MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 146 SFC 968 426 15.0 9.9 71 5.2 12.0 161 1 290.9 292.3 286.5 313.4 7.91 2 950 583 17.1 6.2 49 10.9 11.0 38 5 294.5 295.6 286.3 312.7 6.26 3 900 1042 14.1 5.4 56 8.7 9.3 13 14 296.0 297.2 286.8 314.3 6.24 4 850 1521 11.1 -1.1 43 12.2 5.1 1 17 297.8 298.5 285.4 310.1 4.15 5 800 2025 10.5 -26.3 6 36.8 -0.3 344 12 302.4 302.5 283.1 304.3 0.56 6 750 2560 9.4 -12.8 19 22.2 0.5 316 15 306.7 307.1 286.3 312.8 1.89 7 700 3128 5.7 3.9 88 1.8 4.7 286 23 308.8 310.1 292.0 331.0 7.26 8 650 3733 3.5 0.4 80 3.1 1.8 271 30 313.0 314.1 292.2 332.0 6.07 9 600 4380 0.2 -4.5 70 4.8 -2.1 274 36 316.4 317.3 292.0 331.0 4.55 10 550 5071 -4.8 -8.1 78 3.3 -6.2 277 40 318.4 319.1 291.9 330.6 3.78 11 500 5812 -10.7 -13.8 78 3.0 -11.8 275 43 320.0 320.5 291.3 328.7 2.64 12 450 6616 -15.4 -22.6 54 7.1 -17.4 270 46 323.9 324.1 291.3 328.7 1.39 13 400 7494 -21.4 -26.6 63 5.1 -22.6 269 49 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.0 1.09 14 350 8464 -28.6 -33.4 64 4.8 -29.4 274 52 330.2 330.3 292.4 332.6 0.66 15 300 9549 -37.1 -45.2 43 8.1 -37.8 274 57 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.22 16 250 10781 -47.8 -53.5 52 5.7 -48.0 273 65 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.10 17 200 12210 -59.1 -64.6 49 5.5 -59.2 274 69 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 18 150 13998 -61.0 -79.4 7 18.3 -61.2 282 51 364.9 364.9 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16507 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 283 34 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.10 m Freezing level: 597.81 mb = 4409.95 m = 14468.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.04 mb = 1993.16 m = 6539.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.84 % Est. max temperature: 24.75 C = 76.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.60 mb = 1082.63 m = 3551.90 ft T: 13.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 10.05 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.84 mb = 4515.33 m = 14813.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.66 C = 105.19 F Cap Strength: 10.54 C Lifted Index: 9.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.24 C Showalter Index: 11.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.80 C Cross Totals Index: 9.61 C K Index: 18.93 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10779.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.16 mb = 2075.07 m = 6807.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -94.2 tot: -59.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -19.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 111.28 m/s