MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 27 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 89 SFC 965 398 23.7 15.6 61 8.1 18.3 158 5 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.8 11.61 2 950 540 25.4 12.3 44 13.1 16.9 170 11 302.9 304.7 292.0 331.1 9.47 3 900 1012 21.0 10.9 52 10.1 14.6 182 11 303.1 304.8 291.8 330.3 9.13 4 850 1502 16.2 9.7 66 6.5 12.2 186 12 303.1 304.8 291.6 329.8 8.95 5 800 2015 15.0 -14.3 12 29.3 3.3 254 6 307.2 307.4 286.1 312.3 1.58 6 750 2558 13.1 -20.3 8 33.4 1.1 287 9 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.2 1.01 7 700 3133 9.7 -20.6 10 30.3 -0.9 299 11 313.3 313.5 287.7 316.9 1.06 8 650 3741 5.2 -24.9 9 30.0 -4.1 297 11 314.8 315.0 287.9 317.5 0.78 9 600 4388 0.9 -30.7 7 31.6 -7.4 294 10 317.2 317.3 288.4 318.9 0.49 10 550 5081 -2.9 -37.4 5 34.5 -10.5 300 9 320.7 320.7 289.3 321.7 0.28 11 500 5829 -7.0 -38.7 6 31.6 -13.5 301 9 324.5 324.5 290.4 325.5 0.27 12 450 6641 -12.7 -42.9 6 30.3 -17.7 332 11 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 13 400 7527 -19.6 -43.5 10 23.9 -23.0 337 9 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.20 14 350 8502 -27.4 -49.8 10 22.4 -29.6 317 7 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 15 300 9591 -36.5 -54.4 14 17.8 -37.7 274 6 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.2 0.08 16 250 10826 -46.6 -59.4 22 12.9 -47.0 253 8 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12278 -53.9 -69.3 13 15.4 -54.2 269 14 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14098 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 298 22 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16557 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.3 285 13 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.18 m Freezing level: 587.89 mb = 4556.20 m = 14947.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 722.38 mb = 2870.45 m = 9417.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.43 mb = 1427.39 m = 4682.96 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 21.55 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.75 mb = 3507.72 m = 11508.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.94 C = 100.28 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.16 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.24 C Cross Totals Index: 16.78 C K Index: 2.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5800.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 783.56 mb = 2189.34 m = 7182.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.4 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 306.4 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 33.36 m/s