MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.72,-94.66 Latitude: 36.72 Longitude: -94.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 151 SFC 985 280 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 136 5 292.2 294.5 291.4 329.0 12.97 2 950 589 16.0 15.9 99 0.2 15.9 149 13 293.5 295.6 291.0 327.7 12.01 3 900 1050 16.2 16.1 100 0.1 16.2 163 10 298.2 300.6 293.3 335.8 12.93 4 850 1538 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 194 7 302.9 305.4 294.9 342.4 13.32 5 800 2054 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 232 10 306.8 309.3 295.8 346.3 13.13 6 750 2599 11.7 11.5 98 0.2 11.6 253 14 309.3 311.4 295.3 344.0 11.42 7 700 3174 8.3 7.9 97 0.4 8.0 267 18 311.7 313.5 294.6 341.3 9.59 8 650 3784 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.9 277 21 314.7 316.3 294.4 340.6 8.30 9 600 4434 1.6 1.3 98 0.3 1.5 280 22 318.0 319.4 294.4 340.4 7.05 10 550 5132 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.5 280 24 321.4 322.5 294.3 339.9 5.72 11 500 5884 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.4 281 24 325.7 326.7 294.6 341.0 4.60 12 450 6703 -10.5 -11.9 90 1.3 -11.1 281 24 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.6 3.42 13 400 7600 -16.2 -18.0 86 1.8 -16.8 282 26 334.0 334.4 294.8 342.1 2.32 14 350 8592 -22.9 -25.4 80 2.5 -23.5 276 32 337.9 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.39 15 300 9704 -31.3 -34.1 76 2.8 -31.8 267 38 341.2 341.4 295.3 344.0 0.71 16 250 10966 -41.8 -45.2 69 3.4 -42.1 275 44 344.0 344.0 295.5 345.1 0.27 17 200 12434 -55.1 -59.0 62 3.9 -55.2 298 48 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14215 -63.2 -78.1 12 14.9 -63.3 322 73 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16668 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 317 42 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.98 m Freezing level: 578.89 mb = 4729.01 m = 15514.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.37 mb = 4687.34 m = 15378.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.47 mb = 302.56 m = 992.63 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 6.40 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 965.09 mb = 454.80 m = 1492.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.52 C = 65.33 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.51 C Showalter Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6327.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.27 mb = 749.83 m = 2460.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 72.49 m/s