MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.55,-96.12 Latitude: 38.55 Longitude: -96.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 977 367 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.4 289 3 292.1 294.2 290.4 325.5 11.78 2 950 608 17.8 15.2 85 2.5 16.1 303 6 295.2 297.3 291.2 328.4 11.54 3 900 1071 16.6 11.9 74 4.7 13.6 300 5 298.6 300.4 290.9 327.1 9.76 4 850 1556 15.0 9.0 68 5.9 11.3 263 6 301.8 303.4 290.9 327.1 8.51 5 800 2068 12.5 6.1 65 6.5 8.8 226 10 304.5 305.9 290.8 326.8 7.39 6 750 2606 9.2 3.8 69 5.4 6.2 208 16 306.6 307.8 290.9 327.0 6.70 7 700 3175 5.1 1.2 76 4.0 3.0 204 22 308.2 309.3 290.7 326.5 5.96 8 650 3775 0.4 -0.5 93 0.9 -0.0 206 25 309.5 310.5 290.9 327.1 5.69 9 600 4414 -2.6 -3.4 94 0.8 -3.0 216 26 313.1 314.1 291.4 328.8 4.97 10 550 5102 -5.3 -6.2 93 0.9 -5.8 236 26 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.37 11 500 5845 -8.6 -9.9 91 1.3 -9.1 264 30 322.5 323.3 292.9 334.5 3.62 12 450 6654 -13.8 -15.5 87 1.7 -14.5 284 28 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.5 2.54 13 400 7539 -19.5 -21.7 82 2.2 -20.1 290 25 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.68 14 350 8517 -26.5 -29.2 78 2.7 -27.0 286 22 333.1 333.3 293.5 336.6 0.98 15 300 9613 -34.9 -37.9 74 3.0 -35.3 269 24 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.0 0.48 16 250 10857 -45.4 -48.9 68 3.5 -45.6 255 30 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12303 -57.1 -61.2 59 4.2 -57.2 242 35 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14165 -52.6 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 290 23 379.4 379.4 302.2 379.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -63.7 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.9 316 19 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.18 m Freezing level: 642.66 mb = 3868.45 m = 12691.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.64 mb = 3766.59 m = 12357.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.19 mb = 489.80 m = 1606.95 ft T: 17.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.60 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.10 mb = 2331.69 m = 7649.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.56 C Cross Totals Index: 17.62 C K Index: 28.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7850.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.06 mb = 1260.84 m = 4136.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.0 neg: -7.3 tot: 47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 41.37 m/s