MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 38.10,-96.49 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 968 427 13.4 12.5 94 1.0 12.9 302 3 289.2 290.9 287.3 315.7 9.42 2 950 590 19.6 14.0 70 5.6 16.0 310 5 297.1 299.0 291.1 327.9 10.65 3 900 1055 17.2 12.1 72 5.1 14.0 350 9 299.2 301.0 291.2 328.2 9.90 4 850 1540 13.3 8.7 74 4.6 10.6 3 13 300.1 301.6 290.2 324.7 8.35 5 800 2047 9.1 6.2 82 2.9 7.5 1 18 300.9 302.3 289.7 323.0 7.45 6 750 2578 5.3 2.3 81 2.9 3.7 353 21 302.3 303.4 288.9 320.4 6.05 7 700 3139 3.3 -7.6 45 10.9 -1.4 9 21 306.2 306.7 287.3 315.8 3.08 8 650 3739 2.2 -20.0 18 22.2 -5.1 19 21 311.5 311.7 287.2 315.5 1.20 9 600 4381 -1.2 -28.3 11 27.1 -8.5 14 21 314.7 314.8 287.7 316.9 0.62 10 550 5068 -5.4 -30.8 12 25.4 -11.5 9 18 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.6 0.53 11 500 5807 -11.4 -37.2 10 25.8 -16.3 3 20 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.2 0.31 12 450 6604 -18.0 -42.1 10 24.1 -21.5 1 22 320.6 320.6 289.2 321.4 0.21 13 400 7471 -24.7 -46.8 11 22.1 -27.1 3 26 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.14 14 350 8427 -31.9 -54.7 9 22.8 -33.4 4 28 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.0 0.07 15 300 9502 -38.4 -62.8 6 24.5 -39.4 15 32 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.03 16 250 10734 -45.4 -67.3 7 21.9 -46.0 22 36 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 17 200 12200 -51.4 -71.7 7 20.3 -51.7 359 21 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14039 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 336 23 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16556 -64.3 -85.1 4 20.9 -64.4 309 23 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.16 m Freezing level: 617.76 mb = 4152.71 m = 13624.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.60 mb = 2982.40 m = 9784.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.69 C = 76.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.75 mb = 547.37 m = 1795.83 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.72 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.04 mb = 1850.09 m = 6069.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.42 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: 2.43 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 22.52 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.60 mb = 1504.34 m = 4935.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.60 mb = 2269.98 m = 7447.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 708.60 mb = 3039.58 m = 9972.27 ft B at Equ Level: 35.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 638.60 mb = 3881.03 m = 12732.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 5.2 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 35.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 26.16 m/s