MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.73,-94.45 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -94.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 975 355 16.5 15.6 94 0.9 15.9 121 9 291.7 293.8 290.0 324.3 11.49 2 950 575 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.5 122 17 291.9 293.9 289.6 322.9 10.93 3 900 1034 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 172 11 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.5 13.31 4 850 1523 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 15.9 300 12 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.8 13.46 5 800 2038 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 297 21 307.0 309.1 294.8 341.9 11.60 6 750 2584 12.9 8.8 76 4.1 10.3 300 29 310.6 312.4 294.3 339.8 9.53 7 700 3161 9.4 5.5 77 3.8 7.1 311 26 312.9 314.4 293.9 338.1 8.13 8 650 3772 5.5 2.5 81 3.0 3.8 323 25 315.2 316.5 293.7 337.4 7.07 9 600 4423 1.1 0.1 93 1.0 0.5 322 26 317.4 318.6 293.8 337.8 6.44 10 550 5119 -2.4 -3.1 95 0.7 -2.8 315 30 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.2 5.54 11 500 5870 -6.6 -8.2 89 1.5 -7.4 315 33 324.9 325.8 294.0 338.7 4.13 12 450 6687 -11.2 -12.7 88 1.5 -11.8 314 38 329.2 329.8 294.3 340.1 3.20 13 400 7582 -16.4 -20.7 69 4.3 -17.7 307 40 333.6 334.0 294.4 340.2 1.84 14 350 8571 -24.0 -29.7 60 5.6 -25.2 293 38 336.3 336.5 294.3 339.8 0.93 15 300 9677 -32.3 -39.1 51 6.8 -33.1 276 41 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.6 0.43 16 250 10936 -42.6 -46.4 66 3.8 -42.9 257 37 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.24 17 200 12400 -54.4 -64.7 27 10.3 -54.6 274 39 346.5 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14201 -63.7 -78.0 13 14.3 -63.8 310 54 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16652 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 331 27 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.30 m Freezing level: 584.62 mb = 4636.93 m = 15212.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.81 mb = 4532.77 m = 14871.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.19 mb = 466.85 m = 1531.64 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 5.36 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 974.98 mb = 354.63 m = 1163.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.55 C = 61.79 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 4.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.77 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6484.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.79 mb = 830.92 m = 2726.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 341.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.2 neg: -22.4 tot: 264.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 197.70 m/s