MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.25,-94.81 Latitude: 39.25 Longitude: -94.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 274 20.9 12.7 59 8.2 15.8 167 7 294.8 296.5 289.3 321.7 9.36 2 950 641 19.3 7.4 46 11.9 12.4 170 21 296.8 298.0 287.6 316.7 6.79 3 900 1104 17.0 3.8 41 13.3 9.7 186 12 299.0 300.0 287.3 315.6 5.57 4 850 1588 14.3 -5.5 25 19.7 5.2 171 11 301.1 301.6 285.4 310.3 2.99 5 800 2096 10.0 2.6 60 7.4 6.0 164 8 301.8 302.8 288.5 319.1 5.77 6 750 2629 6.5 0.3 64 6.2 3.4 246 4 303.7 304.6 288.6 319.5 5.23 7 700 3192 4.3 -10.6 33 14.9 -1.7 269 12 307.3 307.7 287.1 315.0 2.43 8 650 3793 2.5 -20.9 16 23.4 -5.1 267 17 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.5 1.11 9 600 4435 -1.1 -25.2 14 24.1 -8.0 283 21 314.9 315.0 288.0 317.7 0.82 10 550 5124 -4.2 -36.6 6 32.3 -11.2 294 24 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.2 0.30 11 500 5868 -8.8 -37.2 8 28.3 -14.5 301 28 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.31 12 450 6673 -14.8 -25.7 39 10.9 -17.6 296 33 324.6 324.8 291.2 328.3 1.04 13 400 7555 -20.1 -24.2 70 4.1 -21.1 296 42 328.9 329.1 292.7 333.7 1.36 14 350 8533 -25.9 -34.5 44 8.7 -27.3 304 45 333.9 334.0 293.3 336.1 0.58 15 300 9631 -34.0 -37.6 70 3.6 -34.4 308 58 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.4 0.50 16 250 10880 -44.6 -48.1 68 3.5 -44.8 303 73 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.6 0.20 17 200 12330 -56.9 -59.9 69 3.0 -57.0 309 82 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.06 18 150 14139 -59.4 -81.0 4 21.6 -59.6 313 65 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16634 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 318 40 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.54 m Freezing level: 615.29 mb = 4238.36 m = 13905.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.05 mb = 2995.83 m = 9828.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.30 mb = 1310.95 m = 4300.98 ft T: 15.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.91 C/km ThetaE index: 11.49 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 641.60 mb = 3897.07 m = 12785.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.37 C = 101.07 F Cap Strength: 8.52 C Lifted Index: 9.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.06 C Showalter Index: 13.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 26.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.07 C Cross Totals Index: 3.34 C K Index: 2.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 49.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10292.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.56 mb = 2173.09 m = 7129.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.3 neg: -34.3 tot: 35.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 78.04 m/s