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: 37.9,-101.6 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -101.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 547 SFC 903 1002 33.7 16.0 35 17.7 21.2 183 11 315.9 318.4 297.8 355.7 12.77 3 900 1034 31.2 14.9 37 16.3 19.9 186 10 313.7 315.9 296.8 350.6 11.95 4 850 1541 25.5 13.6 48 11.9 17.4 185 11 312.9 315.1 296.3 348.6 11.60 5 800 2071 22.9 7.6 37 15.4 13.3 213 15 315.6 317.2 294.6 341.3 8.19 6 750 2630 18.9 5.2 40 13.7 10.6 233 14 317.1 318.6 294.5 340.6 7.43 7 700 3216 13.4 3.6 52 9.7 7.6 236 16 317.3 318.7 294.3 339.8 7.12 8 650 3833 7.7 0.4 60 7.2 3.7 230 19 317.6 318.8 293.6 337.1 6.09 9 600 4486 1.4 -1.0 84 2.4 0.1 225 18 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.6 5.93 10 550 5180 -3.8 -6.8 79 3.1 -5.2 231 19 319.6 320.4 292.6 333.2 4.17 11 500 5927 -8.1 -15.4 56 7.3 -10.8 256 19 323.2 323.7 292.0 331.0 2.31 12 450 6737 -13.2 -33.1 17 19.9 -17.4 266 25 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.6 0.52 13 400 7622 -19.1 -27.6 47 8.5 -21.1 252 22 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.7 0.99 14 350 8602 -25.9 -32.8 52 6.9 -27.2 256 28 333.8 333.9 293.4 336.4 0.69 15 300 9699 -34.3 -43.2 40 8.9 -35.2 259 39 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.1 0.28 16 250 10947 -44.4 -52.4 41 8.0 -44.9 262 46 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.12 17 200 12404 -54.7 -64.3 29 9.6 -54.9 275 54 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14197 -65.1 -78.0 15 12.8 -65.2 285 57 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16629 -68.8 -85.5 7 16.7 -68.9 245 19 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.26 m Freezing level: 586.71 mb = 4670.35 m = 15322.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.26 mb = 4495.80 m = 14749.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.95 % Est. max temperature: 34.79 C = 94.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.70 mb = 3219.47 m = 10562.44 ft T: 13.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 27.17 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 660.74 mb = 3696.76 m = 12128.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.31 C = 95.55 F Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.21 C Showalter Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.25 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.68 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 696.30 mb = 3260.05 m = 10695.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.30 mb = 4071.30 m = 13357.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.30 mb = 12681.58 m = 41605.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1283.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.30 mb = 15986.92 m = 52449.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 34.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 54.92 Bulk Shear: 23.50 m/s