MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-96.77 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -96.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 966 426 15.3 15.1 98 0.3 15.1 146 9 291.3 293.3 289.6 323.0 11.20 2 950 571 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 152 18 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.9 11.14 3 900 1034 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.5 209 30 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.5 14.85 4 850 1527 18.0 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 228 34 305.0 307.7 296.5 349.5 14.90 5 800 2045 14.8 14.3 97 0.5 14.5 240 35 306.9 309.3 295.7 345.9 12.94 6 750 2589 11.8 11.2 96 0.6 11.4 253 33 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.5 11.21 7 700 3165 8.7 7.9 95 0.7 8.2 266 29 312.1 313.9 294.7 341.7 9.61 8 650 3775 5.3 4.4 94 0.9 4.8 274 27 315.0 316.5 294.4 340.4 8.12 9 600 4425 1.1 0.4 95 0.7 0.7 278 25 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.2 6.57 10 550 5121 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 285 22 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.1 5.55 11 500 5874 -5.0 -5.9 94 0.8 -5.4 297 20 326.9 327.9 295.1 343.3 4.95 12 450 6696 -9.8 -11.1 90 1.3 -10.4 298 17 330.9 331.6 295.1 343.3 3.63 13 400 7595 -15.4 -17.2 86 1.8 -16.1 301 17 334.9 335.4 295.2 343.6 2.47 14 350 8590 -22.4 -24.8 81 2.4 -23.1 293 18 338.5 338.8 295.3 343.8 1.46 15 300 9703 -31.1 -33.8 77 2.7 -31.5 282 24 341.6 341.7 295.4 344.4 0.73 16 250 10966 -42.5 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.7 285 32 342.9 343.0 295.3 344.0 0.26 17 200 12424 -56.7 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.8 294 52 342.9 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14220 -61.4 -83.9 4 22.5 -61.6 321 64 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16678 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 323 34 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.16 m Freezing level: 585.16 mb = 4631.90 m = 15196.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.39 mb = 4554.52 m = 14942.45 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.76 mb = 457.93 m = 1502.38 ft T: 15.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.05 C/km ThetaE index: 11.25 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 966.42 mb = 425.67 m = 1396.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.79 C = 64.02 F Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: -1.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.45 C K Index: 39.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4947.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.99 mb = 921.06 m = 3021.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 473.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 135.21 m/s