MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 122 SFC 965 424 11.0 10.5 97 0.5 10.7 38 11 287.0 288.5 285.4 310.2 8.29 2 950 556 11.3 10.6 96 0.7 10.9 39 21 288.6 290.1 286.2 312.4 8.47 3 900 1016 15.2 13.4 89 1.9 14.0 313 17 297.2 299.2 291.3 328.4 10.77 4 850 1500 13.9 9.9 77 4.0 11.4 283 19 300.7 302.4 291.0 327.4 9.04 5 800 2010 11.9 7.3 74 4.5 9.2 285 24 303.8 305.3 291.2 328.0 8.07 6 750 2548 9.0 4.7 74 4.3 6.6 290 29 306.3 307.7 291.2 328.1 7.16 7 700 3116 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 293 33 308.6 309.8 291.2 328.3 6.42 8 650 3718 1.1 0.2 94 0.9 0.6 293 34 310.2 311.3 291.3 328.7 5.98 9 600 4360 -1.6 -2.1 96 0.5 -1.8 285 33 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.6 5.49 10 550 5050 -4.3 -5.0 94 0.8 -4.7 274 33 319.0 319.9 292.9 334.5 4.79 11 500 5795 -8.4 -9.7 91 1.2 -8.9 253 32 322.8 323.5 293.0 334.9 3.68 12 450 6607 -12.9 -14.5 88 1.6 -13.5 240 36 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.4 2.76 13 400 7495 -18.4 -20.4 84 2.0 -19.0 231 42 331.1 331.5 293.7 337.7 1.88 14 350 8478 -25.3 -27.9 79 2.5 -25.9 227 47 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.7 1.11 15 300 9577 -34.2 -37.0 75 2.9 -34.6 228 51 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.53 16 250 10824 -45.3 -48.6 69 3.3 -45.4 232 52 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.19 17 200 12267 -58.3 -62.3 60 3.9 -58.4 237 48 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 18 150 14021 -64.5 -75.6 20 11.1 -64.6 288 69 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16525 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 280 32 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.06 m Freezing level: 629.80 mb = 3977.61 m = 13049.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.39 mb = 3875.32 m = 12714.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.31 mb = 482.58 m = 1583.24 ft T: 11.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 1.05 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 964.97 mb = 424.02 m = 1391.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 12.76 C = 54.97 F Cap Strength: 6.14 C Lifted Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8490.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.95 mb = 1091.85 m = 3582.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.0 neg: -85.1 tot: -18.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 165.33 m/s