MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 3 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 135 SFC 967 426 22.7 18.7 78 4.0 19.9 12 5 298.7 301.3 294.3 340.0 14.17 2 950 582 21.9 16.9 73 5.0 18.5 16 8 299.4 301.8 293.6 337.0 12.87 3 900 1049 17.5 15.8 90 1.7 16.4 23 8 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.4 12.64 4 850 1536 14.3 11.2 81 3.1 12.4 21 8 301.2 303.0 291.8 330.3 9.87 5 800 2046 11.3 6.9 74 4.4 8.7 358 8 303.2 304.6 290.7 326.5 7.80 6 750 2583 9.2 0.7 55 8.5 4.7 355 15 306.6 307.6 289.7 323.0 5.36 7 700 3151 6.5 -10.4 29 16.9 -0.6 352 18 309.7 310.1 287.9 317.6 2.48 8 650 3755 3.3 -19.3 17 22.6 -4.4 348 19 312.7 313.0 287.8 317.0 1.28 9 600 4399 -0.3 -26.0 12 25.7 -7.7 341 22 315.7 315.9 288.2 318.4 0.76 10 550 5088 -4.9 -31.8 10 26.9 -11.3 336 28 318.2 318.3 288.7 320.0 0.48 11 500 5828 -10.6 -38.4 8 27.8 -15.7 334 32 320.2 320.2 289.1 321.2 0.28 12 450 6629 -16.7 -38.1 14 21.4 -20.3 334 36 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.4 0.32 13 400 7501 -23.2 -42.8 15 19.5 -25.7 329 40 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.22 14 350 8462 -30.7 -46.9 19 16.1 -32.2 321 39 327.3 327.4 291.1 328.0 0.16 15 300 9537 -39.4 -53.2 22 13.8 -40.2 318 39 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.2 0.09 16 250 10760 -47.9 -61.1 20 13.2 -48.3 314 54 334.8 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.04 17 200 12215 -50.8 -71.3 7 20.5 -51.2 309 66 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14059 -57.7 -78.4 5 20.8 -57.9 300 56 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.8 0.01 19 100 16580 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 314 29 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.87 m Freezing level: 604.64 mb = 4339.05 m = 14235.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.86 mb = 3082.74 m = 10113.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 911.81 mb = 936.64 m = 3072.93 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 22.93 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1440.38 m = 4725.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.84 C = 76.72 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 19.23 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 639.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.35 mb = 1285.58 m = 4217.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.35 mb = 1732.41 m = 5683.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 710.35 mb = 3030.50 m = 9942.45 ft B at Equ Level: 13.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.35 mb = 12877.85 m = 42249.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 14.5 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -2.4 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 23.70 m/s