MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 16.3 15.5 95 0.7 15.8 18 6 293.0 295.1 290.6 326.2 11.65 2 950 497 20.4 16.7 79 3.7 17.9 343 3 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.7 12.67 3 900 969 23.4 14.0 56 9.4 17.1 282 11 305.6 307.7 294.1 339.3 11.24 4 850 1467 21.4 12.7 57 8.7 15.6 331 16 308.6 310.6 294.7 341.6 10.89 5 800 1989 17.5 9.4 59 8.1 12.4 345 6 309.8 311.6 293.9 338.3 9.30 6 750 2537 13.1 7.4 68 5.7 9.6 191 2 310.8 312.4 293.7 337.3 8.64 7 700 3112 8.3 6.1 86 2.2 6.9 220 12 311.6 313.3 293.7 337.7 8.45 8 650 3721 4.3 3.5 95 0.7 3.9 245 26 313.8 315.3 293.7 337.6 7.62 9 600 4368 -0.3 -8.2 55 7.9 -3.8 263 29 315.7 316.4 290.8 326.8 3.43 10 550 5057 -5.5 -12.4 58 6.9 -8.2 294 34 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.3 2.68 11 500 5797 -10.5 -23.2 34 12.7 -14.1 298 36 320.2 320.5 290.0 324.3 1.18 12 450 6599 -16.2 -27.2 38 11.0 -18.8 286 40 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.91 13 400 7474 -21.6 -39.8 18 18.2 -24.3 285 47 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.0 0.30 14 350 8445 -27.7 -46.1 16 18.4 -29.7 288 54 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 15 300 9536 -36.1 -49.4 24 13.4 -37.1 287 61 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.14 16 250 10771 -47.1 -54.5 42 7.5 -47.4 290 67 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 17 200 12207 -58.5 -65.7 39 7.1 -58.7 284 70 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.03 18 150 13995 -62.0 -77.7 10 15.7 -62.1 284 58 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16483 -64.3 -85.7 4 21.4 -64.4 291 37 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.33 m Freezing level: 603.49 mb = 4323.03 m = 14183.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.77 mb = 4041.23 m = 13258.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.55 % Est. max temperature: 32.69 C = 90.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.75 mb = 517.69 m = 1698.43 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 4.29 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.25 mb = 2748.07 m = 9015.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.15 C = 93.47 F Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.07 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.90 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 42.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 543.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 290.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.49 mb = 1845.47 m = 6054.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 638.49 mb = 3865.72 m = 12682.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.49 mb = 11350.08 m = 37237.34 ft B at Equ Level: 540.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.49 mb = 13652.52 m = 44791.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.0 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 312.0 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.8 neg: -10.4 tot: 139.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 17.83 Bulk Shear: 30.50 m/s