MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 102 SFC 982 261 20.7 19.5 93 1.2 19.9 346 13 295.4 298.0 293.7 337.5 14.66 2 950 545 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.2 351 24 296.1 298.6 293.3 335.9 13.83 3 900 1011 19.9 12.4 62 7.6 15.1 335 21 302.0 303.9 292.2 331.9 10.08 4 850 1505 19.7 12.0 61 7.7 14.7 285 18 306.8 308.8 293.9 338.3 10.42 5 800 2025 16.7 8.7 59 8.0 11.7 260 21 309.0 310.7 293.3 336.0 8.86 6 750 2571 12.9 6.8 66 6.1 9.2 254 25 310.6 312.2 293.3 336.1 8.30 7 700 3148 9.4 2.2 61 7.2 5.4 255 31 312.9 314.1 292.5 332.9 6.42 8 650 3758 5.9 -8.2 36 14.0 -0.5 259 33 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.9 3.17 9 600 4408 2.0 -15.1 27 17.0 -4.6 261 34 318.4 318.8 290.3 325.0 1.97 10 550 5104 -2.1 -19.4 25 17.3 -8.0 259 30 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.7 1.50 11 500 5853 -7.0 -22.0 29 15.0 -11.6 249 26 324.5 324.8 291.5 329.1 1.32 12 450 6666 -12.7 -28.6 25 15.9 -16.6 251 28 327.2 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.80 13 400 7551 -19.6 -42.2 12 22.6 -22.9 264 39 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.23 14 350 8529 -25.5 -56.1 4 30.6 -28.2 267 48 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 15 300 9631 -32.5 -60.5 4 28.0 -34.3 270 61 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.7 0.04 16 250 10891 -41.6 -64.9 6 23.3 -42.5 268 65 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 17 200 12372 -50.8 -70.8 8 20.0 -51.2 264 64 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14194 -62.5 -80.9 7 18.4 -62.6 268 59 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16640 -69.6 -85.5 8 16.0 -69.6 276 17 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.70 m Freezing level: 575.85 mb = 4743.95 m = 15563.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.33 mb = 3703.23 m = 12149.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.27 % Est. max temperature: 32.84 C = 91.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.85 mb = 410.92 m = 1348.15 ft T: 19.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 11.13 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2645.41 m = 8679.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.10 C = 96.99 F Cap Strength: 6.07 C Lifted Index: 2.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.43 C Showalter Index: 0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 31.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5493.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.27 mb = 1182.99 m = 3881.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 5.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -48.4 tot: -5.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 129.87 m/s