MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 35.99,-94.3 Latitude: 35.99 Longitude: -94.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 409 18.2 17.3 94 0.9 17.6 112 9 294.0 296.3 291.9 330.8 12.90 2 950 580 16.1 15.8 98 0.3 16.0 117 13 293.6 295.7 291.1 327.8 12.00 3 900 1041 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 150 17 298.9 301.3 293.6 337.3 13.15 4 850 1530 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 172 5 303.0 305.5 295.0 343.0 13.49 5 800 2045 13.8 13.4 97 0.4 13.5 212 4 305.8 308.1 294.8 342.3 12.15 6 750 2588 11.5 10.0 90 1.6 10.5 314 6 309.1 311.1 294.4 340.5 10.31 7 700 3163 8.1 6.3 89 1.8 7.1 337 12 311.5 313.1 293.9 338.1 8.62 8 650 3772 4.9 2.9 87 1.9 3.8 325 15 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.3 7.29 9 600 4422 1.0 -0.2 91 1.2 0.4 325 17 317.3 318.5 293.7 337.4 6.30 10 550 5118 -2.6 -3.6 93 1.0 -3.1 332 17 321.0 322.0 293.9 338.3 5.35 11 500 5868 -6.5 -7.1 95 0.6 -6.8 312 19 325.1 326.0 294.3 339.9 4.48 12 450 6686 -10.9 -12.3 89 1.4 -11.5 289 29 329.6 330.2 294.5 340.8 3.31 13 400 7582 -16.4 -23.1 56 6.7 -18.4 287 37 333.6 333.9 294.1 339.0 1.49 14 350 8570 -23.7 -46.6 10 22.9 -26.5 293 42 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.5 0.17 15 300 9677 -32.7 -55.4 9 22.7 -34.4 293 45 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.07 16 250 10934 -42.2 -51.2 37 9.0 -42.8 265 51 343.4 343.4 295.3 343.9 0.14 17 200 12409 -51.7 -73.9 5 22.2 -52.1 300 58 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14220 -64.7 -74.5 25 9.8 -64.8 305 55 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16664 -69.0 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.1 320 33 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.01 m Freezing level: 585.72 mb = 4620.52 m = 15158.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.63 mb = 4493.68 m = 14742.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.36 mb = 523.33 m = 1716.94 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 5.67 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.50 mb = 513.15 m = 1683.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.95 C = 64.31 F Cap Strength: 3.03 C Lifted Index: 2.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.42 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 36.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5436.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.28 mb = 925.54 m = 3036.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 102.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 94.80 m/s