MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.81,-91.93 Latitude: 36.81 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 980 326 19.5 16.1 81 3.4 17.2 356 3 294.4 296.5 291.2 328.2 11.83 2 950 591 20.2 14.5 70 5.7 16.5 34 8 297.7 299.7 291.6 329.6 11.00 3 900 1056 16.5 13.1 80 3.4 14.4 33 5 298.5 300.5 291.6 329.5 10.61 4 850 1539 12.0 11.6 98 0.4 11.8 30 5 298.7 300.6 291.3 328.5 10.18 5 800 2046 12.8 -7.2 24 20.1 3.8 3 6 304.8 305.3 286.6 313.5 2.77 6 750 2586 11.7 -36.3 2 48.0 -0.7 21 4 309.3 309.4 285.4 310.1 0.23 7 700 3158 7.6 -4.5 42 12.1 1.7 17 4 310.9 311.6 289.8 323.2 3.91 8 650 3763 2.4 0.5 87 1.9 1.4 18 3 311.7 312.9 291.9 330.8 6.13 9 600 4405 -2.1 -3.9 88 1.8 -3.0 77 2 313.7 314.6 291.4 328.8 4.78 10 550 5091 -6.9 -11.8 68 4.9 -8.8 125 6 315.9 316.4 290.3 325.0 2.81 11 500 5826 -12.1 -20.3 50 8.3 -14.5 141 11 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.5 1.52 12 450 6625 -16.9 -20.0 77 3.1 -17.9 213 7 321.9 322.3 291.1 327.8 1.73 13 400 7497 -23.4 -27.3 70 3.9 -24.2 206 2 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.01 14 350 8462 -29.3 -46.4 18 17.1 -31.0 182 8 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.17 15 300 9546 -36.3 -57.9 9 21.6 -37.5 202 15 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 16 250 10790 -43.2 -66.7 6 23.5 -44.0 206 25 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.02 17 200 12273 -48.3 -72.1 5 23.8 -48.9 213 35 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 18 150 14140 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.6 249 26 378.5 378.5 302.0 378.5 0.00 19 100 16666 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 281 10 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.75 m Freezing level: 623.26 mb = 4106.40 m = 13472.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.67 mb = 2500.96 m = 8205.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.84 mb = 757.07 m = 2483.79 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 19.49 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1448.33 m = 4751.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 23.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 287.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.92 mb = 1314.11 m = 4311.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.92 mb = 5120.70 m = 16799.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 447.92 mb = 6659.10 m = 21847.18 ft B at Equ Level: 29.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.92 mb = 8299.89 m = 27230.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 71.5 at 5.4 knts Storm direction: 101.5 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.6 neg: -6.1 tot: 3.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.14 Bulk Shear: 2.25 m/s