MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.63,-97.34 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 966 401 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.7 143 6 295.4 297.5 291.1 327.9 11.31 2 950 547 24.7 12.3 46 12.4 16.8 164 20 302.3 304.0 291.9 330.5 9.52 3 900 1019 21.0 10.8 52 10.3 14.6 186 16 303.2 304.8 291.7 330.1 9.04 4 850 1509 16.6 9.2 62 7.3 12.1 208 15 303.5 305.1 291.5 329.4 8.65 5 800 2023 15.4 -6.2 22 21.6 5.2 278 8 307.5 308.1 287.8 317.0 3.00 6 750 2566 12.4 -12.1 17 24.4 2.1 314 10 310.0 310.4 287.6 316.5 2.01 7 700 3140 9.5 -25.1 7 34.6 -1.5 318 11 313.0 313.2 287.2 315.5 0.71 8 650 3748 5.1 -27.9 7 33.0 -4.5 331 13 314.8 314.9 287.7 316.8 0.59 9 600 4395 0.4 -32.3 7 32.7 -7.9 321 12 316.5 316.6 288.1 318.0 0.42 10 550 5086 -3.3 -39.9 4 36.6 -10.8 307 9 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.9 0.22 11 500 5833 -6.9 -40.4 5 33.5 -13.5 306 8 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.5 0.23 12 450 6646 -12.8 -40.3 8 27.5 -17.7 312 9 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.25 13 400 7530 -19.8 -44.2 10 24.4 -23.2 294 8 329.2 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.19 14 350 8504 -27.7 -50.7 9 23.0 -29.8 281 9 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 15 300 9592 -36.9 -53.9 16 17.0 -38.0 255 11 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.08 16 250 10825 -46.7 -59.5 22 12.9 -47.1 227 15 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12275 -53.8 -67.7 17 14.0 -54.0 242 17 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14097 -61.0 -82.4 4 21.4 -61.2 286 14 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16558 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 293 15 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.04 m Freezing level: 595.20 mb = 4460.87 m = 14635.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.93 mb = 2894.85 m = 9497.41 ft Precipitable water: 0.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 20.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.31 mb = 938.53 m = 3079.12 ft T: 21.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 15.05 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.65 mb = 3516.16 m = 11535.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.16 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.20 C Showalter Index: 4.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 16.13 C K Index: -1.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5659.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.58 mb = 2154.57 m = 7068.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.8 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 318.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -162.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 139.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 83.95 m/s