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: 39.21,-94.65 Latitude: 39.21 Longitude: -94.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 988 271 20.7 16.3 76 4.4 17.8 125 7 294.9 297.0 291.4 328.9 11.87 2 950 606 16.7 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 142 16 294.1 296.3 291.4 328.9 12.16 3 900 1066 14.9 14.2 95 0.7 14.5 140 17 296.9 299.0 291.7 329.8 11.38 4 850 1549 12.5 11.1 91 1.4 11.6 132 12 299.2 301.0 291.2 328.0 9.80 5 800 2056 10.8 5.3 69 5.5 7.6 115 13 302.6 303.9 289.8 323.5 6.97 6 750 2594 9.5 -4.7 36 14.2 2.8 79 9 306.9 307.6 288.1 318.1 3.59 7 700 3162 6.7 -8.4 33 15.2 0.1 31 7 309.9 310.5 288.5 319.1 2.89 8 650 3767 4.2 -17.7 19 21.9 -3.7 351 8 313.7 314.0 288.3 318.6 1.46 9 600 4413 0.4 -24.1 14 24.4 -7.1 344 16 316.6 316.7 288.6 319.7 0.91 10 550 5105 -3.8 -20.9 25 17.0 -9.3 324 16 319.5 319.8 290.0 324.0 1.32 11 500 5849 -8.1 -32.7 12 24.6 -13.7 331 21 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.9 0.49 12 450 6661 -12.3 -37.3 10 25.0 -17.2 323 28 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.1 0.35 13 400 7550 -18.0 -32.5 27 14.5 -21.0 310 35 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.9 0.62 14 350 8535 -24.8 -35.0 38 10.2 -26.6 302 38 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.4 0.56 15 300 9636 -33.7 -38.1 65 4.3 -34.3 304 49 337.8 337.9 294.2 339.7 0.48 16 250 10891 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.3 270 57 342.1 342.2 295.0 343.1 0.24 17 200 12351 -55.7 -59.7 61 4.0 -55.8 267 80 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14155 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.4 310 73 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16633 -64.4 -88.4 2 24.0 -64.6 334 37 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.67 m Freezing level: 595.55 mb = 4474.29 m = 14679.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.96 mb = 3174.15 m = 10413.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.95 mb = 823.99 m = 2703.34 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1125.03 m = 3691.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 3.35 C Lifted Index: 3.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 16.53 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6037.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.29 mb = 894.76 m = 2935.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 14.9 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 44.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -31.6 tot: -20.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 77.01 m/s