MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 36.3,-96.5 Latitude: 36.30 Longitude: -96.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 979 262 22.9 21.8 93 1.1 22.2 83 5 297.9 301.0 296.1 347.4 17.04 2 950 521 22.7 20.5 88 2.1 21.2 129 13 300.2 303.1 296.1 347.7 16.21 3 900 990 19.5 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 186 31 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.2 15.83 4 850 1486 22.9 13.0 54 9.8 16.3 230 44 310.1 312.2 295.3 344.2 11.17 5 800 2014 20.9 6.0 38 14.9 11.8 242 42 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.3 7.33 6 750 2566 15.4 5.6 52 9.8 9.5 237 35 313.3 314.8 293.6 337.1 7.63 7 700 3146 10.0 3.8 65 6.3 6.4 230 33 313.6 315.0 293.3 336.0 7.18 8 650 3757 5.1 0.7 74 4.3 2.7 223 32 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.3 6.22 9 600 4404 -0.3 -3.1 81 2.8 -1.7 218 33 315.7 316.7 292.2 331.9 5.06 10 550 5094 -5.4 -8.1 81 2.7 -6.6 232 35 317.6 318.4 291.7 329.9 3.77 11 500 5835 -9.7 -13.6 73 3.9 -11.2 248 39 321.2 321.7 291.7 330.1 2.67 12 450 6643 -13.1 -17.6 69 4.5 -14.6 262 44 326.8 327.2 292.8 334.1 2.13 13 400 7533 -17.5 -24.8 53 7.3 -19.5 273 44 332.2 332.5 293.5 336.8 1.28 14 350 8519 -24.2 -33.7 41 9.5 -26.0 279 43 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.5 0.63 15 300 9626 -31.8 -45.4 25 13.5 -33.3 289 42 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.22 16 250 10890 -41.3 -55.1 21 13.8 -42.1 294 46 344.7 344.7 295.6 345.1 0.09 17 200 12363 -53.3 -63.9 26 10.6 -53.5 295 62 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.04 18 150 14160 -65.8 -75.0 27 9.2 -65.9 283 65 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16605 -69.1 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 289 21 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.98 m Freezing level: 603.02 mb = 4364.90 m = 14320.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.51 mb = 4145.14 m = 13599.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.81 % Est. max temperature: 36.43 C = 97.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.73 mb = 404.68 m = 1327.68 ft T: 22.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.90 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.33 mb = 2437.94 m = 7998.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.29 C = 100.93 F Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.05 C Showalter Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 32.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 39.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 472.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1032.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 262.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.36 mb = 919.44 m = 3016.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 692.36 mb = 3236.38 m = 10617.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.36 mb = 11663.07 m = 38264.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1032.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.36 mb = 15388.00 m = 50484.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 608.2 neg: -45.5 tot: 562.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 187.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.7 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.92 Bulk Rich Number: 5.76 Bulk Shear: 179.38 m/s