MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 92 SFC 963 426 27.0 19.8 65 7.1 21.9 220 9 303.4 306.2 296.4 348.8 15.30 2 950 544 24.6 18.2 67 6.5 20.1 222 10 302.2 304.7 295.1 343.3 13.93 3 900 1015 21.2 10.7 51 10.5 14.6 248 12 303.3 305.0 291.8 330.2 9.02 4 850 1508 19.6 4.1 36 15.5 10.7 288 13 306.7 307.8 290.3 325.2 6.06 5 800 2026 15.3 8.3 63 7.0 11.0 299 17 307.5 309.1 292.7 333.6 8.61 6 750 2569 11.4 0.5 47 11.0 5.6 317 16 309.0 310.0 290.4 325.3 5.28 7 700 3142 7.7 2.1 67 5.6 4.6 340 24 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.8 6.37 8 650 3747 2.6 -2.7 68 5.3 -0.0 338 30 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.1 4.82 9 600 4389 -2.3 -7.3 69 5.0 -4.5 328 28 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.2 3.69 10 550 5073 -7.5 -12.5 67 5.1 -9.4 322 28 315.2 315.7 289.9 323.9 2.65 11 500 5809 -11.8 -20.2 49 8.5 -14.3 323 31 318.7 319.0 289.9 323.9 1.53 12 450 6608 -16.9 -21.3 68 4.5 -18.1 322 32 322.1 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.55 13 400 7482 -22.3 -27.8 61 5.5 -23.5 319 35 326.0 326.2 291.6 329.5 0.97 14 350 8448 -29.8 -37.7 46 7.9 -30.8 310 37 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.43 15 300 9526 -39.0 -43.4 63 4.4 -39.4 309 40 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 16 250 10749 -48.5 -54.9 47 6.4 -48.7 308 45 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.09 17 200 12185 -57.2 -64.7 38 7.5 -57.3 315 44 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13988 -60.6 -79.0 7 18.4 -60.8 317 40 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16507 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 307 32 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.58 m Freezing level: 623.51 mb = 4087.60 m = 13410.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.42 mb = 3742.22 m = 12277.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.71 mb = 1330.19 m = 4364.08 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 23.60 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.27 mb = 2836.08 m = 9304.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.46 C = 92.23 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.38 C Cross Totals Index: 15.91 C K Index: 29.87 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 106.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.51 mb = 2073.41 m = 6802.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.51 mb = 3741.05 m = 12273.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.51 mb = 10735.34 m = 35220.50 ft B at Equ Level: 497.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.51 mb = 13184.50 m = 43255.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.0 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 350.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 109.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 5.94 Bulk Shear: 84.05 m/s