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: 38.09,-101.15 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -101.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 1 950 552 SFC 910 931 21.1 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 144 5 302.3 305.5 297.3 353.3 17.25 3 900 1024 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.4 154 10 302.6 305.8 297.3 352.9 16.96 4 850 1518 18.8 18.2 96 0.6 18.4 188 29 305.8 308.7 297.2 352.6 15.62 5 800 2042 20.0 11.9 59 8.1 14.6 237 26 312.4 314.5 295.8 346.3 10.97 6 750 2595 15.2 11.9 81 3.2 13.0 263 17 313.0 315.3 296.5 349.4 11.77 7 700 3175 10.5 7.4 81 3.1 8.6 285 14 314.2 315.9 295.0 343.0 9.29 8 650 3789 6.7 1.7 71 4.9 3.9 306 10 316.5 317.8 293.7 337.7 6.69 9 600 4442 2.4 -1.3 77 3.7 0.4 305 14 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.5 5.81 10 550 5140 -1.7 -4.8 79 3.1 -3.2 317 16 322.1 323.0 293.8 338.0 4.87 11 500 5894 -5.6 -9.3 76 3.6 -7.2 315 17 326.2 326.9 294.0 338.9 3.80 12 450 6712 -10.7 -14.1 76 3.4 -12.1 310 16 329.7 330.3 294.2 339.5 2.86 13 400 7606 -17.4 -21.1 73 3.6 -18.6 293 18 332.3 332.7 294.0 338.6 1.78 14 350 8592 -23.8 -44.5 13 20.7 -26.5 297 30 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.5 0.21 15 300 9697 -32.6 -53.5 11 20.8 -34.3 302 42 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.09 16 250 10956 -42.1 -52.7 31 10.6 -42.7 306 61 343.5 343.5 295.3 343.9 0.12 17 200 12432 -51.4 -70.1 9 18.7 -51.8 292 63 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14254 -62.1 -80.8 7 18.7 -62.3 297 40 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -69.6 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.7 312 17 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.74 m Freezing level: 570.81 mb = 4849.27 m = 15909.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.08 mb = 4521.19 m = 14833.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.21 mb = 964.25 m = 3163.52 ft T: 20.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 11.88 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.08 mb = 2491.66 m = 8174.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.56 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 39.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1299.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.45 mb = 1636.19 m = 5368.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.45 mb = 3133.81 m = 10281.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.45 mb = 12642.83 m = 41478.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1284.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.45 mb = 15940.08 m = 52296.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 340.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 336.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.76 Bulk Rich Number: 14.32 Bulk Shear: 90.70 m/s