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: 36.96,-94.98 Latitude: 36.96 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 201 SFC 994 252 15.7 15.5 98 0.3 15.5 129 6 289.4 291.3 288.9 320.7 11.18 2 950 636 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 137 17 291.0 292.8 288.6 319.7 10.17 3 900 1089 10.3 9.9 98 0.4 10.0 122 17 292.1 293.6 287.6 316.4 8.53 4 850 1565 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.6 134 12 296.4 297.9 289.3 321.7 8.75 5 800 2070 10.2 9.9 98 0.2 10.0 201 12 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.5 9.64 6 750 2607 9.0 8.8 99 0.1 8.9 235 19 306.3 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.55 7 700 3178 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 261 30 310.8 312.6 294.1 339.3 9.28 8 650 3787 5.1 4.9 99 0.2 5.0 276 37 314.7 316.4 294.6 341.0 8.41 9 600 4439 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 289 43 318.1 319.4 294.4 340.5 7.07 10 550 5136 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 299 45 321.5 322.7 294.4 340.5 5.84 11 500 5889 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.4 -6.5 301 44 325.4 326.3 294.5 340.7 4.63 12 450 6705 -11.2 -12.0 93 0.9 -11.5 301 42 329.2 329.9 294.5 340.7 3.38 13 400 7600 -17.1 -18.9 86 1.8 -17.7 294 37 332.7 333.1 294.4 340.2 2.14 14 350 8586 -24.2 -27.1 77 2.9 -24.9 293 33 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.4 1.18 15 300 9692 -32.7 -36.4 69 3.7 -33.3 295 30 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.4 0.56 16 250 10947 -43.9 -47.7 66 3.8 -44.1 289 35 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12399 -55.9 -61.7 48 5.8 -56.0 300 52 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.05 18 150 14197 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 314 59 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16652 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 331 31 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.50 m Freezing level: 577.99 mb = 4745.84 m = 15570.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.21 mb = 4707.67 m = 15444.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.26 mb = 284.21 m = 932.43 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 4.29 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 764.32 m = 2507.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.65 C = 63.77 F Cap Strength: 9.74 C Lifted Index: 10.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.59 C Showalter Index: 9.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.03 C Cross Totals Index: 15.70 C K Index: 25.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.77 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.77 mb = 726.53 m = 2383.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.77 mb = 861.43 m = 2826.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 874.77 mb = 1325.74 m = 4349.48 ft B at Equ Level: 15.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.77 mb = 1715.48 m = 5628.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.6 neg: -40.6 tot: 285.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 217.46 m/s