MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 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 84 SFC 980 261 23.3 21.0 87 2.4 21.6 341 11 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.1 16.14 2 950 532 22.0 19.3 85 2.7 20.1 348 21 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.3 15.01 3 900 1002 21.1 19.4 90 1.7 19.9 305 12 303.3 306.2 296.8 350.6 15.95 4 850 1497 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 247 15 305.3 308.2 297.0 351.6 15.46 5 800 2016 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 12.9 247 22 308.8 310.8 294.4 340.2 10.30 6 750 2564 13.7 5.2 56 8.5 8.6 258 22 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.4 7.41 7 700 3142 9.5 5.6 77 3.9 7.2 251 28 313.0 314.6 293.9 338.5 8.19 8 650 3752 5.1 2.2 81 3.0 3.4 250 35 314.7 316.1 293.4 336.4 6.89 9 600 4401 1.1 -8.1 50 9.3 -3.0 257 37 317.4 318.1 291.3 328.7 3.45 10 550 5096 -2.5 -19.5 26 17.0 -8.3 266 36 321.1 321.4 290.6 326.2 1.48 11 500 5845 -6.8 -35.4 8 28.6 -13.1 273 27 324.8 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.38 12 450 6658 -13.0 -43.8 6 30.8 -18.0 272 23 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.17 13 400 7542 -19.7 -35.9 22 16.2 -22.6 272 37 329.4 329.5 292.0 331.0 0.44 14 350 8517 -27.0 -49.1 10 22.1 -29.2 270 51 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.12 15 300 9617 -32.7 -60.6 4 27.9 -34.5 273 64 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.04 16 250 10877 -41.5 -63.1 8 21.6 -42.3 271 72 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.03 17 200 12357 -51.0 -69.3 10 18.3 -51.4 267 72 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14176 -62.5 -80.5 7 18.0 -62.6 270 62 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16629 -69.1 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 289 20 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.00 m Freezing level: 584.48 mb = 4616.99 m = 15147.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.48 mb = 4090.05 m = 13418.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.20 mb = 557.47 m = 1828.93 ft T: 21.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 17.20 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1612.24 m = 5289.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.19 C = 88.13 F Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 39.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 978.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.62 mb = 996.28 m = 3268.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.62 mb = 3074.83 m = 10087.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.62 mb = 11269.88 m = 36974.23 ft B at Equ Level: 972.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.62 mb = 14786.19 m = 48510.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.0 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 293.0 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 4.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.9 neg: -36.7 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 9.05 Bulk Shear: 108.13 m/s