MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z 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 154 SFC 968 426 14.7 10.7 77 4.0 12.3 261 2 290.5 292.0 286.8 314.2 8.37 2 950 589 16.8 6.3 50 10.5 10.9 28 5 294.2 295.3 286.2 312.5 6.32 3 900 1048 14.4 2.9 46 11.5 8.3 36 13 296.4 297.3 285.9 311.8 5.24 4 850 1527 10.5 2.5 58 8.0 6.3 359 16 297.2 298.2 286.4 313.1 5.40 5 800 2030 9.5 -15.1 16 24.5 0.4 334 15 301.2 301.5 283.8 305.9 1.48 6 750 2563 8.0 -14.5 19 22.5 -0.5 302 13 305.3 305.6 285.5 310.6 1.65 7 700 3129 4.9 4.4 96 0.6 4.6 268 24 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.9 7.50 8 650 3732 3.0 -5.1 55 8.1 -0.8 271 29 312.4 313.2 290.3 325.2 4.04 9 600 4377 -0.4 -7.2 60 6.8 -3.4 274 36 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.7 3.72 10 550 5067 -5.0 -9.2 72 4.2 -6.8 275 41 318.2 318.8 291.6 329.4 3.46 11 500 5808 -10.6 -17.2 58 6.6 -12.8 277 42 320.1 320.5 290.8 326.8 1.99 12 450 6612 -15.1 -26.8 36 11.7 -18.0 271 41 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.6 0.95 13 400 7491 -21.4 -31.9 38 10.6 -23.4 271 44 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.66 14 350 8461 -28.4 -36.1 47 7.7 -29.5 269 50 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.3 0.50 15 300 9546 -37.1 -42.7 56 5.6 -37.7 275 58 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.29 16 250 10778 -47.7 -53.5 51 5.8 -48.0 279 75 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12209 -59.3 -63.9 55 4.6 -59.3 280 71 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.04 18 150 13997 -61.5 -77.3 11 15.8 -61.6 284 50 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16500 -62.3 -85.9 3 23.7 -62.5 284 33 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.84 m Freezing level: 605.18 mb = 4310.12 m = 14140.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.07 mb = 2270.04 m = 7447.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.83 % Est. max temperature: 23.81 C = 74.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.75 mb = 928.66 m = 3046.74 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 7.21 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.57 mb = 4529.51 m = 14860.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.22 C = 104.39 F Cap Strength: 10.46 C Lifted Index: 10.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.91 C Showalter Index: 9.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.13 C Cross Totals Index: 13.12 C K Index: 23.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.60 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10509.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 788.54 mb = 2149.11 m = 7050.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 313.5 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 5.8 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.0 neg: -94.5 tot: -46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 111.22 m/s