MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 96 SFC 963 426 19.7 18.7 94 1.0 19.0 34 12 296.1 298.6 293.6 336.9 14.20 2 950 540 19.7 18.1 90 1.6 18.6 39 22 297.2 299.7 293.7 337.3 13.87 3 900 1005 18.1 15.8 86 2.4 16.5 55 31 300.2 302.5 293.6 337.2 12.63 4 850 1494 16.0 13.6 86 2.4 14.4 42 19 302.9 305.0 293.6 337.3 11.62 5 800 2009 14.0 12.6 91 1.4 13.1 316 15 306.0 308.2 294.5 340.6 11.51 6 750 2552 10.3 9.0 91 1.4 9.5 302 26 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.0 9.63 7 700 3123 6.3 4.8 90 1.6 5.4 302 36 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.2 7.72 8 650 3726 2.1 -1.8 76 3.9 0.1 303 41 311.3 312.3 291.0 327.5 5.16 9 600 4368 -1.5 -14.3 37 12.8 -6.3 309 43 314.3 314.8 289.1 321.3 2.11 10 550 5056 -4.6 -35.8 7 31.2 -11.4 313 43 318.7 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.33 11 500 5799 -9.4 -33.9 12 24.6 -14.7 314 40 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.2 0.43 12 450 6606 -14.1 -40.1 9 26.0 -18.6 315 41 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.4 0.26 13 400 7487 -20.6 -35.5 25 14.9 -23.2 316 46 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.47 14 350 8459 -27.8 -32.9 62 5.1 -28.7 317 45 331.2 331.3 292.7 333.7 0.68 15 300 9546 -37.2 -45.2 43 8.0 -37.9 320 45 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.23 16 250 10775 -48.3 -52.7 60 4.4 -48.5 322 50 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12204 -58.9 -63.8 53 5.0 -58.9 314 58 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.04 18 150 13992 -61.2 -77.4 10 16.2 -61.3 300 53 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16507 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 307 32 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.22 m Freezing level: 621.22 mb = 4096.05 m = 13438.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.94 mb = 3739.60 m = 12268.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.29 mb = 555.07 m = 1821.09 ft T: 19.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.58 mb = 1824.75 m = 5986.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -1.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 37.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 447.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 82.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.49 mb = 1154.15 m = 3786.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.49 mb = 3011.29 m = 9879.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.49 mb = 11608.41 m = 38084.88 ft B at Equ Level: 442.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.49 mb = 13610.46 m = 44653.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.1 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 349.1 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 8.7 tot: 11.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.1 neg: -72.8 tot: 124.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 208.28 m/s