MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.56,-95.95 Latitude: 36.56 Longitude: -95.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 182 SFC 995 225 27.0 21.1 70 5.9 22.8 43 7 300.5 303.5 296.1 347.4 15.99 2 950 633 23.4 18.0 72 5.4 19.6 52 12 301.0 303.5 294.7 341.5 13.79 3 900 1103 18.9 16.6 87 2.3 17.4 54 13 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.2 13.35 4 850 1591 15.4 13.0 86 2.4 13.8 73 13 302.2 304.3 293.1 335.2 11.13 5 800 2105 13.7 10.1 79 3.6 11.4 89 4 305.8 307.6 293.1 335.1 9.76 6 750 2647 12.3 5.3 62 7.0 8.2 95 7 309.9 311.3 292.5 332.9 7.45 7 700 3224 10.0 -1.9 43 11.9 3.8 77 8 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.6 4.75 8 650 3836 6.9 -11.2 26 18.1 -0.9 58 9 316.8 317.2 290.3 324.9 2.49 9 600 4487 2.9 -15.9 24 18.8 -4.3 19 8 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.7 1.84 10 550 5186 -1.2 -22.3 18 21.0 -8.1 324 10 322.6 322.9 290.7 326.7 1.17 11 500 5938 -5.8 -20.7 30 14.9 -10.7 295 14 326.0 326.2 292.0 331.1 1.47 12 450 6756 -10.8 -23.5 34 12.8 -14.6 268 17 329.7 330.0 292.9 334.3 1.27 13 400 7650 -16.7 -28.5 35 11.8 -19.6 253 18 333.3 333.5 293.5 336.7 0.91 14 350 8640 -23.3 -32.4 43 9.1 -25.1 262 24 337.3 337.5 294.3 340.0 0.72 15 300 9749 -31.7 -37.3 58 5.6 -32.5 251 30 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.7 0.52 16 250 11009 -42.3 -49.9 43 7.6 -42.8 256 28 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.8 0.16 17 200 12484 -51.4 -68.9 11 17.5 -51.8 255 54 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14311 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.7 274 28 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.00 19 100 16756 -69.6 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.7 305 10 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.19 m Freezing level: 564.84 mb = 4978.53 m = 16333.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.67 mb = 3713.81 m = 12184.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.44 mb = 973.98 m = 3195.45 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 22.48 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1358.76 m = 4457.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.08 C = 82.55 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 18.79 C K Index: 22.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.42 mb = 1261.67 m = 4139.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.42 mb = 1507.07 m = 4944.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 808.42 mb = 2015.97 m = 6613.99 ft B at Equ Level: 5.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 768.42 mb = 2443.30 m = 8015.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 34.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 64.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -171.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -3.1 tot: 15.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.90 Bulk Shear: 0.93 m/s