MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 55 SFC 958 425 17.7 16.3 91 1.4 16.8 193 7 294.4 296.6 291.6 329.4 12.23 2 950 500 23.3 15.8 63 7.5 18.3 203 22 300.9 303.0 293.3 336.1 11.98 3 900 973 23.4 10.6 45 12.7 15.3 237 26 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.6 8.97 4 850 1473 23.8 4.7 29 19.1 12.5 293 11 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.7 6.32 5 800 1998 19.2 6.5 43 12.8 11.4 312 13 311.7 313.1 293.1 335.1 7.58 6 750 2548 14.3 6.3 58 8.1 9.5 299 21 312.1 313.7 293.6 336.9 7.99 7 700 3126 9.7 1.2 56 8.4 5.0 288 29 313.2 314.4 292.3 332.0 5.99 8 650 3735 4.5 -8.5 38 13.0 -1.3 288 33 314.1 314.7 290.0 324.1 3.10 9 600 4380 -0.8 -16.0 31 15.2 -6.3 294 34 315.2 315.6 289.2 321.3 1.83 10 550 5067 -5.6 -22.4 25 16.8 -10.6 295 37 317.5 317.7 289.2 321.4 1.15 11 500 5808 -10.0 -31.1 16 21.1 -14.8 291 39 320.8 321.0 289.6 322.9 0.57 12 450 6613 -15.2 -33.6 19 18.4 -18.8 291 43 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.50 13 400 7489 -22.1 -38.3 22 16.2 -24.5 284 41 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.35 14 350 8458 -28.3 -48.9 12 20.6 -30.3 271 46 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 15 300 9545 -36.9 -55.8 12 18.9 -37.9 272 49 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 16 250 10780 -47.0 -58.8 25 11.8 -47.4 281 56 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.05 17 200 12216 -58.2 -65.3 40 7.0 -58.3 279 54 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 18 150 14005 -62.5 -77.0 13 14.5 -62.6 283 51 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16497 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 283 34 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.03 m Freezing level: 607.29 mb = 4286.00 m = 14061.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.12 mb = 3607.94 m = 11836.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.49 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.25 mb = 609.33 m = 1999.08 ft T: 23.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.20 mb = 3422.29 m = 11227.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.68 C = 98.03 F Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 33.79 C Cross Totals Index: 14.73 C K Index: 30.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 79.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 489.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.36 mb = 2397.11 m = 7864.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.36 mb = 4808.04 m = 15774.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.36 mb = 8087.04 m = 26531.95 ft B at Equ Level: 78.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.36 mb = 10051.83 m = 32978.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.9 neg: -39.5 tot: 196.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.69 Bulk Shear: 115.41 m/s