MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.22,-93.27 Latitude: 37.22 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 972 388 24.7 17.5 64 7.2 19.8 96 5 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.4 13.03 2 950 591 23.1 15.4 62 7.7 17.9 99 7 300.6 302.8 293.0 334.9 11.66 3 900 1059 18.5 14.5 78 4.0 15.9 100 7 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.7 11.63 4 850 1546 13.8 13.4 98 0.4 13.6 102 7 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.2 11.46 5 800 2057 15.1 -27.4 4 42.5 1.8 351 4 307.3 307.3 284.9 309.0 0.50 6 750 2598 11.3 -18.7 10 30.0 0.5 5 8 308.9 309.1 286.3 312.7 1.17 7 700 3170 8.6 -23.9 8 32.5 -1.9 353 11 312.0 312.2 287.0 314.8 0.79 8 650 3777 4.1 -5.7 49 9.8 -0.6 346 13 313.6 314.3 290.5 325.8 3.83 9 600 4422 -0.5 -11.5 43 11.0 -5.0 341 10 315.5 316.1 290.0 324.2 2.64 10 550 5111 -5.5 -15.8 44 10.3 -9.2 332 8 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.3 2.02 11 500 5851 -10.2 -21.7 39 11.5 -13.6 315 11 320.6 320.8 290.3 325.2 1.35 12 450 6655 -15.4 -30.2 27 14.8 -18.6 312 14 323.9 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.69 13 400 7532 -21.5 -36.3 25 14.8 -24.0 318 13 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.6 0.43 14 350 8502 -28.5 -44.0 21 15.6 -30.2 324 11 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.22 15 300 9587 -36.9 -54.9 14 18.0 -38.0 328 17 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.07 16 250 10826 -45.1 -61.0 15 15.9 -45.7 336 34 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.04 17 200 12290 -50.0 -69.0 9 19.0 -50.4 284 19 353.6 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.02 18 150 14151 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 286 14 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16691 -63.2 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.4 220 10 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.09 m Freezing level: 605.40 mb = 4352.68 m = 14280.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.58 mb = 2714.02 m = 8904.15 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.95 mb = 1299.94 m = 4264.86 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 29.43 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.68 mb = 1539.63 m = 5051.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.08 F Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.52 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 23.65 C K Index: 4.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 184.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 186.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.22 mb = 1534.21 m = 5033.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.22 mb = 4472.28 m = 14672.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 296.22 mb = 9672.95 m = 31735.02 ft B at Equ Level: 183.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.22 mb = 11481.65 m = 37669.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.6 at 8.9 knts Storm direction: 19.6 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -5.5 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.21 Bulk Shear: 20.28 m/s