MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.06,-94.86 Latitude: 39.06 Longitude: -94.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 987 279 19.2 16.4 84 2.8 17.4 126 7 293.4 295.6 291.0 327.6 11.98 2 950 604 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 144 18 294.0 296.2 291.4 328.8 12.17 3 900 1064 14.9 14.4 97 0.5 14.6 138 20 296.9 299.0 291.7 330.2 11.52 4 850 1547 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.5 126 13 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.7 10.70 5 800 2055 10.6 7.3 80 3.4 8.6 105 10 302.5 303.9 290.7 326.4 8.03 6 750 2593 9.7 -0.3 50 10.0 4.5 79 10 307.1 308.1 289.5 322.5 4.99 7 700 3162 7.0 -6.1 39 13.1 0.9 38 6 310.2 310.8 289.1 321.1 3.45 8 650 3768 4.5 -18.0 18 22.5 -3.6 358 6 314.1 314.3 288.3 318.8 1.43 9 600 4414 0.6 -23.1 15 23.7 -6.8 351 13 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.2 0.99 10 550 5106 -3.8 -17.3 34 13.5 -8.6 325 13 319.6 319.9 290.5 325.6 1.78 11 500 5851 -7.9 -23.8 27 15.9 -12.5 335 18 323.4 323.6 290.9 327.3 1.12 12 450 6664 -12.0 -34.2 14 22.1 -16.8 323 25 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.8 0.47 13 400 7554 -17.9 -28.9 37 11.0 -20.4 308 32 331.8 332.0 293.0 335.0 0.88 14 350 8539 -24.8 -30.2 61 5.3 -25.9 300 35 335.3 335.5 294.0 338.6 0.89 15 300 9641 -33.0 -36.2 73 3.2 -33.4 302 51 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.58 16 250 10898 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.2 267 51 342.2 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.24 17 200 12359 -55.4 -59.5 61 4.0 -55.5 265 78 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14164 -62.5 -79.0 9 16.5 -62.6 309 72 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16639 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 333 35 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.23 m Freezing level: 593.51 mb = 4503.53 m = 14775.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.91 mb = 3280.49 m = 10762.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.23 mb = 628.72 m = 2062.72 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1093.68 m = 3588.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.76 C = 72.97 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 3.73 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.31 C K Index: 19.84 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6630.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.99 mb = 849.50 m = 2787.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 36.0 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 66.0 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: -31.7 tot: -27.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 63.67 m/s