MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.2,-99.73 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -99.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 560 SFC 933 713 22.2 21.6 96 0.6 21.8 151 10 301.2 304.4 297.3 353.1 17.63 3 900 1031 20.5 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 175 24 302.7 305.8 297.2 352.5 16.84 4 850 1528 21.2 17.5 80 3.7 18.7 218 42 308.4 311.2 297.4 353.9 15.02 5 800 2052 18.4 14.3 77 4.2 15.6 229 36 310.8 313.3 296.7 350.3 12.90 6 750 2603 14.9 9.8 71 5.2 11.6 250 34 312.8 314.7 295.3 344.2 10.17 7 700 3183 10.0 7.8 87 2.1 8.6 268 30 313.5 315.4 295.1 343.2 9.56 8 650 3796 6.2 4.2 87 2.0 5.0 283 25 316.0 317.5 294.6 341.0 7.97 9 600 4449 2.9 0.0 81 2.9 1.3 298 18 319.5 320.7 294.3 340.0 6.40 10 550 5148 -1.6 -4.2 83 2.5 -2.9 317 17 322.2 323.2 294.0 338.9 5.12 11 500 5901 -6.3 -8.5 85 2.1 -7.3 314 17 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.8 4.04 12 450 6719 -10.9 -12.2 90 1.3 -11.5 309 20 329.5 330.2 294.5 340.9 3.34 13 400 7615 -15.8 -24.4 48 8.6 -18.2 303 19 334.4 334.7 294.1 339.2 1.33 14 350 8608 -21.8 -53.7 4 31.9 -25.4 297 21 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 15 300 9724 -30.7 -49.2 15 18.5 -32.5 312 26 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.14 16 250 10987 -41.5 -51.4 33 9.9 -42.1 310 53 344.4 344.4 295.5 345.0 0.13 17 200 12462 -52.8 -65.3 21 12.5 -53.1 298 44 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.2 0.03 18 150 14268 -64.6 -77.7 15 13.1 -64.7 310 44 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16706 -70.8 -86.4 8 15.6 -70.9 318 15 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.93 m Freezing level: 567.85 mb = 4898.73 m = 16071.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.49 mb = 4659.68 m = 15287.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.07 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.88 mb = 783.78 m = 2571.43 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 15.06 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.96 mb = 2214.25 m = 7264.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.91 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: -4.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.87 C K Index: 42.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1375.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.89 mb = 1427.30 m = 4682.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.89 mb = 2889.62 m = 9480.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.89 mb = 13304.22 m = 43648.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1366.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 582.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 582.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 194.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 11.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.69 Bulk Rich Number: 10.21 Bulk Shear: 134.73 m/s