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: 39.40,-95.38 Latitude: 39.40 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 981 322 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 122 7 292.8 294.9 290.8 326.8 11.97 2 950 592 15.9 15.6 98 0.4 15.7 144 17 293.3 295.5 290.8 326.9 11.77 3 900 1053 15.6 15.4 99 0.2 15.5 130 16 297.5 299.8 292.6 333.2 12.32 4 850 1538 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 128 11 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.6 12.07 5 800 2050 12.3 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 108 8 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.1 11.04 6 750 2590 9.4 8.9 97 0.5 9.1 106 5 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.7 9.58 7 700 3161 6.6 5.8 95 0.8 6.1 285 2 309.8 311.4 293.1 335.2 8.30 8 650 3766 3.9 0.1 76 3.8 1.9 299 5 313.4 314.5 292.3 332.0 5.95 9 600 4414 1.6 -23.4 14 25.0 -6.2 330 6 318.0 318.2 289.2 321.4 0.97 10 550 5109 -3.2 -14.6 41 11.4 -7.5 335 9 320.3 320.8 291.1 327.8 2.24 11 500 5855 -8.1 -14.6 59 6.5 -10.5 339 15 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.5 2.47 12 450 6668 -11.5 -19.4 52 7.9 -14.2 319 24 328.7 329.1 293.1 335.1 1.82 13 400 7562 -16.9 -25.0 50 8.1 -19.1 300 29 333.0 333.3 293.7 337.6 1.26 14 350 8549 -24.6 -28.6 70 3.9 -25.5 306 34 335.6 335.8 294.1 339.4 1.04 15 300 9652 -33.0 -36.0 74 3.0 -33.4 295 48 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.2 0.59 16 250 10908 -42.7 -46.1 69 3.4 -42.9 257 44 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.6 0.25 17 200 12369 -56.3 -60.3 61 3.9 -56.4 243 56 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14168 -63.1 -79.8 9 16.7 -63.2 305 66 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16635 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 336 36 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.81 m Freezing level: 582.99 mb = 4650.56 m = 15257.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.37 mb = 3912.53 m = 12836.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.46 C = 81.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.97 mb = 530.03 m = 1738.92 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.78 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1592.96 m = 5226.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lifted Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.30 C Showalter Index: 0.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6387.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.21 mb = 836.15 m = 2743.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 30.5 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 60.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -17.4 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 49.78 m/s