MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.41,-93.74 Latitude: 35.41 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 999 184 22.3 15.5 66 6.8 17.8 81 2 295.5 297.5 291.0 327.7 11.16 2 950 619 21.2 12.4 57 8.7 15.6 132 11 298.7 300.4 290.7 326.7 9.58 3 900 1084 17.3 11.8 70 5.5 13.8 147 14 299.3 301.1 291.0 327.7 9.71 4 850 1571 14.8 14.3 97 0.4 14.5 200 7 301.6 303.8 293.7 337.4 12.16 5 800 2084 13.0 12.7 98 0.4 12.8 262 11 305.0 307.2 294.2 339.7 11.58 6 750 2626 11.0 9.7 92 1.3 10.2 285 17 308.5 310.4 294.1 339.3 10.14 7 700 3199 7.4 6.9 96 0.5 7.1 286 19 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.3 8.96 8 650 3807 4.2 3.1 93 1.1 3.6 291 22 313.7 315.1 293.5 336.9 7.41 9 600 4454 0.5 -2.6 80 3.1 -1.1 295 35 316.7 317.7 292.7 333.5 5.28 10 550 5147 -3.7 -8.8 68 5.1 -6.0 298 44 319.6 320.3 292.1 331.3 3.56 11 500 5895 -7.0 -8.9 86 1.9 -7.9 309 45 324.5 325.3 293.7 337.4 3.90 12 450 6712 -11.0 -14.1 78 3.1 -12.2 310 46 329.4 330.0 294.1 339.2 2.85 13 400 7607 -16.8 -20.5 73 3.7 -17.9 309 46 333.2 333.6 294.3 339.8 1.87 14 350 8596 -23.4 -28.7 62 5.3 -24.6 309 42 337.2 337.4 294.6 341.0 1.02 15 300 9704 -32.2 -37.0 62 4.8 -32.9 302 40 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.0 0.53 16 250 10960 -43.3 -48.8 54 5.5 -43.7 297 48 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.18 17 200 12422 -54.2 -65.8 23 11.6 -54.4 310 55 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14230 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.6 312 53 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16679 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 323 28 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.17 m Freezing level: 594.40 mb = 4532.00 m = 14868.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.66 mb = 4298.55 m = 14102.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.08 mb = 1045.49 m = 3430.05 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.12 mb = 2963.44 m = 9722.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.55 C = 97.80 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.14 C Showalter Index: 0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6861.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.70 mb = 1573.56 m = 5162.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 153.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 125.08 m/s