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: 37.38,-93.23 Latitude: 37.38 Longitude: -93.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 976 374 16.5 13.7 84 2.7 14.8 131 7 291.6 293.4 288.9 320.5 10.17 2 950 605 16.0 13.3 84 2.7 14.3 155 18 293.4 295.2 289.5 322.3 10.13 3 900 1066 16.4 13.4 82 3.0 14.4 134 10 298.4 300.4 291.6 329.8 10.77 4 850 1552 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 131 8 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.8 11.98 5 800 2064 12.1 12.0 99 0.2 12.0 231 4 304.1 306.1 293.6 337.0 11.06 6 750 2604 9.6 8.0 90 1.6 8.6 304 13 307.0 308.7 292.9 334.3 9.02 7 700 3174 6.3 3.8 84 2.5 4.9 311 17 309.5 310.9 292.2 331.6 7.21 8 650 3779 3.3 -5.2 54 8.5 -0.7 312 19 312.7 313.5 290.4 325.5 4.01 9 600 4424 0.6 -20.0 20 20.6 -6.4 312 22 316.8 317.0 289.1 321.2 1.30 10 550 5116 -3.5 -24.6 18 21.1 -9.7 308 23 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.2 0.94 11 500 5862 -8.5 -10.3 87 1.8 -9.3 304 33 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.2 3.49 12 450 6673 -12.9 -17.2 70 4.3 -14.3 302 38 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.6 2.20 13 400 7562 -18.0 -24.6 56 6.6 -19.8 301 47 331.5 331.8 293.4 336.2 1.30 14 350 8546 -25.1 -30.5 61 5.4 -26.2 301 50 335.0 335.1 293.9 338.2 0.86 15 300 9649 -32.8 -36.1 72 3.3 -33.3 296 61 339.1 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.58 16 250 10906 -42.8 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.1 277 76 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12367 -55.2 -60.6 51 5.3 -55.4 281 88 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14163 -62.8 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.9 316 78 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16629 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 310 46 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.94 m Freezing level: 592.95 mb = 4521.49 m = 14834.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.14 mb = 3702.02 m = 12145.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.53 mb = 717.89 m = 2355.26 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.83 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.70 mb = 2376.23 m = 7795.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.44 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 34.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6923.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.09 mb = 1179.64 m = 3870.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.5 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 333.5 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.5 neg: -26.1 tot: 83.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 134.73 m/s