MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.40,-91.59 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -91.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 993 241 27.7 21.1 68 6.5 23.0 294 1 301.4 304.4 296.4 348.8 16.09 2 950 627 22.4 19.2 82 3.2 20.2 267 1 299.9 302.6 295.1 343.4 14.87 3 900 1095 17.8 17.4 97 0.5 17.5 259 3 299.9 302.4 294.5 340.9 14.01 4 850 1582 14.2 10.3 77 4.0 11.8 283 5 301.0 302.7 291.3 328.4 9.27 5 800 2093 13.3 -1.9 35 15.2 5.6 281 7 305.3 306.1 288.1 318.1 4.16 6 750 2632 9.5 4.6 71 4.9 6.6 295 9 306.8 308.2 291.3 328.4 7.08 7 700 3201 6.0 1.0 70 5.0 3.3 298 6 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.3 5.88 8 650 3805 3.1 -4.9 56 8.0 -0.7 302 7 312.4 313.2 290.3 325.3 4.07 9 600 4449 -0.5 -9.9 49 9.4 -4.5 308 11 315.5 316.1 290.3 325.2 3.00 10 550 5139 -4.6 -16.8 38 12.1 -8.9 314 12 318.6 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.87 11 500 5881 -9.5 -22.4 34 12.9 -13.3 325 13 321.5 321.7 290.5 325.8 1.27 12 450 6688 -14.1 -37.4 12 23.3 -18.4 335 20 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.34 13 400 7569 -20.6 -40.4 15 19.8 -23.6 333 25 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.3 0.28 14 350 8542 -28.2 -44.3 20 16.1 -30.0 320 21 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 15 300 9627 -37.4 -50.6 24 13.3 -38.3 313 19 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.2 0.12 16 250 10863 -45.2 -62.1 13 16.9 -45.7 318 19 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12334 -50.5 -68.4 10 17.9 -50.9 296 21 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.02 18 150 14190 -55.8 -79.6 4 23.8 -56.1 274 11 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16717 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 260 8 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.98 m Freezing level: 607.53 mb = 4351.63 m = 14276.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.18 mb = 3690.54 m = 12107.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.15 mb = 1065.06 m = 3494.26 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 30.70 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.66 mb = 1041.02 m = 3415.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Cap Strength: -0.33 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: 2.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 19.76 C K Index: 28.97 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1343.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.65 mb = 1079.45 m = 3541.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.65 mb = 1127.06 m = 3697.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.65 mb = 11508.89 m = 37758.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1326.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.65 mb = 14330.63 m = 47015.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.6 neg: -1.7 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 195.98 Bulk Shear: 6.86 m/s