MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 37.65,-97.31 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 971 403 29.1 16.6 47 12.6 20.5 181 10 304.9 307.1 294.7 341.6 12.29 2 950 595 26.5 14.9 49 11.5 18.7 182 12 304.0 306.1 293.7 337.7 11.29 3 900 1068 21.8 13.7 60 8.0 16.5 184 12 303.9 306.0 293.5 336.9 11.05 4 850 1561 18.2 8.9 54 9.3 12.4 208 9 305.2 306.8 291.9 330.6 8.44 5 800 2077 14.1 11.2 83 2.9 12.2 211 5 306.2 308.1 293.7 337.7 10.48 6 750 2619 10.5 6.7 78 3.7 8.2 334 3 307.9 309.5 292.6 333.1 8.26 7 700 3190 6.1 0.8 69 5.2 3.3 12 7 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.2 5.82 8 650 3791 1.1 -7.2 54 8.3 -2.6 36 5 310.2 310.8 289.0 321.1 3.43 9 600 4432 -1.2 -17.6 27 16.5 -6.9 2 3 314.8 315.1 288.8 320.1 1.59 10 550 5121 -4.4 -25.1 18 20.7 -10.3 326 5 318.9 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.91 11 500 5865 -7.8 -33.3 11 25.5 -13.6 302 7 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.3 0.46 12 450 6676 -13.4 -28.2 28 14.8 -17.0 294 8 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.3 0.83 13 400 7558 -20.7 -34.3 29 13.6 -23.2 284 12 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.9 0.52 14 350 8531 -28.0 -43.4 22 15.4 -29.7 280 16 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.0 0.24 15 300 9617 -36.8 -52.1 19 15.3 -37.8 293 23 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.10 16 250 10854 -45.7 -55.5 32 9.8 -46.1 279 39 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.5 0.08 17 200 12305 -55.3 -62.8 39 7.5 -55.5 296 35 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14112 -59.9 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.1 251 14 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16592 -68.1 -85.9 6 17.8 -68.2 228 7 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.79 m Freezing level: 625.94 mb = 4099.39 m = 13449.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.94 mb = 3521.82 m = 11554.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.53 mb = 1986.91 m = 6518.66 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 17.63 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.59 mb = 2523.57 m = 8279.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.90 C = 89.41 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: 0.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 16.65 C K Index: 29.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 264.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.50 mb = 2114.06 m = 6935.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.50 mb = 3055.15 m = 10023.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.50 mb = 5687.96 m = 18661.07 ft B at Equ Level: 122.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.50 mb = 12256.51 m = 40211.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -6.3 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 10.47 Bulk Shear: 25.30 m/s