MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509301200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 30 SEP 25 Station: 39.7,-98.2 Latitude: 39.70 Longitude: -98.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 962 493 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.6 133 4 291.9 293.8 289.3 321.8 10.51 2 950 600 18.7 13.3 71 5.4 15.3 175 14 296.1 297.9 290.4 325.4 10.12 3 900 1067 18.8 13.0 69 5.8 15.1 179 23 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.8 10.52 4 850 1555 15.1 10.2 72 5.0 12.0 184 20 302.0 303.7 291.5 329.3 9.21 5 800 2065 11.9 0.5 45 11.4 6.0 190 16 303.9 304.8 288.4 319.0 4.97 6 750 2603 10.4 -22.5 8 32.9 -0.4 194 16 307.8 308.0 285.5 310.6 0.84 7 700 3172 6.8 -15.6 18 22.4 -1.6 202 12 310.0 310.3 287.2 315.3 1.62 8 650 3775 2.5 -13.5 30 15.9 -3.7 198 5 311.8 312.2 288.3 318.5 2.08 9 600 4417 -1.0 -19.5 23 18.5 -7.1 181 8 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.6 1.36 10 550 5106 -4.3 -32.8 9 28.5 -11.1 178 17 319.0 319.1 288.9 320.6 0.44 11 500 5849 -9.4 -17.0 54 7.6 -12.0 181 26 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.4 2.01 12 450 6656 -14.5 -17.1 80 2.6 -15.3 176 35 325.0 325.5 292.4 332.6 2.22 13 400 7539 -19.8 -22.0 83 2.1 -20.4 181 32 329.2 329.5 293.0 335.0 1.65 14 350 8515 -27.0 -29.7 78 2.7 -27.6 187 33 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.7 0.93 15 300 9607 -35.6 -39.2 70 3.5 -36.0 193 29 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.43 16 250 10847 -46.1 -50.7 59 4.7 -46.3 214 46 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 17 200 12297 -53.6 -68.6 14 15.1 -53.8 245 19 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14120 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.3 280 20 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16609 -66.6 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 322 8 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.76 m Freezing level: 613.97 mb = 4237.67 m = 13902.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.48 mb = 2564.30 m = 8412.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.91 C = 80.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.36 mb = 687.99 m = 2257.17 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 738.48 mb = 2730.66 m = 8958.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 12.31 Risk: None Sweat Index: 189.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6527.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.59 mb = 1638.65 m = 5376.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.9 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 213.9 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -7.3 tot: 43.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 36.26 Bulk Shear: 0.76 m/s