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: 38.43,-91.62 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -91.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 194 SFC 995 234 25.0 12.9 47 12.1 17.2 202 5 298.5 300.3 290.6 326.1 9.42 2 950 639 19.5 10.4 56 9.1 14.0 204 7 297.0 298.5 289.1 321.3 8.35 3 900 1100 14.9 9.2 69 5.7 11.5 206 7 296.9 298.3 288.9 320.6 8.16 4 850 1580 10.3 7.0 80 3.3 8.5 210 7 297.0 298.3 288.3 318.6 7.41 5 800 2082 8.4 -10.8 24 19.2 0.8 268 3 300.1 300.5 284.0 306.6 2.09 6 750 2612 5.9 -12.2 26 18.1 -1.1 314 6 303.0 303.3 285.0 309.2 2.00 7 700 3173 2.6 -6.9 50 9.4 -1.6 314 12 305.3 305.9 287.2 315.5 3.26 8 650 3771 1.7 -18.3 21 20.0 -5.1 308 15 310.9 311.1 287.2 315.5 1.39 9 600 4411 -1.9 -17.1 30 15.2 -7.2 302 19 313.9 314.2 288.5 319.4 1.66 10 550 5098 -5.4 -25.5 19 20.2 -10.9 299 23 317.7 317.9 289.0 320.7 0.87 11 500 5840 -8.9 -44.5 4 35.6 -14.9 304 29 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.7 0.15 12 450 6648 -14.0 -24.1 42 10.1 -16.8 306 39 325.6 325.8 291.7 329.8 1.21 13 400 7532 -19.2 -22.5 75 3.2 -20.1 299 54 330.0 330.3 293.2 335.5 1.57 14 350 8513 -25.2 -32.0 53 6.8 -26.5 291 64 334.7 334.9 293.7 337.5 0.75 15 300 9611 -34.9 -45.3 34 10.4 -35.8 301 63 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.22 16 250 10855 -44.9 -51.3 49 6.4 -45.2 305 79 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.9 0.14 17 200 12304 -57.7 -60.7 68 3.0 -57.8 299 77 341.3 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14100 -60.9 -80.2 6 19.2 -61.1 312 75 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16594 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 315 42 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.99 m Freezing level: 626.52 mb = 4071.70 m = 13358.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.16 mb = 2299.13 m = 7543.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.69 % Est. max temperature: 23.71 C = 74.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.07 mb = 1746.90 m = 5731.22 ft T: 9.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.30 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.41 mb = 2171.08 m = 7122.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.04 C = 80.67 F Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lifted Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 8.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.24 C Cross Totals Index: 15.91 C K Index: 16.82 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 127.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.96 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7520.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.74 mb = 1780.07 m = 5840.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 325.5 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -6.1 tot: 7.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 33.09 m/s