MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 57 SFC 959 425 18.6 16.0 85 2.6 16.9 178 6 295.3 297.4 291.6 329.7 12.01 2 950 504 23.8 16.2 63 7.6 18.7 197 16 301.3 303.6 293.7 337.6 12.31 3 900 976 21.3 14.7 66 6.6 16.9 222 23 303.5 305.7 293.9 338.5 11.78 4 850 1472 23.1 2.2 25 20.9 11.2 270 29 310.3 311.3 290.8 326.7 5.27 5 800 1996 18.9 2.3 33 16.6 9.5 314 19 311.3 312.4 291.4 328.9 5.65 6 750 2545 14.4 3.8 49 10.7 8.3 312 32 312.3 313.5 292.6 333.2 6.71 7 700 3123 9.1 0.6 55 8.5 4.5 309 34 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.4 5.70 8 650 3730 4.6 -18.1 17 22.7 -3.5 314 33 314.2 314.4 288.4 318.9 1.41 9 600 4376 0.1 -24.1 14 24.2 -7.2 306 35 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.4 0.91 10 550 5066 -4.1 -28.0 14 23.8 -10.5 301 37 319.2 319.3 289.2 321.6 0.69 11 500 5811 -8.5 -29.9 16 21.4 -13.7 298 39 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.0 0.64 12 450 6619 -13.9 -34.5 16 20.6 -18.1 292 39 325.7 325.8 291.0 327.4 0.46 13 400 7501 -20.3 -33.0 31 12.7 -22.7 286 39 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.8 0.60 14 350 8475 -27.6 -36.4 43 8.9 -28.9 283 40 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.4 0.48 15 300 9564 -36.6 -49.7 25 13.1 -37.5 276 41 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.14 16 250 10799 -46.7 -61.5 17 14.8 -47.1 268 46 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 17 200 12238 -58.2 -65.0 42 6.7 -58.3 263 45 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 14020 -63.3 -77.1 14 13.8 -63.4 282 46 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16503 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 284 31 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.94 m Freezing level: 598.43 mb = 4397.94 m = 14428.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.04 mb = 3456.94 m = 11341.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.78 % Est. max temperature: 34.23 C = 93.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.03 mb = 755.70 m = 2479.31 ft T: 22.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 14.27 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 705.18 mb = 3060.95 m = 10042.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.59 C = 96.05 F Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lifted Index: 0.09 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: 4.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 31.58 C Cross Totals Index: 10.69 C K Index: 25.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 431.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.89 mb = 2029.38 m = 6657.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.89 mb = 5039.17 m = 16532.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 531.89 mb = 5327.86 m = 17479.63 ft B at Equ Level: 34.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.89 mb = 11011.53 m = 36126.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.8 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 327.8 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.9 neg: -14.1 tot: 346.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 171.01 m/s