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 the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 23 SEP 25 Station: KIAB Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 964 398 18.9 17.8 93 1.1 18.1 45 8 295.1 297.5 292.7 333.6 13.39 2 950 520 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.5 66 15 296.3 298.8 293.5 336.8 14.05 3 900 986 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.6 123 12 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.1 14.14 4 850 1475 15.9 15.3 96 0.7 15.5 173 20 302.8 305.2 294.6 341.1 12.93 5 800 1990 14.3 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 226 24 306.4 308.7 295.4 344.3 12.63 6 750 2535 12.1 10.5 90 1.7 11.1 233 35 309.8 311.8 294.9 342.4 10.68 7 700 3110 8.3 5.7 83 2.6 6.8 236 42 311.7 313.2 293.6 337.1 8.23 8 650 3720 5.2 4.6 96 0.6 4.8 237 49 314.8 316.4 294.4 340.5 8.21 9 600 4370 1.4 0.8 96 0.6 1.1 233 53 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.4 6.80 10 550 5067 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 233 50 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.3 5.62 11 500 5817 -6.8 -7.8 93 0.9 -7.3 237 42 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.8 4.26 12 450 6634 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 246 41 329.1 329.7 294.3 340.0 3.20 13 400 7529 -16.6 -18.5 85 1.9 -17.3 256 41 333.4 333.8 294.6 341.2 2.22 14 350 8519 -23.4 -25.8 80 2.5 -24.0 259 37 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.1 1.33 15 300 9626 -32.8 -35.6 76 2.8 -33.2 258 33 339.1 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.61 16 250 10880 -43.5 -47.3 66 3.8 -43.7 257 27 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.21 17 200 12343 -53.6 -66.7 19 13.2 -53.8 273 45 347.9 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14147 -63.4 -77.9 12 14.5 -63.5 272 59 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16604 -67.7 -85.3 6 17.6 -67.8 294 25 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.28 m Freezing level: 582.05 mb = 4620.26 m = 15158.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.89 mb = 4560.67 m = 14962.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.22 mb = 536.01 m = 1758.54 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 7.23 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1222.93 m = 4012.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.83 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 0.23 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.85 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3375.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.16 mb = 917.53 m = 3010.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 463.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 463.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 154.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 313.94 m/s