MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.78,-98.55 Latitude: 39.78 Longitude: -98.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 955 544 18.3 16.9 91 1.5 17.4 138 6 295.4 297.7 292.3 332.1 12.78 2 950 589 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 150 8 295.6 297.9 292.1 331.5 12.46 3 900 1053 17.4 15.0 85 2.5 15.8 186 26 299.5 301.6 292.9 334.4 11.97 4 850 1541 15.5 14.6 94 0.9 15.0 201 23 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.1 12.41 5 800 2055 14.7 9.2 70 5.4 11.3 225 11 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.6 9.20 6 750 2600 12.5 5.9 64 6.6 8.6 280 6 310.1 311.6 292.8 334.1 7.78 7 700 3174 7.6 3.4 74 4.2 5.2 286 9 310.9 312.3 292.4 332.6 6.99 8 650 3780 3.1 1.7 90 1.4 2.3 285 10 312.5 313.7 292.6 333.2 6.67 9 600 4425 -1.3 -1.8 96 0.6 -1.6 280 8 314.6 315.7 292.3 332.3 5.58 10 550 5114 -5.1 -5.5 97 0.4 -5.3 309 7 318.1 319.0 292.5 332.9 4.62 11 500 5856 -9.7 -11.5 87 1.8 -10.4 321 9 321.2 321.9 292.2 331.7 3.17 12 450 6662 -15.1 -17.4 83 2.2 -15.9 325 8 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.6 2.17 13 400 7541 -20.9 -23.3 81 2.4 -21.5 93 3 327.8 328.1 292.5 332.9 1.46 14 350 8514 -27.8 -30.8 76 3.0 -28.4 191 7 331.2 331.4 292.9 334.3 0.84 15 300 9601 -36.3 -43.4 48 7.1 -37.0 225 24 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.3 0.27 16 250 10847 -43.3 -50.4 45 7.1 -43.7 236 62 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.4 0.15 17 200 12318 -50.9 -75.2 4 24.4 -51.3 248 67 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14171 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 290 35 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16688 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 310 16 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.98 m Freezing level: 614.52 mb = 4237.56 m = 13902.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4158.13 m = 13641.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.02 mb = 725.55 m = 2380.39 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 6.56 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 749.51 mb = 2605.13 m = 8546.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.32 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.30 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 214.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.42 mb = 1260.04 m = 4133.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.42 mb = 4116.43 m = 13505.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 363.42 mb = 8239.83 m = 27033.25 ft B at Equ Level: 101.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 273.42 mb = 10235.21 m = 33579.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.0 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 282.0 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -164.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.9 neg: -6.1 tot: 138.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 2.71 Bulk Shear: 37.62 m/s