MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 38.84,-94.73 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -94.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 979 307 28.1 17.0 51 11.1 20.5 207 8 303.1 305.5 294.4 340.4 12.55 2 950 569 24.6 15.5 57 9.1 18.5 210 9 302.2 304.4 293.6 337.0 11.76 3 900 1040 20.0 14.4 70 5.6 16.3 214 9 302.1 304.2 293.3 336.2 11.51 4 850 1530 16.3 9.5 64 6.8 12.1 282 7 303.2 304.8 291.5 329.4 8.79 5 800 2042 12.1 7.0 71 5.0 9.1 349 10 304.0 305.5 291.0 327.7 7.89 6 750 2581 11.0 -14.2 16 25.2 1.0 3 14 308.5 308.8 286.7 314.0 1.69 7 700 3152 7.2 -13.6 21 20.8 -1.0 3 18 310.4 310.8 287.6 316.7 1.91 8 650 3755 2.8 -17.9 20 20.8 -4.4 1 14 312.2 312.4 287.7 316.9 1.43 9 600 4397 -1.4 -27.0 12 25.6 -8.4 351 12 314.5 314.6 287.7 316.9 0.70 10 550 5082 -6.5 -31.9 11 25.4 -12.3 348 12 316.4 316.4 288.1 318.1 0.48 11 500 5821 -9.6 -44.1 4 34.5 -15.3 286 6 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.15 12 450 6627 -14.2 -53.8 2 39.6 -19.1 249 8 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.6 0.06 13 400 7508 -21.0 -52.1 4 31.0 -24.4 243 8 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.9 0.08 14 350 8477 -28.6 -53.9 7 25.3 -30.7 255 7 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.07 15 300 9560 -38.2 -47.9 35 9.7 -38.9 269 6 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.17 16 250 10785 -48.1 -53.4 54 5.3 -48.3 280 5 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 17 200 12233 -52.9 -67.2 16 14.3 -53.2 275 7 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14067 -58.8 -83.9 3 25.1 -59.1 277 8 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16550 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 277 15 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.70 m Freezing level: 616.55 mb = 4184.35 m = 13728.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.87 mb = 2862.62 m = 9391.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.26 mb = 1707.95 m = 5603.44 ft T: 14.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 26.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.77 mb = 1939.43 m = 6362.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 14.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.34 mb = 1758.05 m = 5767.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.34 mb = 3479.68 m = 11416.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.34 mb = 10986.92 m = 36045.87 ft B at Equ Level: 450.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.34 mb = 12822.72 m = 42068.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.8 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 9.8 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 11.15 Bulk Shear: 40.71 m/s