MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 967 425 18.6 16.5 88 2.1 17.2 321 3 294.6 296.8 291.7 329.8 12.30 2 950 580 21.3 16.1 72 5.2 17.8 23 5 298.8 301.0 292.9 334.4 12.22 3 900 1046 17.1 15.3 89 1.8 15.9 38 3 299.1 301.4 293.0 334.9 12.24 4 850 1531 14.2 10.1 77 4.0 11.7 320 3 301.0 302.7 291.2 328.1 9.19 5 800 2042 12.6 4.3 57 8.2 7.9 351 9 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.3 6.54 6 750 2581 9.8 -6.5 31 16.3 2.3 2 15 307.2 307.8 287.8 317.0 3.13 7 700 3149 6.5 -9.9 30 16.4 -0.5 355 17 309.7 310.1 288.1 317.9 2.56 8 650 3753 3.5 -19.4 17 22.9 -4.3 346 19 312.9 313.2 287.8 317.2 1.26 9 600 4397 -0.4 -28.3 10 27.9 -8.0 339 24 315.6 315.8 288.0 317.8 0.62 10 550 5086 -4.8 -37.4 6 32.6 -11.6 336 30 318.4 318.4 288.5 319.4 0.28 11 500 5826 -10.4 -35.3 11 24.9 -15.4 333 33 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.8 0.38 12 450 6628 -16.2 -38.9 12 22.7 -20.0 328 35 322.9 322.9 290.0 324.0 0.29 13 400 7502 -22.8 -46.0 10 23.3 -25.5 323 38 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.0 0.15 14 350 8465 -30.8 -47.9 17 17.1 -32.3 323 39 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.8 0.14 15 300 9539 -39.5 -53.4 21 13.9 -40.3 322 39 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.09 16 250 10761 -48.3 -61.8 20 13.4 -48.7 319 52 334.2 334.3 292.9 334.4 0.04 17 200 12210 -52.0 -71.1 8 19.1 -52.4 313 61 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14048 -57.9 -78.8 5 20.9 -58.2 301 58 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.01 19 100 16568 -63.2 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 306 26 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.66 m Freezing level: 605.35 mb = 4328.37 m = 14200.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.93 mb = 3044.77 m = 9989.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.10 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.48 mb = 694.07 m = 2277.10 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 17.84 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1679.76 m = 5510.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.99 C = 78.79 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.50 C K Index: 18.26 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 137.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.98 mb = 1295.00 m = 4248.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 538.98 mb = 5243.57 m = 17203.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.98 mb = 10524.28 m = 34528.07 ft B at Equ Level: 267.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.98 mb = 11924.95 m = 39123.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.5 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 11.5 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.1 neg: -10.0 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.39 Bulk Shear: 32.46 m/s