MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 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 142 SFC 968 426 23.8 18.6 73 5.2 20.2 355 9 299.7 302.3 294.6 340.9 14.10 2 950 588 21.0 17.1 79 3.9 18.4 355 10 298.5 300.9 293.4 336.5 13.05 3 900 1054 16.6 15.1 91 1.5 15.6 359 11 298.6 300.8 292.7 333.8 12.07 4 850 1539 14.0 11.1 83 2.9 12.1 23 13 300.8 302.6 291.6 329.6 9.79 5 800 2048 11.1 7.7 80 3.3 9.0 14 10 302.9 304.5 291.0 327.6 8.28 6 750 2585 8.2 4.0 75 4.2 5.9 352 9 305.5 306.8 290.6 326.1 6.81 7 700 3153 6.4 -3.9 47 10.4 1.4 340 11 309.6 310.4 289.5 322.4 4.08 8 650 3757 3.6 -18.6 18 22.2 -4.1 331 15 313.0 313.3 287.9 317.5 1.35 9 600 4401 -0.5 -23.9 15 23.3 -7.5 329 20 315.5 315.7 288.3 318.7 0.93 10 550 5089 -5.3 -31.2 11 25.9 -11.5 325 25 317.8 317.9 288.6 319.6 0.51 11 500 5828 -11.0 -35.4 11 24.4 -15.9 326 29 319.6 319.7 289.0 321.0 0.38 12 450 6628 -17.0 -39.7 12 22.7 -20.6 330 34 321.8 321.9 289.6 322.8 0.27 13 400 7499 -23.4 -45.5 11 22.0 -26.0 326 40 324.5 324.6 290.3 325.2 0.16 14 350 8461 -30.5 -44.6 24 14.1 -32.0 323 42 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.21 15 300 9537 -39.2 -52.8 22 13.6 -39.9 321 43 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.10 16 250 10760 -47.8 -61.8 18 14.0 -48.2 314 53 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 17 200 12216 -51.0 -71.0 8 19.9 -51.4 310 64 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14060 -57.7 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 300 49 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16580 -63.3 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.5 308 29 405.4 405.4 305.9 405.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.82 m Freezing level: 606.39 mb = 4318.59 m = 14168.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.19 mb = 3303.29 m = 10837.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.67 mb = 1075.66 m = 3529.02 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1380.52 m = 4529.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.13 C = 75.44 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 25.65 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 482.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.84 mb = 1236.43 m = 4056.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.84 mb = 1781.38 m = 5844.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 715.84 mb = 2968.57 m = 9739.29 ft B at Equ Level: 18.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 625.84 mb = 4061.73 m = 13325.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.0 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 7.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 51.00 Bulk Shear: 9.47 m/s