MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.1,-94.21 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -94.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 969 398 17.3 16.9 98 0.3 17.1 86 8 293.1 295.3 291.5 329.0 12.63 2 950 562 16.4 16.3 99 0.2 16.3 97 17 293.9 296.1 291.5 329.1 12.34 3 900 1023 15.8 15.6 98 0.2 15.7 114 27 297.8 300.1 292.8 334.0 12.47 4 850 1510 15.7 15.5 99 0.1 15.6 162 18 302.6 305.0 294.7 341.6 13.18 5 800 2026 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.8 234 24 307.0 309.5 296.0 346.9 13.25 6 750 2572 12.3 12.1 98 0.3 12.1 249 22 310.0 312.2 295.8 346.2 11.88 7 700 3149 9.5 9.3 98 0.2 9.4 257 18 313.0 315.0 295.7 345.7 10.57 8 650 3762 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 263 17 316.1 317.8 295.4 344.7 9.13 9 600 4415 2.5 2.3 99 0.2 2.4 268 18 319.0 320.5 295.1 343.1 7.56 10 550 5115 -1.6 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.8 273 20 322.2 323.4 294.7 341.7 6.01 11 500 5868 -6.2 -7.2 92 1.0 -6.7 283 21 325.5 326.4 294.4 340.2 4.45 12 450 6684 -11.2 -15.5 70 4.3 -12.8 298 22 329.2 329.7 293.8 338.0 2.55 13 400 7577 -17.6 -29.6 34 12.0 -20.4 312 36 332.1 332.3 293.1 335.1 0.82 14 350 8563 -24.1 -31.6 50 7.5 -25.6 319 55 336.2 336.4 294.1 339.1 0.77 15 300 9669 -32.9 -45.0 29 12.1 -34.1 315 61 339.1 339.1 294.3 340.0 0.23 16 250 10921 -44.6 -52.3 42 7.7 -45.0 313 56 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.12 17 200 12375 -53.9 -67.2 18 13.3 -54.2 310 70 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14184 -62.2 -78.2 10 16.1 -62.3 309 61 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16643 -68.8 -84.9 8 16.1 -68.9 329 33 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.21 m Freezing level: 569.61 mb = 4840.49 m = 15880.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 571.79 mb = 4802.49 m = 15756.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.29 mb = 435.01 m = 1427.18 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.80 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.32 mb = 541.53 m = 1776.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.94 C = 64.29 F Cap Strength: 4.24 C Lifted Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.23 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 21.74 C K Index: 37.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5688.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.58 mb = 886.33 m = 2907.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.0 neg: -2.7 tot: 394.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 175.94 m/s