MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 5 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 48 SFC 958 426 23.1 17.4 70 5.7 19.2 189 6 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.3 13.14 2 950 498 24.2 15.2 57 9.0 18.2 193 12 301.7 303.9 293.3 335.7 11.52 3 900 968 20.4 12.9 62 7.5 15.5 204 19 302.6 304.5 292.7 333.5 10.45 4 850 1460 19.2 5.9 42 13.3 11.4 237 29 306.3 307.5 290.9 327.1 6.86 5 800 1981 19.1 2.9 34 16.2 9.8 279 39 311.5 312.6 291.7 329.9 5.90 6 750 2530 14.7 -2.0 31 16.7 6.0 297 33 312.6 313.4 290.7 326.5 4.40 7 700 3108 9.9 1.5 56 8.4 5.2 298 37 313.5 314.7 292.4 332.7 6.11 8 650 3718 4.7 -2.1 61 6.8 1.2 298 40 314.3 315.2 291.7 330.2 5.03 9 600 4365 -0.1 -12.1 40 12.0 -4.9 305 43 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.3 2.53 10 550 5055 -3.6 -26.5 15 22.9 -10.1 305 40 319.8 319.9 289.5 322.6 0.80 11 500 5802 -7.2 -34.0 10 26.7 -13.3 300 37 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.8 0.43 12 450 6615 -13.0 -21.1 51 8.1 -15.4 297 36 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.4 1.58 13 400 7499 -20.0 -23.7 72 3.7 -21.0 290 33 328.9 329.2 292.8 333.9 1.41 14 350 8475 -27.1 -34.5 49 7.5 -28.3 287 35 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.4 0.58 15 300 9567 -35.9 -45.7 36 9.8 -36.8 284 39 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.21 16 250 10803 -46.7 -53.8 44 7.1 -47.1 283 37 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.10 17 200 12243 -57.8 -64.1 44 6.3 -57.9 274 39 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 14020 -63.9 -74.0 24 10.1 -64.0 287 41 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16497 -63.2 -85.7 3 22.4 -63.4 290 29 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.06 m Freezing level: 600.74 mb = 4355.07 m = 14288.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.22 mb = 3840.59 m = 12600.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.15 % Est. max temperature: 33.67 C = 92.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.04 mb = 1151.21 m = 3776.90 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3284.43 m = 10775.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.74 C = 98.12 F Cap Strength: 8.09 C Lifted Index: 2.52 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.53 C Showalter Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.45 C Cross Totals Index: 13.13 C K Index: 23.92 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4563.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.52 mb = 2018.09 m = 6620.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.0 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 321.0 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 520.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 520.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.1 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 194.28 m/s