MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 69 SFC 961 426 29.0 19.4 56 9.6 22.2 222 10 305.6 308.4 296.7 350.4 14.95 2 950 524 27.4 17.6 55 9.8 20.6 223 11 305.0 307.5 295.6 345.2 13.47 3 900 999 22.7 16.4 67 6.3 18.4 225 12 304.9 307.3 295.3 344.0 13.11 4 850 1494 19.8 10.0 53 9.8 13.6 263 14 306.9 308.6 292.9 334.4 9.10 5 800 2014 16.0 9.2 64 6.9 11.7 298 16 308.2 310.0 293.3 336.0 9.14 6 750 2559 12.7 -1.2 38 14.0 5.5 304 18 310.4 311.3 290.3 325.0 4.67 7 700 3133 8.4 -1.1 51 9.5 3.4 314 26 311.8 312.7 291.0 327.6 5.04 8 650 3740 3.2 -1.9 69 5.1 0.6 315 33 312.6 313.6 291.3 328.7 5.13 9 600 4382 -2.3 -5.9 76 3.6 -3.9 313 37 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.6 4.12 10 550 5066 -7.4 -14.1 59 6.6 -9.8 314 33 315.3 315.7 289.6 322.9 2.34 11 500 5802 -11.8 -18.4 58 6.6 -13.9 316 35 318.7 319.1 290.2 324.8 1.80 12 450 6601 -16.6 -29.1 33 12.5 -19.3 322 39 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.1 0.77 13 400 7476 -22.1 -41.9 15 19.8 -24.8 326 40 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.24 14 350 8442 -29.6 -39.2 39 9.6 -30.8 328 40 328.8 328.9 291.7 330.2 0.37 15 300 9523 -38.1 -54.0 17 15.9 -39.0 332 39 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.08 16 250 10750 -48.0 -59.1 27 11.1 -48.4 330 44 334.6 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.05 17 200 12188 -56.3 -66.6 27 10.2 -56.5 318 50 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13996 -60.7 -79.1 7 18.4 -60.9 310 42 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16511 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 304 34 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.81 m Freezing level: 620.74 mb = 4115.91 m = 13503.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.29 mb = 3823.12 m = 12542.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.27 C = 88.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.23 mb = 1634.38 m = 5362.07 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.55 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.27 mb = 2499.64 m = 8200.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lifted Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 32.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1726.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.15 mb = 1916.56 m = 6287.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.15 mb = 3083.90 m = 10117.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.15 mb = 12055.79 m = 39552.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1726.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.15 mb = 15169.15 m = 49766.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.8 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 337.8 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 17.15 Bulk Shear: 100.67 m/s