MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.45,-97.05 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -97.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 969 399 25.3 16.4 58 9.0 19.2 181 6 301.1 303.4 293.6 336.9 12.16 2 950 575 24.2 15.1 57 9.1 18.1 186 12 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.4 11.42 3 900 1045 19.7 14.0 70 5.7 16.0 185 11 301.8 303.9 293.1 335.1 11.26 4 850 1534 15.1 13.2 89 1.8 13.9 183 11 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.3 11.31 5 800 2046 13.5 -7.4 23 20.8 4.1 203 6 305.5 306.0 286.8 314.1 2.75 6 750 2586 10.9 -8.6 24 19.5 2.2 266 8 308.4 308.9 287.7 316.8 2.65 7 700 3156 6.3 4.9 91 1.4 5.5 291 8 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.2 7.77 8 650 3760 2.3 1.4 93 0.9 1.8 295 10 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.8 6.51 9 600 4403 -1.0 -10.4 49 9.4 -4.9 295 18 315.0 315.5 290.1 324.4 2.89 10 550 5093 -4.4 -24.8 19 20.4 -10.2 296 19 318.9 319.1 289.4 322.1 0.93 11 500 5837 -8.5 -40.7 5 32.2 -14.5 302 19 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.5 0.22 12 450 6643 -14.7 -27.7 32 13.0 -17.9 301 25 324.7 324.9 291.1 327.9 0.88 13 400 7523 -21.4 -36.3 25 14.9 -23.9 294 38 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.8 0.43 14 350 8490 -29.7 -34.7 62 5.0 -30.4 276 49 328.7 328.9 291.9 330.9 0.58 15 300 9573 -36.4 -46.5 34 10.2 -37.2 272 60 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.20 16 250 10819 -42.8 -62.3 10 19.4 -43.6 274 83 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 17 200 12297 -49.9 -76.9 3 27.0 -50.4 275 81 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.01 18 150 14137 -59.0 -80.7 4 21.8 -59.2 268 51 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16630 -65.9 -84.4 6 18.5 -66.1 308 22 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.14 m Freezing level: 614.86 mb = 4212.13 m = 13819.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.69 mb = 3926.49 m = 12882.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.20 mb = 1532.39 m = 5027.47 ft T: 15.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2400.32 m = 7874.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.53 C = 88.76 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.72 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 177.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.82 mb = 1726.91 m = 5665.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.82 mb = 3323.15 m = 10902.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 525.82 mb = 5443.51 m = 17859.06 ft B at Equ Level: 37.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.82 mb = 10930.76 m = 35861.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.2 neg: -7.1 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.32 Bulk Shear: 41.01 m/s