MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.29,-95.71 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -95.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 985 258 19.8 19.5 98 0.3 19.6 239 3 294.1 296.8 293.3 335.8 14.59 2 950 574 20.1 17.8 86 2.3 18.5 248 12 297.6 300.0 293.6 337.0 13.60 3 900 1040 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.6 248 14 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.4 13.03 4 850 1527 14.7 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 253 14 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.33 5 800 2039 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 271 13 304.4 306.5 293.9 338.2 11.31 6 750 2579 9.7 8.9 95 0.8 9.2 274 14 307.2 308.9 293.4 336.2 9.60 7 700 3150 6.7 5.9 95 0.8 6.3 264 14 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.6 8.38 8 650 3756 3.2 2.7 97 0.5 2.9 269 14 312.6 314.0 293.0 335.0 7.19 9 600 4402 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.1 -1.0 270 15 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.6 5.69 10 550 5094 -4.1 -7.2 79 3.1 -5.5 282 17 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.4 4.06 11 500 5839 -8.2 -30.1 15 22.0 -13.5 285 18 323.1 323.2 290.4 325.4 0.63 12 450 6648 -14.0 -31.2 22 17.2 -17.8 289 26 325.7 325.8 291.1 328.0 0.63 13 400 7530 -20.1 -28.2 48 8.1 -21.9 288 37 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.94 14 350 8506 -27.1 -30.5 73 3.4 -27.8 294 51 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.4 0.86 15 300 9602 -32.7 -47.7 21 15.0 -34.1 285 83 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.17 16 250 10865 -41.5 -55.8 20 14.4 -42.2 276 94 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.08 17 200 12339 -52.6 -65.3 20 12.7 -52.9 280 87 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14155 -61.1 -79.6 7 18.5 -61.3 291 61 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16630 -66.9 -86.1 5 19.2 -67.0 283 19 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.03 m Freezing level: 606.52 mb = 4317.30 m = 14164.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.99 mb = 4228.83 m = 13873.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.18 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.40 mb = 293.13 m = 961.71 ft T: 19.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 12.82 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1168.28 m = 3832.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 122.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.94 mb = 898.02 m = 2946.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.94 mb = 3268.72 m = 10724.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.94 mb = 8713.06 m = 28585.80 ft B at Equ Level: 119.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.94 mb = 10081.47 m = 33075.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 19.08 Bulk Shear: 6.42 m/s