MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 4 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 58 SFC 959 426 26.3 20.9 72 5.4 22.4 246 6 303.1 306.1 297.0 351.8 16.44 2 950 511 27.5 18.4 58 9.1 21.1 242 12 305.1 307.8 296.1 347.5 14.19 3 900 988 23.5 16.5 65 7.0 18.7 247 17 305.7 308.2 295.6 345.5 13.26 4 850 1484 18.9 15.9 83 3.0 16.8 254 20 305.9 308.4 295.8 346.3 13.46 5 800 2003 15.6 11.8 78 3.8 13.1 274 25 307.8 309.8 294.5 340.9 10.94 6 750 2547 11.9 3.5 56 8.5 7.1 280 27 309.5 310.8 291.6 329.8 6.57 7 700 3120 7.4 2.4 71 5.0 4.6 284 31 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.9 6.52 8 650 3726 2.8 0.0 82 2.8 1.3 292 35 312.1 313.3 291.9 330.6 5.91 9 600 4369 -1.7 -3.7 86 2.0 -2.7 302 41 314.1 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.84 10 550 5056 -5.5 -6.6 92 1.1 -6.0 310 47 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.2 4.24 11 500 5799 -9.4 -10.7 90 1.3 -9.9 315 49 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.8 3.38 12 450 6606 -14.6 -23.0 49 8.4 -17.0 323 46 324.8 325.1 291.6 329.5 1.34 13 400 7485 -21.6 -37.4 23 15.8 -24.1 328 46 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.3 0.38 14 350 8455 -28.0 -40.6 29 12.6 -29.6 330 45 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.32 15 300 9541 -37.4 -50.7 24 13.3 -38.3 331 43 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 16 250 10770 -48.2 -56.1 40 7.9 -48.5 330 52 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 17 200 12200 -58.8 -63.5 55 4.6 -58.9 327 52 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 13993 -61.9 -77.4 11 15.5 -62.0 311 50 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16504 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.4 312 34 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.51 m Freezing level: 619.05 mb = 4123.66 m = 13528.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.81 mb = 3928.18 m = 12887.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.56 mb = 1118.33 m = 3669.03 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2079.28 m = 6821.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 39.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2182.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.78 mb = 1772.77 m = 5816.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.78 mb = 2471.16 m = 8107.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.78 mb = 12969.05 m = 42548.87 ft B at Equ Level: 2149.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.78 mb = 16097.50 m = 52812.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 212.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.27 Bulk Rich Number: 21.58 Bulk Shear: 101.13 m/s