MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 36.09,-92.31 Latitude: 36.09 Longitude: -92.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 SFC 997 233 25.3 12.5 45 12.9 17.1 144 6 298.8 300.4 290.5 325.6 9.15 2 950 647 19.7 9.9 53 9.7 13.7 147 8 297.1 298.6 288.9 320.7 8.08 3 900 1109 15.2 8.0 62 7.2 11.0 151 9 297.2 298.5 288.4 319.0 7.48 4 850 1590 12.0 -1.8 38 13.7 5.3 130 6 298.7 299.4 285.5 310.6 3.95 5 800 2094 9.8 -12.9 19 22.6 1.0 132 4 301.6 301.9 284.2 307.1 1.77 6 750 2629 10.1 -37.4 2 47.5 -1.6 300 7 307.5 307.5 284.7 308.2 0.20 7 700 3198 7.0 -17.8 15 24.8 -1.9 304 11 310.2 310.5 287.0 314.7 1.35 8 650 3803 4.3 -17.7 18 22.0 -3.6 304 16 313.8 314.1 288.3 318.7 1.46 9 600 4449 0.4 -27.2 10 27.6 -7.4 302 18 316.6 316.7 288.4 319.0 0.68 10 550 5142 -2.6 -39.2 4 36.6 -10.4 304 23 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.23 11 500 5891 -6.8 -32.9 10 26.2 -12.9 301 27 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.6 0.48 12 450 6703 -12.8 -24.6 36 11.8 -16.0 295 30 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.3 1.16 13 400 7590 -18.8 -22.9 70 4.1 -20.0 297 37 330.5 330.9 293.3 335.9 1.52 14 350 8573 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.6 -25.5 290 42 335.1 335.4 294.1 339.3 1.14 15 300 9674 -33.3 -36.4 74 3.1 -33.7 298 46 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.7 0.57 16 250 10927 -44.5 -47.9 69 3.4 -44.7 317 61 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.7 0.20 17 200 12376 -56.6 -60.4 63 3.7 -56.8 317 72 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.06 18 150 14183 -60.9 -82.3 4 21.4 -61.0 305 57 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16642 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 321 34 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.25 m Freezing level: 593.30 mb = 4541.48 m = 14899.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 780.30 mb = 2301.08 m = 7549.39 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.82 % Est. max temperature: 25.44 C = 77.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.05 mb = 1837.95 m = 6029.96 ft T: 10.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.47 mb = 3735.00 m = 12253.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.94 C = 103.89 F Cap Strength: 8.07 C Lifted Index: 8.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.04 C Showalter Index: 15.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 23.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.74 C Cross Totals Index: 5.00 C K Index: -7.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.96 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8446.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.71 mb = 1902.11 m = 6240.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 328.3 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.8 neg: -11.7 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 54.52 m/s