MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 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 127 SFC 969 398 21.7 15.9 70 5.8 17.8 220 3 297.5 299.6 292.2 331.6 11.78 2 950 571 21.6 11.3 52 10.3 15.2 250 11 299.1 300.7 290.3 325.2 8.91 3 900 1039 19.4 9.6 53 9.8 13.4 252 7 301.5 303.1 290.7 326.4 8.37 4 850 1527 14.8 8.2 65 6.6 10.9 261 7 301.7 303.2 290.5 325.7 8.08 5 800 2036 9.9 8.2 89 1.6 8.9 279 8 301.7 303.3 290.9 327.1 8.58 6 750 2572 9.7 -12.3 20 22.0 0.8 290 2 307.1 307.4 286.5 313.4 1.97 7 700 3141 7.9 -19.3 12 27.3 -1.7 351 3 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.2 1.18 8 650 3748 4.8 -21.7 13 26.5 -4.0 321 5 314.4 314.6 288.1 318.0 1.04 9 600 4394 0.2 -25.9 12 26.1 -7.4 330 6 316.4 316.6 288.5 319.1 0.77 10 550 5085 -4.2 -32.4 9 28.2 -10.9 14 4 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.7 0.46 11 500 5830 -7.9 -38.5 7 30.6 -14.0 36 9 323.4 323.5 290.1 324.5 0.28 12 450 6639 -13.9 -38.0 11 24.2 -18.3 8 12 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.32 13 400 7521 -20.0 -48.9 6 28.9 -23.5 17 17 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.11 14 350 8496 -27.2 -53.0 7 25.8 -29.5 25 20 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.08 15 300 9587 -36.0 -55.4 12 19.3 -37.2 24 20 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 16 250 10826 -45.8 -61.2 16 15.4 -46.3 5 20 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.04 17 200 12278 -54.3 -68.7 15 14.4 -54.6 342 22 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14086 -62.1 -77.6 11 15.5 -62.3 321 23 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16553 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 326 13 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.32 m Freezing level: 597.19 mb = 4433.26 m = 14544.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.93 mb = 2750.43 m = 9023.61 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.66 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.76 mb = 1136.81 m = 3729.64 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 669.14 mb = 3510.55 m = 11517.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.26 C = 99.07 F Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lifted Index: 5.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.93 C Showalter Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.69 C Cross Totals Index: 16.12 C K Index: 3.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 121.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7210.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.50 mb = 2030.56 m = 6661.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 19.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -10.4 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 11.06 m/s