MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.22,-91.00 Latitude: 38.22 Longitude: -91.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 209 SFC 997 233 22.8 12.3 52 10.5 16.3 337 4 296.2 297.8 289.5 322.4 9.07 2 950 650 17.0 9.9 63 7.2 12.7 336 5 294.5 295.9 288.0 317.7 8.05 3 900 1107 12.5 8.9 79 3.6 10.4 334 5 294.4 295.8 287.9 317.3 7.96 4 850 1583 8.1 6.0 86 2.1 6.9 333 7 294.6 295.9 286.9 314.6 6.91 5 800 2083 8.0 -21.7 10 29.7 -1.3 343 10 299.7 299.8 282.4 302.4 0.84 6 750 2611 4.9 -19.9 15 24.8 -3.0 338 15 301.9 302.1 283.5 305.3 1.05 7 700 3170 2.5 -23.2 13 25.7 -5.1 331 17 305.3 305.4 284.6 308.1 0.85 8 650 3765 -0.9 -24.6 15 23.7 -7.5 322 22 307.9 308.1 285.5 310.6 0.80 9 600 4398 -4.6 -25.6 18 21.0 -10.2 318 28 310.8 311.0 286.6 313.5 0.80 10 550 5077 -8.6 -26.1 23 17.4 -13.0 313 36 313.8 314.0 287.6 316.7 0.83 11 500 5809 -12.9 -28.3 26 15.3 -16.4 310 45 317.3 317.4 288.7 319.9 0.75 12 450 6603 -17.6 -41.7 10 24.0 -21.2 309 52 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.22 13 400 7474 -23.7 -48.0 9 24.3 -26.3 311 61 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.12 14 350 8433 -31.5 -50.9 13 19.4 -33.0 311 66 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.6 0.10 15 300 9504 -39.9 -59.3 11 19.4 -40.8 319 75 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.04 16 250 10728 -47.7 -61.9 18 14.2 -48.1 315 82 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 17 200 12179 -52.6 -69.3 11 16.8 -52.9 310 86 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14026 -56.3 -80.7 3 24.4 -56.6 305 68 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16565 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 301 36 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5599.79 m Freezing level: 663.60 mb = 3602.93 m = 11820.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 807.74 mb = 2003.50 m = 6573.08 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.48 % Est. max temperature: 21.52 C = 70.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.57 mb = 1538.86 m = 5048.69 ft T: 8.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 20.03 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1520.56 m = 4988.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.22 C = 70.20 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 6.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.92 C K Index: 1.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 129.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.73 mb = 1547.04 m = 5075.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.73 mb = 1595.81 m = 5235.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 838.73 mb = 1693.43 m = 5555.80 ft B at Equ Level: 11.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 808.73 mb = 1993.41 m = 6539.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.4 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 349.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 11.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 39.12 m/s