MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509111800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509111800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 11 SEP 25 Station: 32.6,-97.1 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -97.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 998 194 33.6 20.0 45 13.6 23.8 170 5 307.0 309.8 297.0 351.8 14.90 2 950 630 26.8 16.7 54 10.1 19.9 172 6 304.4 306.8 294.8 342.3 12.71 3 900 1104 22.2 15.2 65 7.0 17.5 172 6 304.4 306.6 294.5 340.7 12.18 4 850 1597 18.5 8.9 54 9.6 12.6 149 6 305.5 307.1 292.0 330.9 8.44 5 800 2116 17.7 -11.1 13 28.8 5.1 130 6 310.0 310.4 287.6 316.6 2.04 6 750 2662 13.6 -0.5 38 14.1 6.1 139 9 311.4 312.3 290.8 326.7 4.91 7 700 3238 9.7 -10.6 23 20.3 0.9 116 9 313.2 313.7 289.1 321.1 2.44 8 650 3848 5.1 -2.6 58 7.7 1.2 69 10 314.7 315.7 291.7 330.2 4.88 9 600 4496 0.4 -6.9 58 7.3 -3.0 52 8 316.6 317.3 291.4 328.8 3.80 10 550 5189 -3.0 -18.1 30 15.1 -8.2 8 7 320.5 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.68 11 500 5938 -6.5 -34.4 9 27.8 -12.9 34 13 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.6 0.41 12 450 6752 -11.6 -38.2 9 26.6 -16.8 12 13 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 13 400 7644 -17.1 -52.5 3 35.3 -21.5 351 15 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 14 350 8631 -23.9 -43.3 15 19.3 -26.6 358 22 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.4 0.24 15 300 9736 -32.8 -48.3 20 15.5 -34.3 351 28 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.7 0.16 16 250 10992 -42.8 -57.0 20 14.1 -43.5 343 35 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.07 17 200 12458 -52.9 -68.5 13 15.6 -53.2 338 39 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 14257 -65.9 -78.3 16 12.4 -66.0 325 47 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16668 -71.8 -84.8 13 13.0 -71.8 305 17 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.43 m Freezing level: 594.19 mb = 4576.08 m = 15013.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 4028.57 m = 13216.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.34 C = 90.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.94 mb = 1905.37 m = 6251.15 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 35.24 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.66 mb = 2688.59 m = 8820.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.07 C = 100.53 F Cap Strength: 3.63 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 15.43 C K Index: 13.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 131.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 378.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.38 mb = 1921.60 m = 6304.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.38 mb = 3557.40 m = 11671.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.38 mb = 11168.12 m = 36640.36 ft B at Equ Level: 375.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.38 mb = 13722.93 m = 45022.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 87.7 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 117.7 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -125.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -5.7 tot: -5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 34.56 Bulk Shear: 10.95 m/s