MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 37.78,-96.76 Latitude: 37.78 Longitude: -96.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 967 429 14.7 13.8 95 0.9 14.1 311 10 290.6 292.4 288.6 319.7 10.30 2 950 579 13.8 13.4 97 0.4 13.6 317 18 291.2 293.0 288.8 320.1 10.21 3 900 1035 13.8 10.8 82 3.0 12.0 324 23 295.7 297.4 289.3 321.9 9.06 4 850 1520 15.9 7.0 55 9.0 10.7 293 26 302.8 304.2 290.3 325.0 7.40 5 800 2032 13.3 4.2 54 9.1 8.2 294 25 305.3 306.5 290.3 325.0 6.48 6 750 2573 11.1 0.1 46 11.1 5.3 293 23 308.7 309.6 290.1 324.5 5.13 7 700 3146 8.0 -2.8 46 10.8 2.6 289 23 311.4 312.2 290.4 325.4 4.46 8 650 3752 3.8 -4.8 54 8.5 -0.3 292 23 313.2 314.0 290.7 326.3 4.13 9 600 4397 -0.1 -14.0 34 13.8 -5.5 285 22 315.9 316.4 289.7 323.1 2.16 10 550 5089 -3.1 -23.1 20 20.0 -9.2 274 25 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.2 1.08 11 500 5834 -9.2 -25.4 26 16.1 -13.6 273 24 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.2 0.97 12 450 6639 -15.1 -29.1 29 14.0 -18.3 291 31 324.3 324.4 290.9 327.0 0.77 13 400 7518 -21.0 -34.7 28 13.7 -23.5 295 45 327.7 327.8 291.6 329.5 0.50 14 350 8489 -27.2 -54.1 6 26.9 -29.5 293 57 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.07 15 300 9588 -32.8 -56.5 8 23.7 -34.5 278 87 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.06 16 250 10847 -41.9 -62.2 9 20.3 -42.7 275 94 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.04 17 200 12323 -52.0 -69.0 11 17.1 -52.3 278 92 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14141 -61.5 -79.3 8 17.8 -61.7 291 62 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16618 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.9 286 24 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.02 m Freezing level: 601.87 mb = 4372.58 m = 14345.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.66 mb = 3681.12 m = 12077.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.65 mb = 537.71 m = 1764.13 ft T: 14.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 0.43 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.41 mb = 3246.62 m = 10651.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.56 C = 96.01 F Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lifted Index: 6.33 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.97 C Showalter Index: 4.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 16.21 C K Index: 21.36 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9702.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.29 mb = 1222.76 m = 4011.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.6 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 319.6 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: -32.2 tot: -27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 18.10 m/s