MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.69,-97.31 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 963 406 18.6 17.6 94 1.1 17.9 50 7 295.0 297.3 292.5 332.9 13.23 2 950 520 18.3 17.7 97 0.6 17.9 67 13 295.8 298.2 293.0 334.8 13.58 3 900 985 17.2 16.9 98 0.3 17.0 127 11 299.2 301.7 294.0 338.8 13.59 4 850 1473 15.8 15.3 97 0.5 15.5 176 21 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.1 12.97 5 800 1988 14.0 13.7 98 0.3 13.8 225 25 306.1 308.4 295.1 343.4 12.43 6 750 2532 11.8 10.7 93 1.1 11.1 234 34 309.3 311.4 294.9 342.3 10.83 7 700 3107 8.3 6.9 91 1.4 7.4 237 41 311.7 313.3 294.1 339.2 8.95 8 650 3717 5.4 5.0 97 0.5 5.2 239 46 315.1 316.7 294.7 341.5 8.44 9 600 4369 1.6 1.1 97 0.5 1.3 236 51 317.9 319.3 294.3 340.0 6.93 10 550 5066 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 236 49 321.4 322.5 294.3 340.1 5.77 11 500 5818 -6.2 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 239 43 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.4 4.50 12 450 6636 -10.8 -12.2 90 1.4 -11.3 246 41 329.6 330.3 294.6 341.0 3.34 13 400 7532 -16.6 -18.4 86 1.8 -17.2 254 41 333.5 333.9 294.6 341.3 2.24 14 350 8521 -23.7 -26.0 81 2.4 -24.2 255 37 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.6 1.31 15 300 9627 -33.2 -36.1 75 2.9 -33.6 254 33 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.8 0.59 16 250 10880 -43.6 -47.4 66 3.8 -43.9 254 27 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.21 17 200 12343 -53.8 -67.6 17 13.8 -54.0 272 45 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14145 -63.3 -78.9 10 15.6 -63.4 272 59 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16605 -67.5 -85.7 6 18.1 -67.7 294 25 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.82 m Freezing level: 579.43 mb = 4655.42 m = 15273.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.55 mb = 4605.09 m = 15108.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.90 mb = 539.41 m = 1769.69 ft T: 18.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 4.17 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1379.77 m = 4526.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.34 C Showalter Index: 0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4005.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.71 mb = 930.85 m = 3053.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 448.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 448.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 291.17 m/s