MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 129 SFC 966 425 15.2 14.9 98 0.4 15.0 260 4 291.3 293.2 289.5 322.5 11.06 2 950 570 19.7 15.4 76 4.3 16.9 276 4 297.2 299.3 292.0 331.0 11.67 3 900 1034 17.5 10.5 63 7.0 13.2 318 7 299.6 301.2 290.5 325.7 8.90 4 850 1521 17.1 0.3 32 16.8 8.2 352 10 304.0 304.9 288.1 318.0 4.58 5 800 2035 13.2 2.3 48 10.9 7.2 353 13 305.2 306.2 289.5 322.4 5.65 6 750 2574 9.8 -5.1 35 14.9 2.8 357 17 307.2 307.9 288.1 318.2 3.50 7 700 3142 5.6 -7.0 40 12.5 -0.0 351 22 308.6 309.2 288.3 318.9 3.24 8 650 3742 1.3 -11.2 39 12.5 -3.7 349 23 310.5 311.0 288.2 318.5 2.50 9 600 4382 -2.1 -12.4 45 10.3 -6.1 342 24 313.6 314.1 289.2 321.6 2.45 10 550 5069 -5.6 -21.1 28 15.5 -10.4 340 28 317.5 317.7 289.3 321.9 1.29 11 500 5809 -10.1 -28.5 21 18.4 -14.6 339 32 320.7 320.8 289.8 323.2 0.73 12 450 6612 -16.0 -29.8 29 13.8 -19.0 338 35 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.7 0.72 13 400 7486 -23.1 -35.5 31 12.4 -25.1 337 35 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.7 0.46 14 350 8446 -31.2 -42.5 32 11.3 -32.4 328 33 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.26 15 300 9519 -40.1 -52.3 26 12.2 -40.8 322 31 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.10 16 250 10735 -49.9 -60.8 27 10.8 -50.2 319 35 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.04 17 200 12170 -54.4 -68.7 16 14.3 -54.6 306 55 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14005 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 307 56 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16534 -62.9 -86.5 3 23.5 -63.1 302 34 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.16 m Freezing level: 630.71 mb = 3989.13 m = 13087.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 700.69 mb = 3133.74 m = 10281.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.75 mb = 472.49 m = 1550.16 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 13.00 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.05 mb = 2784.46 m = 9135.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 7.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.22 C Cross Totals Index: 10.40 C K Index: 14.96 Risk: None Sweat Index: 54.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7072.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.95 mb = 1713.37 m = 5621.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 343.4 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 13.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 43.88 m/s