MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.21,-94.86 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -94.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 266 26.8 17.7 58 9.1 20.5 59 4 301.2 303.6 294.2 339.6 13.06 2 950 590 22.5 15.7 65 6.8 17.9 60 4 300.0 302.2 293.0 334.9 11.89 3 900 1057 17.9 14.7 82 3.2 15.8 60 5 299.9 302.1 292.9 334.3 11.74 4 850 1544 14.7 5.5 54 9.2 9.5 42 5 301.5 302.7 289.2 321.4 6.66 5 800 2055 14.0 1.1 41 12.9 7.1 345 9 306.1 307.0 289.3 321.9 5.16 6 750 2597 11.5 2.3 53 9.2 6.4 339 7 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.7 6.04 7 700 3171 8.5 -0.9 52 9.3 3.5 326 6 311.8 312.8 291.1 327.9 5.13 8 650 3779 4.6 -6.1 46 10.7 -0.4 305 5 314.2 314.9 290.6 326.1 3.73 9 600 4425 0.3 -12.8 36 13.2 -4.9 269 7 316.5 317.0 290.0 324.3 2.37 10 550 5117 -4.9 -15.5 43 10.6 -8.8 254 10 318.3 318.7 290.3 325.2 2.08 11 500 5857 -9.7 -28.3 20 18.6 -14.3 249 11 321.3 321.4 289.9 323.9 0.74 12 450 6662 -14.4 -18.0 74 3.6 -15.6 282 11 325.1 325.6 292.3 332.2 2.06 13 400 7546 -20.0 -22.5 80 2.5 -20.7 277 16 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.5 1.56 14 350 8522 -26.7 -28.4 86 1.7 -27.1 253 21 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.5 1.05 15 300 9613 -35.4 -49.8 22 14.4 -36.5 248 26 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 16 250 10860 -43.2 -66.7 6 23.5 -44.0 255 45 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 17 200 12334 -50.9 -73.1 5 22.2 -51.3 260 44 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14186 -58.3 -77.2 7 18.9 -58.5 242 36 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.01 19 100 16696 -65.3 -86.6 4 21.3 -65.4 303 9 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.44 m Freezing level: 596.84 mb = 4469.09 m = 14662.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.97 mb = 3716.31 m = 12192.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.83 mb = 1406.33 m = 4613.90 ft T: 15.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2385.55 m = 7826.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.49 C = 92.29 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: 5.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 15.14 C K Index: 20.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.58 mb = 1468.09 m = 4816.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.58 mb = 4936.87 m = 16196.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 412.58 mb = 7313.71 m = 23994.82 ft B at Equ Level: 44.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 332.58 mb = 8883.19 m = 29143.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.4 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 328.4 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -13.3 tot: -13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.50 Bulk Shear: 13.02 m/s