 11 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.70 9 600 4402 -0.3 -24.3 14 24.0 -7.5 11 12 315.8 315.9 288.3 318.8 0.89 10 550 5091 -4.5 -34.6 7 30.1 -11.3 20 13 318.8 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.37 11 500 5835 -8.5 -47.7 3 39.2 -14.7 22 13 322.7 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.10 12 450 6643 -14.1 -51.3 3 37.1 -19.0 33 17 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.08 13 400 7525 -20.2 -48.8 6 28.6 -23.7 47 20 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.11 14 350 8498 -27.9 -42.8 23 14.9 -29.7 51 23 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.25 15 300 9585 -36.5 -51.8 19 15.4 -37.5 50 31 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10825 -45.5 -60.1 18 14.6 -46.0 48 32 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12278 -55.1 -66.4 23 11.3 -55.4 39 28 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14083 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.7 12 23 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16564 -65.2 -85.1 5 19.9 -65.4 350 20 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.26 m Freezing level: 603.02 mb = 4362.89 m = 14313.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.95 mb = 2895.18 m = 9498.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.77 C = 78.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.00 mb = 1418.76 m = 4654.67 ft T: 15.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.16 mb = 1899.78 m = 6232.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lifted Index: 2.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.79 C Showalter Index: 2.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 3.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 161.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.79 mb = 1831.70 m = 6009.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.79 mb = 1986.44 m = 6517.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 755.79 mb = 2516.39 m = 8255.79 ft B at Equ Level: 8.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.79 mb = 2851.31 m = 9354.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.2 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 32.2 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 11.74 m/s