MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 SEP 25 Station: 38.2,-96.6 Latitude: 38.20 Longitude: -96.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 970 425 19.2 17.4 89 1.9 18.0 352 7 294.9 297.3 292.3 332.1 12.97 2 950 606 16.9 16.5 98 0.4 16.7 359 7 294.4 296.6 291.8 330.3 12.55 3 900 1066 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 15 10 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.9 12.01 4 850 1550 13.1 11.8 92 1.3 12.3 4 12 299.9 301.8 291.7 330.0 10.28 5 800 2058 10.7 9.6 93 1.1 10.0 350 9 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.6 9.43 6 750 2594 7.8 5.9 88 1.9 6.7 353 8 305.1 306.5 291.3 328.5 7.77 7 700 3161 5.0 0.5 73 4.4 2.6 349 8 308.0 309.0 290.4 325.5 5.68 8 650 3763 2.6 -6.3 52 8.9 -1.5 343 11 311.9 312.6 289.8 323.5 3.67 9 600 4406 -0.7 -24.6 14 23.9 -7.7 336 17 315.3 315.5 288.2 318.3 0.86 10 550 5094 -5.4 -26.0 18 20.6 -11.0 328 22 317.7 317.8 288.9 320.6 0.83 11 500 5833 -10.9 -32.4 15 21.5 -15.5 318 26 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.50 12 450 6633 -16.9 -38.9 13 22.0 -20.5 317 33 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.29 13 400 7503 -24.1 -42.5 17 18.4 -26.4 316 38 323.7 323.7 290.1 324.5 0.23 14 350 8462 -31.3 -54.8 8 23.4 -33.0 316 44 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.7 0.06 15 300 9536 -39.4 -55.4 17 16.0 -40.2 313 54 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 16 250 10761 -47.1 -64.4 12 17.3 -47.6 308 63 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12219 -51.2 -71.1 8 19.9 -51.5 307 66 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14062 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 310 51 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16579 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 305 29 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.55 m Freezing level: 610.65 mb = 4268.83 m = 14005.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3538.24 m = 11608.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.22 mb = 657.49 m = 2157.09 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 1058.33 m = 3472.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.37 C = 70.47 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 31.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 155.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.45 mb = 948.77 m = 3112.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 507.45 mb = 5718.24 m = 18760.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.45 mb = 9593.01 m = 31472.76 ft B at Equ Level: 152.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.45 mb = 11097.22 m = 36407.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.7 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 5.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -4.5 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 15.33 Bulk Shear: 10.13 m/s