MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 6 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 136 SFC 967 426 17.6 12.2 71 5.4 14.3 15 3 293.6 295.3 288.8 320.2 9.30 2 950 575 17.9 6.4 47 11.5 11.4 17 8 295.4 296.5 286.7 313.8 6.34 3 900 1034 13.7 4.4 53 9.3 8.6 6 11 295.6 296.6 286.2 312.6 5.82 4 850 1512 10.6 -4.6 34 15.1 3.7 357 14 297.2 297.8 284.1 306.8 3.20 5 800 2016 10.8 -27.5 5 38.3 -0.3 350 12 302.7 302.8 283.1 304.3 0.50 6 750 2551 9.3 -9.4 25 18.8 1.3 324 15 306.7 307.2 286.9 314.6 2.49 7 700 3121 7.2 6.0 92 1.2 6.5 278 26 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.4 8.43 8 650 3728 3.4 1.1 85 2.3 2.1 274 29 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.8 6.39 9 600 4374 -0.0 -3.3 79 3.3 -1.7 275 36 316.1 317.0 292.3 332.0 5.00 10 550 5065 -4.8 -8.3 76 3.5 -6.3 281 39 318.4 319.1 291.9 330.5 3.72 11 500 5807 -9.8 -13.1 77 3.3 -11.1 278 46 321.1 321.6 291.8 330.3 2.79 12 450 6612 -15.5 -16.9 89 1.4 -15.9 270 49 323.8 324.2 292.1 331.5 2.27 13 400 7490 -21.5 -23.3 85 1.8 -21.9 267 48 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.2 1.47 14 350 8461 -28.1 -32.8 64 4.7 -28.9 268 53 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.69 15 300 9548 -37.1 -45.1 43 8.0 -37.8 272 55 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 16 250 10778 -48.0 -58.0 31 10.0 -48.4 270 58 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.06 17 200 12209 -59.1 -64.9 47 5.8 -59.2 272 65 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.03 18 150 13992 -61.6 -77.7 10 16.1 -61.7 277 56 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16495 -63.0 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 275 40 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.73 m Freezing level: 600.52 mb = 4367.03 m = 14327.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 804.10 mb = 1973.43 m = 6474.42 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.44 mb = 1104.48 m = 3623.57 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 585.94 mb = 4562.18 m = 14967.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.52 C = 104.93 F Cap Strength: 10.43 C Lifted Index: 10.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 9.95 C Showalter Index: 14.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 25.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.37 C Cross Totals Index: 5.25 C K Index: 14.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10708.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.23 mb = 2159.92 m = 7086.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.1 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 317.1 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.9 neg: -46.2 tot: -26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 101.53 m/s