MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.15,-94.90 Latitude: 39.15 Longitude: -94.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 986 278 16.7 16.2 96 0.6 16.4 180 2 291.0 293.1 290.0 324.3 11.79 2 950 601 18.2 14.3 78 3.9 15.7 218 17 295.6 297.6 290.8 326.8 10.81 3 900 1064 15.9 14.4 91 1.5 15.0 209 15 297.9 300.0 292.1 331.5 11.57 4 850 1549 14.0 11.8 87 2.2 12.6 197 15 300.8 302.7 292.0 331.1 10.30 5 800 2060 12.7 8.3 75 4.4 10.0 215 8 304.7 306.3 291.9 330.5 8.62 6 750 2600 9.9 7.4 84 2.5 8.4 236 6 307.3 309.0 292.7 333.6 8.64 7 700 3170 6.0 4.3 89 1.7 5.0 281 11 309.1 310.5 292.3 332.0 7.46 8 650 3775 4.0 -1.1 69 5.1 1.4 290 17 313.5 314.5 291.9 330.7 5.45 9 600 4421 0.5 -18.4 23 18.9 -6.1 295 18 316.7 316.9 289.3 321.7 1.49 10 550 5114 -3.8 -29.4 12 25.6 -10.4 294 18 319.6 319.7 289.3 321.8 0.61 11 500 5857 -10.0 -17.3 55 7.3 -12.5 293 18 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.97 12 450 6662 -14.6 -15.3 94 0.8 -14.8 302 27 324.9 325.4 292.7 333.7 2.58 13 400 7546 -19.6 -21.7 84 2.0 -20.2 309 36 329.5 329.8 293.2 335.4 1.69 14 350 8524 -25.9 -30.1 68 4.2 -26.8 315 44 333.8 334.0 293.6 337.1 0.89 15 300 9624 -33.9 -42.9 40 9.0 -34.8 318 61 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.7 0.29 16 250 10873 -44.3 -49.8 54 5.6 -44.6 306 75 340.3 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.16 17 200 12329 -55.4 -59.3 62 3.9 -55.5 295 99 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.4 0.06 18 150 14138 -61.8 -83.1 4 21.3 -62.0 317 80 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16629 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 312 37 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.31 m Freezing level: 594.47 mb = 4497.86 m = 14756.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.88 mb = 3889.29 m = 12759.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.46 mb = 348.46 m = 1143.22 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.50 mb = 2191.55 m = 7190.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lifted Index: 2.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6718.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.89 mb = 1036.26 m = 3399.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 298.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: -39.0 tot: 30.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 19.79 m/s