MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 36.78,-94.98 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -94.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 198 SFC 995 243 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 110 8 289.2 291.1 288.8 320.2 11.08 2 950 632 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 128 22 290.8 292.6 288.5 319.3 10.11 3 900 1087 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 122 18 293.1 294.7 288.6 319.5 9.23 4 850 1564 9.9 9.6 98 0.2 9.7 147 14 296.5 298.1 289.4 322.2 8.87 5 800 2069 10.1 9.9 99 0.2 10.0 201 16 301.9 303.7 291.8 330.4 9.62 6 750 2606 9.6 9.4 99 0.1 9.5 234 25 307.0 308.8 293.6 337.0 9.95 7 700 3179 8.1 8.0 99 0.1 8.0 261 37 311.5 313.3 294.6 341.2 9.66 8 650 3789 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.3 275 44 315.0 316.7 294.8 341.9 8.58 9 600 4440 1.2 0.9 98 0.3 1.0 288 47 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.1 6.82 10 550 5137 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 297 46 321.4 322.5 294.3 340.0 5.76 11 500 5889 -6.1 -6.7 95 0.7 -6.4 298 44 325.6 326.5 294.6 341.0 4.63 12 450 6707 -10.7 -11.8 92 1.1 -11.1 299 42 329.8 330.5 294.7 341.6 3.45 13 400 7604 -16.7 -18.0 89 1.4 -17.1 296 38 333.3 333.8 294.7 341.5 2.31 14 350 8591 -24.4 -26.6 82 2.3 -24.9 298 34 335.9 336.1 294.4 340.4 1.24 15 300 9696 -32.7 -35.9 73 3.2 -33.1 300 30 339.3 339.5 294.7 341.6 0.60 16 250 10951 -43.8 -47.4 68 3.5 -44.1 292 33 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12403 -55.7 -62.5 42 6.8 -55.8 301 49 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14202 -63.7 -79.7 10 16.0 -63.8 315 58 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16655 -67.5 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 332 30 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.18 m Freezing level: 583.05 mb = 4676.34 m = 15342.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.31 mb = 4638.67 m = 15218.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.31 % Est. max temperature: 23.43 C = 74.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.97 mb = 275.08 m = 902.50 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 0.93 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.02 mb = 712.33 m = 2337.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.59 C = 63.66 F Cap Strength: 9.23 C Lifted Index: 10.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.88 C Showalter Index: 9.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.93 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 25.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9942.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.43 mb = 708.65 m = 2324.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 474.1 neg: -20.1 tot: 454.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 293.59 m/s