MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 123 SFC 965 425 13.7 13.3 97 0.4 13.5 239 4 289.8 291.5 288.1 317.9 10.00 2 950 563 19.7 14.9 74 4.8 16.5 250 10 297.2 299.2 291.7 329.9 11.28 3 900 1028 18.3 11.0 62 7.3 13.8 301 9 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.5 9.21 4 850 1517 17.6 2.8 37 14.8 9.5 319 10 304.6 305.7 289.2 321.4 5.52 5 800 2031 14.4 -1.6 33 16.1 6.2 335 14 306.5 307.3 288.6 319.6 4.24 6 750 2572 9.7 1.6 57 8.1 5.4 345 22 307.1 308.2 290.2 324.8 5.75 7 700 3139 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.7 344 24 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.7 5.81 8 650 3740 1.5 -8.7 47 10.2 -2.9 341 24 310.6 311.2 288.9 320.4 3.05 9 600 4381 -1.5 -17.6 28 16.1 -7.1 354 28 314.4 314.7 288.6 319.7 1.59 10 550 5067 -6.1 -21.4 29 15.3 -10.7 352 27 316.9 317.1 289.1 321.2 1.26 11 500 5805 -10.8 -26.8 25 16.0 -14.8 342 28 319.9 320.1 289.6 322.9 0.85 12 450 6607 -16.2 -30.3 29 14.0 -19.3 337 32 322.8 323.0 290.3 325.3 0.69 13 400 7481 -23.0 -36.8 27 13.7 -25.2 338 34 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.41 14 350 8442 -31.1 -45.5 23 14.4 -32.5 336 32 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.5 0.19 15 300 9513 -40.5 -53.2 25 12.6 -41.2 333 32 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.09 16 250 10729 -49.5 -59.8 29 10.3 -49.8 331 36 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 17 200 12167 -55.3 -65.2 28 9.9 -55.5 331 46 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 13992 -57.3 -79.3 4 22.1 -57.5 311 50 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16522 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 306 38 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.51 m Freezing level: 625.34 mb = 4055.89 m = 13306.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.61 mb = 3426.64 m = 11242.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.76 mb = 474.57 m = 1556.96 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.26 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.94 mb = 2727.38 m = 8947.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 13.59 C K Index: 27.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 82.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.39 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6163.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.91 mb = 1750.81 m = 5744.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.5 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 11.5 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 61.27 m/s