MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.22,-93.51 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 977 363 24.7 15.8 58 8.9 18.8 40 3 299.9 302.0 292.8 333.9 11.63 2 950 603 21.0 13.8 63 7.2 16.4 40 3 298.5 300.4 291.5 329.1 10.49 3 900 1067 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.1 41 3 298.4 300.3 291.3 328.7 10.38 4 850 1550 11.9 10.5 91 1.4 11.1 28 3 298.6 300.4 290.6 326.2 9.42 5 800 2058 12.7 -5.8 27 18.5 4.1 339 10 304.7 305.2 286.8 314.3 3.09 6 750 2598 10.8 0.9 50 10.0 5.5 330 10 308.4 309.4 290.3 325.1 5.43 7 700 3170 7.3 0.1 60 7.3 3.5 316 7 310.6 311.7 291.1 327.8 5.51 8 650 3775 3.3 -4.1 58 7.4 -0.3 316 5 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.5 4.34 9 600 4419 -1.5 -5.3 75 3.8 -3.3 291 2 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.1 4.30 10 550 5108 -4.2 -14.4 45 10.2 -8.1 278 10 319.1 319.5 290.7 326.6 2.27 11 500 5852 -8.6 -29.6 17 21.0 -13.7 287 16 322.6 322.7 290.2 324.9 0.66 12 450 6660 -14.2 -25.1 39 10.9 -17.1 289 17 325.3 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.10 13 400 7542 -20.2 -25.1 65 4.9 -21.4 267 18 328.7 329.0 292.6 333.2 1.25 14 350 8520 -26.0 -29.7 71 3.7 -26.8 253 22 333.7 333.9 293.6 337.1 0.93 15 300 9618 -34.5 -39.9 58 5.4 -35.1 260 22 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.3 0.40 16 250 10864 -43.1 -46.8 67 3.7 -43.3 270 55 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12334 -53.3 -61.8 35 8.5 -53.5 266 78 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14182 -58.1 -84.8 2 26.7 -58.4 271 35 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16687 -65.3 -86.8 4 21.5 -65.5 316 15 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.12 m Freezing level: 615.67 mb = 4216.96 m = 13835.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.64 mb = 3729.59 m = 12236.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.98 mb = 1481.22 m = 4859.59 ft T: 12.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1519.32 m = 4984.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.24 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 4.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.52 C Cross Totals Index: 19.09 C K Index: 23.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6812.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.82 mb = 1522.35 m = 4994.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.7 at 7.8 knts Storm direction: 338.7 at 5.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -12.7 tot: -12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 9.49 m/s