MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 109 SFC 968 398 27.2 14.5 46 12.7 18.7 204 6 303.2 305.2 293.1 335.2 10.78 2 950 560 24.5 12.8 48 11.7 16.9 205 6 302.0 303.8 292.0 331.1 9.81 3 900 1030 19.8 11.3 58 8.5 14.4 209 6 301.9 303.6 291.6 329.7 9.36 4 850 1518 15.2 8.9 66 6.2 11.4 221 5 302.0 303.6 290.9 327.1 8.45 5 800 2028 11.5 0.8 48 10.7 5.9 273 4 303.5 304.4 288.3 318.8 5.08 6 750 2567 11.4 -15.5 14 26.9 1.0 264 5 309.0 309.3 286.7 314.0 1.53 7 700 3140 9.1 -20.5 10 29.5 -1.3 283 6 312.5 312.7 287.5 316.1 1.07 8 650 3748 5.3 -22.8 11 28.1 -3.8 291 9 315.0 315.1 288.2 318.2 0.94 9 600 4395 0.5 -26.6 11 27.1 -7.3 291 8 316.7 316.8 288.5 319.2 0.72 10 550 5086 -3.9 -33.4 8 29.5 -10.8 278 4 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.41 11 500 5831 -7.8 -37.7 7 29.9 -13.9 20 2 323.5 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.30 12 450 6640 -13.7 -40.1 9 26.4 -18.3 356 10 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.9 0.26 13 400 7524 -19.6 -48.9 6 29.3 -23.2 12 12 329.5 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.11 14 350 8499 -27.2 -52.1 8 24.9 -29.5 17 11 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.09 15 300 9590 -36.1 -55.4 12 19.3 -37.2 27 12 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.07 16 250 10828 -46.0 -59.9 19 13.9 -46.5 356 12 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 17 200 12281 -54.2 -68.8 15 14.6 -54.4 322 14 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14092 -61.8 -78.3 9 16.5 -62.0 316 24 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16555 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 329 9 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.77 m Freezing level: 594.40 mb = 4472.32 m = 14672.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 727.77 mb = 2816.67 m = 9240.94 ft Precipitable water: 0.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.47 mb = 1991.74 m = 6534.49 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 21.23 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3428.63 m = 11248.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.60 C = 99.68 F Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lifted Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.64 C Showalter Index: 4.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 16.70 C K Index: 2.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 120.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5639.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.48 mb = 2085.97 m = 6843.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.5 at 5.7 knts Storm direction: 305.5 at 4.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 5.98 m/s