MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 39.11,-91.70 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -91.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 SFC 993 240 28.2 21.6 68 6.5 23.5 124 4 301.9 305.0 296.8 350.9 16.61 2 950 635 25.5 17.8 62 7.7 20.1 138 7 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.4 13.62 3 900 1108 21.0 16.8 77 4.1 18.1 146 7 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.2 13.52 4 850 1599 17.1 12.3 74 4.8 14.0 177 6 304.0 306.0 293.3 335.8 10.64 5 800 2116 16.3 4.1 44 12.2 9.3 342 6 308.5 309.7 291.2 328.2 6.42 6 750 2662 13.1 -0.5 39 13.6 5.9 3 11 310.8 311.8 290.6 326.3 4.94 7 700 3238 9.5 -3.1 41 12.5 3.1 351 14 313.0 313.8 290.8 326.8 4.36 8 650 3847 5.0 -5.6 46 10.6 -0.0 340 13 314.6 315.4 290.9 327.1 3.88 9 600 4494 0.2 -11.8 40 12.0 -4.7 341 16 316.4 316.9 290.2 324.8 2.58 10 550 5185 -4.1 -20.9 26 16.8 -9.5 343 15 319.2 319.4 289.9 323.7 1.31 11 500 5929 -9.2 -27.5 21 18.3 -13.9 340 18 321.9 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.80 12 450 6734 -15.2 -35.4 16 20.2 -19.0 336 17 324.2 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.42 13 400 7612 -21.5 -41.1 15 19.7 -24.3 335 18 327.1 327.1 291.2 328.1 0.26 14 350 8583 -28.2 -47.8 14 19.5 -30.2 323 24 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.15 15 300 9668 -36.7 -52.1 19 15.4 -37.7 327 27 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 16 250 10909 -45.3 -51.4 50 6.1 -45.6 336 36 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.13 17 200 12360 -55.1 -64.6 30 9.5 -55.3 318 25 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14184 -58.3 -80.6 4 22.2 -58.6 266 22 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16704 -61.4 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 223 3 409.0 409.0 306.4 409.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.88 m Freezing level: 597.50 mb = 4528.72 m = 14857.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.61 mb = 3839.50 m = 12596.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.31 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.59 mb = 1072.74 m = 3519.45 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 24.64 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.11 mb = 2253.59 m = 7393.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.36 C = 95.65 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.31 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 26.01 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1378.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.16 mb = 1497.14 m = 4911.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.16 mb = 3413.85 m = 11200.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.16 mb = 12194.36 m = 40007.27 ft B at Equ Level: 1375.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.16 mb = 15308.94 m = 50225.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 346.8 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 16.8 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.4 neg: -4.0 tot: 53.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 37.33 Bulk Shear: 36.93 m/s