MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.22,-92.72 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -92.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 438 24.6 17.6 65 6.9 19.8 47 2 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.4 13.22 2 950 591 23.8 15.4 59 8.4 18.2 53 4 301.4 303.5 293.3 335.8 11.67 3 900 1061 19.3 14.4 73 4.9 16.1 56 4 301.4 303.5 293.2 335.3 11.51 4 850 1549 14.6 13.3 92 1.4 13.8 58 4 301.5 303.6 293.0 335.0 11.36 5 800 2059 10.7 7.8 83 2.8 9.0 83 7 302.5 304.1 291.0 327.4 8.36 6 750 2596 11.2 -15.8 14 26.9 0.8 17 7 308.7 309.0 286.6 313.6 1.49 7 700 3168 7.9 -3.4 45 11.3 2.3 340 6 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.7 4.26 8 650 3774 3.9 -3.4 59 7.3 0.3 311 5 313.4 314.2 291.1 327.9 4.58 9 600 4419 -0.9 -8.1 58 7.2 -4.1 347 2 315.1 315.7 290.6 326.2 3.45 10 550 5107 -6.4 -13.4 57 7.0 -9.1 36 3 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.6 2.46 11 500 5843 -12.3 -17.9 63 5.6 -14.1 23 5 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.3 1.87 12 450 6641 -16.8 -20.0 76 3.3 -17.7 334 3 322.1 322.5 291.2 328.0 1.73 13 400 7516 -21.9 -25.9 70 4.1 -22.8 329 8 326.6 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.16 14 350 8483 -29.9 -34.5 65 4.5 -30.6 351 14 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.5 0.59 15 300 9564 -37.5 -48.7 30 11.3 -38.3 358 21 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.15 16 250 10801 -44.7 -66.1 7 21.4 -45.3 1 15 339.6 339.7 294.3 339.7 0.02 17 200 12276 -48.6 -73.9 4 25.3 -49.1 276 7 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 14147 -53.5 -82.3 2 28.8 -53.9 213 14 378.0 378.0 301.9 378.0 0.00 19 100 16692 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 230 7 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.53 m Freezing level: 609.31 mb = 4299.32 m = 14105.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.44 mb = 3818.59 m = 12528.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.19 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.38 mb = 1317.19 m = 4321.45 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 25.79 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.57 mb = 1703.20 m = 5587.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.36 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -3.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 28.94 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 483.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.24 mb = 1646.24 m = 5400.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.24 mb = 1797.72 m = 5897.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.24 mb = 2320.60 m = 7613.41 ft B at Equ Level: 7.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 755.24 mb = 2538.14 m = 8327.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.3 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 51.3 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: -16.5 tot: -15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 583.40 Bulk Shear: 0.83 m/s