MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.99,-94.63 Latitude: 38.99 Longitude: -94.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 985 285 18.1 16.6 91 1.4 17.1 130 7 292.4 294.6 290.9 327.0 12.18 2 950 597 16.6 15.4 92 1.2 15.8 151 14 294.0 296.1 290.9 327.3 11.63 3 900 1058 15.5 13.1 86 2.3 14.0 130 17 297.4 299.4 291.2 328.2 10.59 4 850 1542 13.4 12.0 92 1.3 12.6 133 15 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.9 10.45 5 800 2053 12.2 11.8 97 0.4 12.0 110 7 304.2 306.2 293.5 336.9 10.95 6 750 2592 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 117 5 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.2 9.09 7 700 3162 6.5 6.0 97 0.5 6.2 293 4 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.4 8.40 8 650 3768 3.4 0.8 83 2.6 2.0 292 9 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.5 6.27 9 600 4415 1.1 -6.5 57 7.6 -2.5 297 10 317.3 318.1 291.7 330.0 3.90 10 550 5109 -3.7 -12.4 51 8.7 -7.1 309 13 319.7 320.3 291.3 328.7 2.69 11 500 5854 -8.7 -11.3 81 2.6 -9.8 323 17 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.1 3.22 12 450 6664 -12.4 -17.4 66 5.0 -14.1 323 29 327.6 328.1 293.1 335.2 2.18 13 400 7557 -17.1 -20.1 77 3.0 -18.0 306 38 332.8 333.2 294.2 339.7 1.94 14 350 8545 -23.7 -26.3 79 2.7 -24.3 296 42 336.8 337.1 294.7 341.5 1.27 15 300 9653 -32.0 -34.9 75 2.9 -32.4 283 46 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.8 0.66 16 250 10915 -42.1 -45.3 71 3.2 -42.3 262 55 343.5 343.5 295.4 344.5 0.27 17 200 12376 -56.2 -60.0 63 3.7 -56.3 255 63 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14163 -63.4 -79.5 9 16.2 -63.5 307 71 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16632 -65.0 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 330 33 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.01 m Freezing level: 588.76 mb = 4570.97 m = 14996.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.70 mb = 4050.00 m = 13287.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.86 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.35 mb = 460.14 m = 1509.62 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 2.67 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1922.22 m = 6306.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 3.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: 2.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7313.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.26 mb = 951.95 m = 3123.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.7 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 334.7 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.2 neg: -46.6 tot: 7.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 68.57 m/s