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: 37.39,-95.77 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -95.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 193 SFC 991 270 25.8 18.3 63 7.5 20.6 48 8 299.7 302.1 294.1 339.0 13.45 2 950 642 22.5 15.1 63 7.4 17.6 53 13 300.0 302.1 292.7 333.5 11.45 3 900 1109 17.9 13.6 76 4.2 15.1 56 13 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.1 10.97 4 850 1595 13.3 11.7 90 1.6 12.3 63 13 300.1 301.9 291.7 330.0 10.20 5 800 2107 15.6 -3.8 26 19.4 6.0 88 7 307.8 308.4 288.4 319.0 3.61 6 750 2651 12.7 -2.6 35 15.2 4.9 97 7 310.3 311.1 289.9 323.6 4.23 7 700 3227 9.6 -1.7 45 11.3 3.7 98 5 313.2 314.1 291.3 328.4 4.83 8 650 3838 6.3 -6.6 39 12.9 0.2 46 4 316.1 316.8 291.0 327.6 3.58 9 600 4488 2.0 -10.9 38 12.9 -3.5 354 7 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.6 2.77 10 550 5185 -2.3 -16.5 33 14.2 -7.5 318 13 321.4 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.91 11 500 5935 -6.5 -22.3 27 15.8 -11.4 291 18 325.2 325.4 291.6 329.6 1.28 12 450 6750 -11.6 -20.4 48 8.9 -14.4 273 23 328.7 329.0 292.9 334.5 1.67 13 400 7642 -17.4 -24.6 54 7.2 -19.3 265 23 332.4 332.6 293.6 337.1 1.31 14 350 8629 -24.5 -31.3 53 6.8 -25.8 257 26 335.8 335.9 294.0 338.8 0.80 15 300 9734 -32.3 -37.7 59 5.4 -33.0 244 32 339.9 340.0 294.7 341.8 0.50 16 250 10992 -42.7 -50.1 44 7.5 -43.1 245 34 342.6 342.7 295.1 343.3 0.16 17 200 12464 -51.5 -70.1 9 18.7 -51.8 258 55 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14296 -61.2 -82.6 4 21.4 -61.3 265 38 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16754 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 305 11 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.74 m Freezing level: 576.41 mb = 4817.08 m = 15803.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.35 mb = 3871.26 m = 12700.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.78 mb = 1216.06 m = 3989.66 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 19.93 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1540.80 m = 5055.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: 2.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.76 C Cross Totals Index: 18.14 C K Index: 20.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5311.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.61 mb = 1519.50 m = 4985.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.6 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 47.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.19 Bulk Shear: 5.15 m/s