MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 138 SFC 967 425 16.7 15.5 92 1.2 16.0 300 4 292.7 294.7 290.4 325.4 11.52 2 950 580 20.5 15.7 74 4.7 17.3 330 4 298.0 300.1 292.4 332.6 11.92 3 900 1045 16.7 13.7 82 3.0 14.8 310 5 298.7 300.7 291.9 330.8 11.01 4 850 1530 14.7 7.2 61 7.5 10.3 320 8 301.5 302.9 289.9 323.8 7.51 5 800 2042 13.6 -1.8 34 15.4 5.8 6 15 305.7 306.5 288.3 318.6 4.20 6 750 2581 9.2 -4.7 37 13.9 2.7 3 17 306.6 307.3 288.0 317.8 3.59 7 700 3148 5.6 -10.2 31 15.8 -1.0 357 19 308.7 309.2 287.6 316.7 2.50 8 650 3749 1.8 -15.4 27 17.2 -4.5 351 20 311.0 311.3 287.7 316.8 1.77 9 600 4390 -1.0 -30.0 9 28.9 -8.5 344 24 314.9 315.0 287.7 316.8 0.53 10 550 5077 -6.0 -26.3 18 20.3 -11.5 338 27 316.9 317.1 288.6 319.8 0.81 11 500 5815 -11.0 -37.7 9 26.7 -16.0 335 28 319.6 319.7 288.9 320.7 0.30 12 450 6616 -16.2 -45.6 6 29.4 -20.3 332 27 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.14 13 400 7490 -22.7 -51.2 6 28.5 -25.6 333 27 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.09 14 350 8453 -30.6 -50.3 13 19.6 -32.3 331 25 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.11 15 300 9528 -39.6 -55.3 17 15.7 -40.4 326 28 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 16 250 10747 -49.2 -61.8 22 12.5 -49.6 322 38 332.9 332.9 292.5 333.0 0.04 17 200 12190 -52.8 -68.9 12 16.1 -53.1 308 52 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14028 -57.5 -80.4 4 22.9 -57.8 301 63 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16556 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.6 301 29 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.66 m Freezing level: 618.35 mb = 4154.95 m = 13631.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.44 mb = 2991.62 m = 9814.91 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.64 mb = 583.51 m = 1914.39 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 15.91 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 772.95 mb = 2329.22 m = 7641.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 3.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 18.20 C K Index: 17.02 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5477.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.02 mb = 1381.72 m = 4533.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 344.0 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 14.0 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.53 Bulk Shear: 29.02 m/s