MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.22,-93.35 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 973 376 25.0 15.4 55 9.6 18.6 39 5 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.9 11.38 2 950 588 22.2 13.7 59 8.5 16.7 39 5 299.7 301.6 291.8 330.3 10.44 3 900 1054 17.5 12.7 73 4.8 14.4 40 4 299.6 301.5 291.6 329.8 10.31 4 850 1539 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 40 4 299.6 301.5 291.5 329.4 10.14 5 800 2048 13.3 -8.0 22 21.3 3.8 334 9 305.3 305.8 286.6 313.5 2.61 6 750 2589 11.3 2.4 54 9.0 6.3 321 9 308.9 310.0 291.0 327.5 6.05 7 700 3162 7.7 0.4 60 7.3 3.8 304 8 311.1 312.1 291.3 328.7 5.64 8 650 3768 3.8 -4.0 57 7.8 -0.0 285 6 313.2 314.1 290.9 327.1 4.38 9 600 4413 -1.0 -5.8 70 4.8 -3.2 270 7 315.0 315.8 291.2 328.2 4.13 10 550 5103 -4.3 -15.0 43 10.8 -8.3 278 15 319.0 319.4 290.6 326.2 2.16 11 500 5846 -8.9 -26.6 22 17.7 -13.6 282 14 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.3 0.87 12 450 6652 -15.1 -21.1 60 6.0 -16.9 263 8 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.7 1.58 13 400 7535 -19.0 -21.1 84 2.1 -19.6 255 18 330.3 330.7 293.4 336.6 1.78 14 350 8516 -25.3 -27.8 80 2.4 -25.9 261 27 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.6 1.11 15 300 9615 -34.8 -37.7 75 2.9 -35.2 262 30 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.49 16 250 10856 -44.0 -48.5 61 4.5 -44.3 259 47 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 17 200 12329 -52.5 -63.3 26 10.8 -52.8 258 72 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.04 18 150 14174 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 261 33 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16681 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 305 10 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.23 m Freezing level: 610.38 mb = 4279.03 m = 14038.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.50 mb = 3761.99 m = 12342.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.25 mb = 1586.35 m = 5204.50 ft T: 12.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 20.38 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.95 mb = 2848.25 m = 9344.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.34 C = 93.81 F Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lifted Index: 2.18 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.28 C Showalter Index: 2.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.47 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6034.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.54 mb = 1653.25 m = 5423.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 326.8 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 128.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: -11.3 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 14.62 m/s