MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 113 SFC 964 426 17.9 16.7 93 1.2 17.1 41 9 294.1 296.3 291.6 329.7 12.48 2 950 553 17.5 15.8 89 1.8 16.4 44 17 295.0 297.1 291.5 329.2 11.94 3 900 1015 16.2 14.9 92 1.3 15.3 60 18 298.2 300.3 292.4 332.7 11.89 4 850 1501 14.3 10.8 79 3.5 12.1 41 11 301.1 302.9 291.6 329.5 9.62 5 800 2010 11.6 7.1 74 4.5 8.9 350 16 303.5 305.0 290.9 327.2 7.91 6 750 2547 8.6 3.2 69 5.4 5.6 318 30 305.9 307.1 290.4 325.4 6.43 7 700 3115 5.9 -8.5 35 14.4 -0.4 303 31 309.0 309.5 288.1 318.1 2.88 8 650 3717 1.8 -11.8 36 13.7 -3.6 313 35 311.1 311.5 288.3 318.7 2.38 9 600 4359 -0.5 -25.4 13 24.9 -7.7 320 41 315.5 315.7 288.2 318.3 0.81 10 550 5048 -5.1 -25.2 19 20.2 -10.7 315 43 318.1 318.2 289.1 321.1 0.89 11 500 5789 -9.9 -29.4 19 19.5 -14.6 313 44 321.0 321.2 289.8 323.4 0.67 12 450 6593 -15.1 -26.7 37 11.6 -18.0 318 47 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.6 0.96 13 400 7472 -20.9 -26.3 62 5.4 -22.2 320 53 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.8 1.11 14 350 8446 -27.5 -36.3 43 8.7 -28.9 319 50 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.5 0.49 15 300 9536 -36.4 -53.4 16 17.0 -37.5 327 52 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.09 16 250 10769 -47.8 -54.6 46 6.8 -48.1 329 51 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.09 17 200 12198 -59.3 -64.4 52 5.1 -59.4 323 59 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.03 18 150 13982 -61.2 -76.8 11 15.6 -61.4 303 60 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16493 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 305 33 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.48 m Freezing level: 611.27 mb = 4214.32 m = 13826.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.27 mb = 3076.32 m = 10092.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.29 % Est. max temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.63 mb = 574.48 m = 1884.76 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.62 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.45 mb = 1686.28 m = 5532.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.73 C = 78.31 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 0.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.18 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 20.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5398.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.14 mb = 1108.23 m = 3635.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.0 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 352.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 6.9 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.4 neg: -62.0 tot: 29.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 161.08 m/s