MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.10,-96.94 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -96.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 982 287 20.6 17.6 83 3.0 18.6 40 11 295.3 297.6 292.4 332.5 12.99 2 950 573 17.7 16.6 94 1.1 17.0 40 15 295.1 297.4 292.1 331.3 12.62 3 900 1035 17.9 16.1 89 1.8 16.7 43 9 300.0 302.3 293.8 337.8 12.93 4 850 1527 19.1 13.5 70 5.6 15.4 346 4 306.1 308.3 294.5 340.7 11.49 5 800 2048 17.2 13.1 77 4.1 14.4 294 10 309.4 311.7 295.7 345.7 11.93 6 750 2596 13.4 10.1 80 3.3 11.3 298 16 311.1 313.1 295.0 343.0 10.40 7 700 3175 10.0 6.3 78 3.7 7.8 309 21 313.6 315.2 294.4 340.3 8.60 8 650 3787 6.4 0.4 66 6.0 3.1 315 19 316.2 317.3 293.2 335.4 6.08 9 600 4439 2.3 -2.0 73 4.3 0.0 317 21 318.8 319.8 293.4 336.5 5.52 10 550 5137 -2.2 -7.2 69 4.9 -4.6 314 25 321.4 322.2 293.0 334.7 4.05 11 500 5887 -6.2 -22.6 26 16.4 -11.3 313 23 325.5 325.7 291.6 329.8 1.24 12 450 6705 -10.6 -36.1 10 25.5 -16.0 301 26 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.39 13 400 7600 -16.1 -50.3 4 34.2 -20.7 308 36 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.10 14 350 8589 -23.7 -49.2 8 25.5 -26.6 309 42 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.12 15 300 9695 -32.7 -45.2 28 12.5 -34.0 315 51 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.1 0.23 16 250 10950 -43.8 -48.4 60 4.7 -44.0 320 61 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.19 17 200 12415 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.0 -52.1 308 66 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14232 -62.5 -79.6 8 17.1 -62.7 315 44 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16684 -69.1 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 327 25 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.51 m Freezing level: 574.77 mb = 4791.40 m = 15719.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.47 mb = 4446.12 m = 14586.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.56 % Est. max temperature: 32.57 C = 90.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.67 mb = 666.69 m = 2187.28 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 10.29 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2657.40 m = 8718.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.62 C = 97.91 F Cap Strength: 5.89 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5331.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.57 mb = 972.65 m = 3191.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 157.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.2 neg: -11.7 tot: 72.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 54.26 m/s