MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509190600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509190600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 20 SEP 25 Station: 36.4,-94.2 Latitude: 36.40 Longitude: -94.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 970 379 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 169 6 301.0 304.1 296.7 350.3 16.75 2 950 566 24.9 19.5 72 5.4 21.1 186 14 302.5 305.3 296.1 347.4 15.20 3 900 1039 21.9 16.3 70 5.7 18.1 219 28 304.1 306.5 295.0 342.9 13.03 4 850 1533 19.0 13.1 69 5.9 15.1 243 33 306.0 308.1 294.2 339.6 11.18 5 800 2051 14.2 11.8 85 2.4 12.6 246 33 306.3 308.3 294.1 339.1 10.91 6 750 2592 9.7 8.5 92 1.2 8.9 248 32 307.1 308.8 293.2 335.3 9.33 7 700 3162 6.1 5.0 93 1.1 5.4 256 34 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.1 7.82 8 650 3766 2.2 0.8 91 1.4 1.4 252 34 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.8 6.24 9 600 4407 -2.1 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 259 36 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.23 10 550 5095 -5.7 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.0 276 40 317.3 318.2 292.0 331.2 4.32 11 500 5837 -9.4 -10.5 92 1.0 -9.9 290 43 321.5 322.2 292.5 332.9 3.45 12 450 6645 -14.0 -15.4 90 1.3 -14.5 300 43 325.6 326.1 292.9 334.3 2.57 13 400 7529 -19.9 -21.7 86 1.8 -20.4 301 41 329.2 329.5 293.1 335.1 1.69 14 350 8505 -27.5 -30.0 80 2.4 -28.0 294 35 331.6 331.8 293.0 334.9 0.91 15 300 9594 -36.3 -40.7 64 4.4 -36.8 283 29 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.36 16 250 10832 -46.2 -50.0 66 3.7 -46.4 289 21 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12270 -58.4 -63.5 52 5.1 -58.5 293 17 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 18 150 14081 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.3 307 36 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16579 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 292 22 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.26 m Freezing level: 624.90 mb = 4087.83 m = 13411.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.56 mb = 3996.40 m = 13111.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.66 mb = 878.27 m = 2881.41 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.16 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.70 mb = 1874.51 m = 6149.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.44 C = 86.78 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -4.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.10 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1700.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.89 mb = 1534.61 m = 5034.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.89 mb = 2104.58 m = 6904.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.89 mb = 12764.84 m = 41878.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1671.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.89 mb = 15723.72 m = 51586.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 336.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 333.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.34 Bulk Rich Number: 13.44 Bulk Shear: 126.52 m/s