MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509071800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509071800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 11 SEP 25 Station: 38.1,-99.6 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -99.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 562 SFC 937 682 25.4 20.4 74 5.0 21.8 108 8 304.1 307.2 297.2 352.7 16.31 3 900 1038 22.7 19.1 80 3.6 20.1 123 13 304.9 307.8 297.0 351.6 15.63 4 850 1533 18.3 17.6 96 0.6 17.8 151 12 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.4 15.09 5 800 2053 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.2 211 15 308.7 311.4 297.2 352.7 14.54 6 750 2602 13.9 13.2 95 0.8 13.4 236 21 311.7 314.1 296.8 351.0 12.79 7 700 3181 10.8 5.6 70 5.2 7.7 262 16 314.4 316.0 294.3 340.0 8.19 8 650 3796 7.4 -3.2 47 10.6 2.0 283 26 317.4 318.3 292.3 332.3 4.66 9 600 4448 1.7 -4.3 64 6.0 -1.3 289 31 318.1 319.0 292.5 333.0 4.63 10 550 5142 -4.0 -9.7 65 5.7 -6.4 294 35 319.3 320.0 291.8 330.3 3.34 11 500 5888 -8.1 -33.1 11 25.1 -13.7 308 28 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.47 12 450 6697 -13.9 -35.2 15 21.2 -18.1 313 27 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.3 0.43 13 400 7581 -19.1 -41.4 12 22.3 -22.5 317 26 330.2 330.3 292.0 331.2 0.25 14 350 8558 -27.3 -43.0 21 15.7 -29.2 329 23 332.0 332.0 292.5 332.9 0.24 15 300 9650 -35.4 -54.3 13 18.9 -36.7 329 25 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 16 250 10890 -46.5 -56.0 33 9.5 -46.9 321 28 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 17 200 12332 -56.9 -66.9 27 10.1 -57.1 303 34 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.02 18 150 14114 -62.3 -75.8 15 13.5 -62.4 296 46 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16600 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -66.0 278 24 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.41 m Freezing level: 585.12 mb = 4654.59 m = 15270.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.34 mb = 4189.73 m = 13745.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.41 mb = 1317.39 m = 4322.08 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 20.39 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1636.03 m = 5367.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 38.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2305.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.80 mb = 1514.63 m = 4969.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 706.80 mb = 3099.90 m = 10170.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.80 mb = 13096.04 m = 42965.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2304.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.4 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 311.4 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 267.0 neg: -1.6 tot: 265.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.28 Bulk Rich Number: 15.38 Bulk Shear: 149.95 m/s