MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.19,-93.55 Latitude: 37.19 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 980 367 21.4 12.4 56 9.1 15.8 173 10 296.3 297.9 289.7 323.1 9.25 2 950 636 18.0 10.3 61 7.7 13.3 172 13 295.4 296.9 288.6 319.5 8.30 3 900 1095 14.3 9.2 71 5.1 11.3 167 16 296.3 297.7 288.7 320.0 8.16 4 850 1576 11.3 5.9 69 5.4 8.3 167 9 298.0 299.3 288.2 318.2 6.87 5 800 2081 10.8 -18.0 12 28.7 0.7 135 9 302.7 302.9 284.0 306.4 1.16 6 750 2615 7.7 -0.5 56 8.2 3.5 141 2 304.9 305.9 288.8 320.0 4.93 7 700 3181 6.0 1.4 72 4.6 3.5 279 8 309.1 310.2 291.1 327.8 6.05 8 650 3787 3.2 0.3 82 2.8 1.7 288 13 312.6 313.7 292.1 331.4 6.04 9 600 4430 -1.9 -3.1 92 1.2 -2.5 304 16 313.9 314.9 291.7 330.0 5.09 10 550 5119 -4.6 -5.5 94 0.9 -5.0 306 19 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.5 4.62 11 500 5866 -7.3 -8.1 94 0.8 -7.7 282 31 324.1 324.9 293.8 337.8 4.15 12 450 6682 -10.9 -11.8 93 0.9 -11.3 277 43 329.5 330.2 294.6 341.2 3.43 13 400 7577 -17.0 -18.2 90 1.2 -17.4 282 50 332.8 333.3 294.5 340.8 2.27 14 350 8564 -24.2 -26.8 79 2.6 -24.8 283 51 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.6 1.22 15 300 9670 -32.9 -40.1 48 7.2 -33.8 279 43 339.0 339.1 294.4 340.5 0.39 16 250 10922 -44.4 -48.3 65 4.0 -44.6 292 45 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.19 17 200 12372 -57.1 -61.5 57 4.5 -57.2 303 55 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.05 18 150 14168 -62.5 -79.4 9 16.9 -62.7 313 66 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16630 -66.8 -86.9 4 20.1 -66.9 327 37 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.94 m Freezing level: 618.81 mb = 4187.77 m = 13739.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 4037.23 m = 13245.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.49 % Est. max temperature: 24.96 C = 76.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.37 mb = 1503.18 m = 4931.65 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.95 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.09 mb = 3227.20 m = 10587.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.45 C = 94.00 F Cap Strength: 6.62 C Lifted Index: 9.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.49 C Showalter Index: 10.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.66 C Cross Totals Index: 13.24 C K Index: 19.98 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.84 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9568.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.59 mb = 1668.47 m = 5473.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.7 neg: -44.8 tot: -13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 60.61 m/s