MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.86,-92.34 Latitude: 37.86 Longitude: -92.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 977 298 19.4 18.4 94 1.1 18.7 96 9 294.6 297.0 292.7 333.8 13.73 2 950 537 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 104 18 294.5 296.8 292.0 331.3 12.85 3 900 999 17.4 16.2 93 1.2 16.7 158 26 299.5 301.8 293.7 337.5 13.02 4 850 1489 17.5 12.2 71 5.3 14.0 215 23 304.4 306.4 293.3 335.9 10.54 5 800 2005 14.7 11.0 79 3.7 12.3 225 32 306.8 308.7 293.8 338.0 10.35 6 750 2549 11.5 9.3 86 2.2 10.1 233 37 309.1 310.9 294.1 339.1 9.86 7 700 3123 7.7 6.7 93 1.1 7.1 245 39 311.0 312.7 293.9 338.2 8.81 8 650 3731 4.3 3.9 97 0.4 4.1 255 38 313.8 315.3 293.9 338.1 7.81 9 600 4379 0.5 -0.1 96 0.6 0.1 267 40 316.7 317.9 293.5 336.8 6.33 10 550 5073 -3.4 -4.0 96 0.6 -3.7 267 52 320.0 321.0 293.5 336.8 5.17 11 500 5821 -7.5 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.7 272 49 323.9 324.7 293.7 337.8 4.19 12 450 6636 -12.3 -13.2 93 0.9 -12.6 274 43 327.8 328.4 293.9 338.2 3.08 13 400 7524 -19.1 -22.9 72 3.8 -20.1 267 39 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.5 1.51 14 350 8502 -26.3 -38.1 32 11.8 -28.0 250 41 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.41 15 300 9601 -33.3 -38.0 63 4.7 -33.9 234 45 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.3 0.48 16 250 10856 -43.2 -50.9 43 7.7 -43.7 235 52 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.4 0.14 17 200 12320 -53.4 -70.0 12 16.6 -53.7 258 61 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14129 -62.0 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.1 275 49 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16600 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.2 -67.9 265 24 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.94 m Freezing level: 593.65 mb = 4467.07 m = 14655.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.23 mb = 4402.53 m = 14443.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.81 mb = 430.49 m = 1412.34 ft T: 18.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 2.59 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2096.03 m = 6876.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 19.67 C K Index: 36.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5080.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.19 mb = 883.86 m = 2899.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 620.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 620.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 342.79 m/s