MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 38.70,-91.78 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 992 211 27.9 21.1 66 6.9 23.0 28 5 301.7 304.7 296.4 348.9 16.02 2 950 594 22.9 19.3 80 3.6 20.4 27 6 300.4 303.1 295.3 344.3 14.98 3 900 1062 18.2 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 24 6 300.3 303.0 295.0 342.9 14.54 4 850 1550 14.5 13.4 93 1.1 13.8 23 8 301.3 303.4 293.1 335.1 11.46 5 800 2060 10.9 8.5 85 2.4 9.5 49 7 302.8 304.4 291.4 328.9 8.75 6 750 2596 8.1 3.1 71 5.0 5.4 80 6 305.4 306.6 290.2 324.8 6.40 7 700 3164 6.9 -15.3 19 22.2 -1.5 51 5 310.1 310.4 287.3 315.5 1.66 8 650 3768 2.9 -3.2 64 6.1 -0.1 20 7 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.65 9 600 4411 -1.2 -8.5 58 7.3 -4.4 3 5 314.7 315.4 290.4 325.5 3.35 10 550 5099 -6.2 -14.5 52 8.3 -9.2 94 2 316.7 317.2 290.0 324.2 2.25 11 500 5836 -11.8 -17.5 63 5.7 -13.6 138 4 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.1 1.93 12 450 6633 -17.5 -21.1 74 3.5 -18.5 127 4 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.6 1.58 13 400 7507 -22.3 -25.7 74 3.4 -23.1 52 9 325.9 326.2 291.7 330.1 1.18 14 350 8476 -28.0 -32.4 66 4.4 -28.8 22 9 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.72 15 300 9561 -37.8 -43.0 58 5.2 -38.3 17 7 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.29 16 250 10790 -46.6 -61.5 17 14.9 -47.1 44 7 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 17 200 12256 -49.2 -72.8 5 23.7 -49.7 242 8 354.9 354.9 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14128 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 216 20 378.3 378.3 302.0 378.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -63.8 -86.4 3 22.7 -64.0 260 9 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.88 m Freezing level: 614.73 mb = 4221.93 m = 13851.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.97 mb = 3036.22 m = 9961.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.42 mb = 1077.26 m = 3534.26 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 33.40 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 1032.24 m = 3386.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Cap Strength: -0.31 C Lifted Index: -6.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 25.23 C K Index: 17.57 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1950.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.20 mb = 1069.83 m = 3509.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.20 mb = 1117.42 m = 3666.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.20 mb = 11505.69 m = 37747.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1937.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.20 mb = 14825.94 m = 48640.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.2 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 73.2 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 5.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 6575.55 Bulk Shear: 0.30 m/s