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: 37.15,-96.58 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -96.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 975 356 17.8 17.1 96 0.7 17.4 73 2 293.0 295.3 291.5 329.1 12.69 2 950 580 16.9 16.7 98 0.2 16.8 85 3 294.4 296.6 291.9 330.6 12.67 3 900 1040 15.2 15.1 100 0.1 15.1 185 9 297.1 299.3 292.3 332.1 12.07 4 850 1526 15.8 14.9 95 0.9 15.2 247 14 302.7 305.0 294.3 340.0 12.62 5 800 2042 14.5 13.4 93 1.1 13.8 260 20 306.6 308.9 295.1 343.2 12.16 6 750 2586 11.6 10.9 95 0.8 11.2 270 22 309.2 311.3 295.0 342.6 10.97 7 700 3162 9.4 9.1 98 0.3 9.2 274 22 312.9 314.9 295.5 345.1 10.42 8 650 3776 6.6 6.2 97 0.4 6.3 272 24 316.4 318.2 295.6 345.2 9.17 9 600 4431 3.1 2.6 97 0.4 2.8 270 25 319.7 321.2 295.4 344.3 7.73 10 550 5132 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 272 25 323.3 324.6 295.3 344.3 6.44 11 500 5889 -4.5 -5.0 96 0.6 -4.7 276 26 327.6 328.7 295.6 345.1 5.28 12 450 6713 -9.0 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.4 279 28 332.0 332.8 295.6 345.5 3.97 13 400 7616 -14.3 -15.9 88 1.6 -14.9 282 29 336.4 337.0 295.8 346.2 2.78 14 350 8614 -21.7 -23.8 83 2.1 -22.3 280 32 339.5 339.8 295.6 345.3 1.60 15 300 9730 -30.8 -33.5 77 2.7 -31.3 280 35 342.0 342.1 295.5 344.9 0.75 16 250 10995 -41.5 -44.7 71 3.2 -41.7 284 31 344.4 344.5 295.6 345.6 0.29 17 200 12463 -54.9 -58.7 62 3.8 -55.0 303 33 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.2 0.07 18 150 14253 -63.6 -76.2 16 12.6 -63.7 315 58 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16692 -70.5 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.6 317 34 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.26 m Freezing level: 558.78 mb = 5008.70 m = 16432.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 562.33 mb = 4953.16 m = 16250.33 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.96 mb = 437.11 m = 1434.06 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 0.58 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.14 mb = 860.76 m = 2823.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.78 C = 69.41 F Cap Strength: 5.19 C Lifted Index: 5.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: 2.32 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.34 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6681.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.68 mb = 846.54 m = 2777.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.8 neg: -0.1 tot: 144.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 75.69 m/s