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: 38.93,-94.73 Latitude: 38.93 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 152 SFC 984 295 29.0 17.6 50 11.4 21.1 183 8 303.5 305.9 294.8 342.0 12.95 2 950 604 24.8 16.3 59 8.5 19.1 185 9 302.3 304.6 294.1 339.0 12.39 3 900 1075 20.2 15.3 73 4.9 16.9 187 9 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.4 12.21 4 850 1565 16.2 11.5 74 4.7 13.2 196 5 303.2 305.0 292.6 333.2 10.09 5 800 2079 13.5 6.1 61 7.4 9.2 271 1 305.6 306.9 291.2 328.0 7.41 6 750 2620 10.2 0.8 52 9.4 5.2 14 3 307.7 308.7 290.1 324.4 5.42 7 700 3189 5.7 -6.3 42 11.9 0.2 65 6 308.8 309.4 288.6 319.5 3.42 8 650 3789 1.4 -14.7 29 16.1 -4.6 39 6 310.5 310.9 287.6 316.7 1.88 9 600 4429 -1.5 -26.4 13 24.9 -8.4 25 6 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.9 0.74 10 550 5117 -4.2 -38.4 5 34.1 -11.3 41 8 319.0 319.1 288.7 320.0 0.25 11 500 5862 -8.4 -49.8 2 41.4 -14.7 36 2 322.8 322.8 289.7 323.1 0.08 12 450 6671 -13.6 -51.5 3 37.8 -18.6 339 3 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.07 13 400 7553 -20.5 -48.8 6 28.2 -23.9 333 5 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 14 350 8523 -29.0 -48.3 14 19.3 -30.9 323 4 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.14 15 300 9605 -38.0 -53.1 19 15.2 -38.9 256 1 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 16 250 10838 -45.6 -62.2 14 16.6 -46.2 124 22 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.04 17 200 12294 -54.2 -70.7 11 16.5 -54.4 127 24 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14110 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 223 9 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16591 -67.9 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.0 265 9 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.21 m Freezing level: 626.11 mb = 4094.81 m = 13434.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.94 mb = 3212.69 m = 10540.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.87 mb = 1727.80 m = 5668.58 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 25.32 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 2050.32 m = 6726.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.66 C Cross Totals Index: 19.94 C K Index: 24.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 669.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.57 mb = 1700.39 m = 5578.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.57 mb = 2712.83 m = 8900.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.57 mb = 11061.91 m = 36291.92 ft B at Equ Level: 659.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.57 mb = 13641.42 m = 44754.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 62.5 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 92.5 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.6 neg: -0.5 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 34.47 Bulk Shear: 19.42 m/s