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: 37.82,-100.83 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 500 SFC 911 877 26.4 14.2 47 12.2 18.2 153 8 307.7 309.8 294.7 341.7 11.24 3 900 982 27.7 12.5 39 15.2 17.7 161 15 310.1 312.0 294.6 341.2 10.19 4 850 1484 23.4 10.5 44 12.9 15.0 181 19 310.7 312.4 294.2 339.5 9.40 5 800 2009 18.6 8.9 53 9.7 12.5 201 19 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.7 8.99 6 750 2559 15.1 -1.5 32 16.5 6.3 263 11 312.9 313.8 291.0 327.4 4.58 7 700 3137 9.7 -6.2 32 15.9 2.2 291 12 313.3 313.9 290.0 324.3 3.45 8 650 3747 6.0 -28.8 6 34.8 -4.1 276 11 315.7 315.8 288.0 317.6 0.54 9 600 4394 1.0 -36.6 4 37.6 -7.7 296 10 317.3 317.3 288.2 318.3 0.28 10 550 5086 -3.8 -46.6 2 42.9 -11.3 293 12 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.0 0.10 11 500 5830 -9.3 -44.2 4 34.9 -15.2 283 12 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.15 12 450 6636 -13.6 -53.4 2 39.8 -18.7 258 13 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.3 0.06 13 400 7519 -20.1 -57.8 2 37.7 -23.8 245 18 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.0 0.04 14 350 8493 -27.8 -57.8 4 30.0 -30.1 241 19 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.04 15 300 9579 -37.2 -45.9 40 8.7 -37.9 241 19 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.21 16 250 10810 -47.3 -52.0 58 4.8 -47.5 229 21 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.12 17 200 12261 -53.1 -69.1 12 16.1 -53.4 248 25 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14092 -59.0 -84.0 3 25.1 -59.2 276 27 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16560 -68.9 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.0 271 14 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.73 m Freezing level: 589.40 mb = 4540.75 m = 14897.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.55 mb = 3344.57 m = 10972.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.15 mb = 2433.31 m = 7983.20 ft T: 15.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 24.06 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 666.99 mb = 3534.31 m = 11595.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.40 C = 92.12 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.05 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 27.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 595.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 130.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 709.22 mb = 3027.34 m = 9932.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.22 mb = 4337.41 m = 14230.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.22 mb = 11234.30 m = 36857.50 ft B at Equ Level: 592.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.22 mb = 13515.76 m = 44342.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.1 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 286.1 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.4 neg: -1.3 tot: 122.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 11.38 Bulk Shear: 52.34 m/s