MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-94.67 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -94.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 985 294 15.5 14.0 91 1.5 14.6 85 5 289.9 291.7 288.3 318.7 10.25 2 950 605 19.3 14.4 73 5.0 16.1 131 14 296.8 298.8 291.2 328.3 10.89 3 900 1069 16.9 12.4 75 4.5 14.0 123 6 298.9 300.7 291.2 328.3 10.07 4 850 1553 12.7 10.1 84 2.6 11.2 125 4 299.4 301.1 290.7 326.4 9.19 5 800 2059 8.8 6.2 84 2.6 7.3 51 2 300.5 301.9 289.6 322.6 7.46 6 750 2590 6.4 -4.9 44 11.3 1.3 46 5 303.5 304.2 286.9 314.4 3.53 7 700 3153 4.4 -10.9 32 15.3 -1.8 39 6 307.3 307.8 287.1 314.9 2.37 8 650 3753 2.2 -16.8 23 19.0 -4.6 12 9 311.4 311.7 287.6 316.6 1.57 9 600 4395 -1.5 -13.5 40 11.9 -6.1 355 15 314.3 314.8 289.3 321.7 2.26 10 550 5083 -5.3 -14.1 50 8.7 -8.6 349 15 317.8 318.2 290.4 325.5 2.34 11 500 5824 -9.7 -25.4 27 15.7 -13.9 323 19 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.6 0.97 12 450 6629 -15.2 -29.9 27 14.8 -18.4 321 22 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.7 0.71 13 400 7508 -20.8 -42.4 13 21.6 -23.9 314 23 327.9 328.0 291.4 328.8 0.23 14 350 8479 -28.6 -39.7 34 11.1 -30.1 317 30 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.4 0.35 15 300 9564 -36.3 -52.7 17 16.4 -37.4 315 41 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.10 16 250 10806 -44.3 -63.7 10 19.4 -44.9 313 61 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12276 -51.9 -69.3 11 17.5 -52.2 314 89 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14100 -60.0 -79.4 6 19.4 -60.2 320 74 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16585 -66.4 -84.8 6 18.4 -66.5 338 32 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.59 m Freezing level: 620.72 mb = 4129.02 m = 13546.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.48 mb = 2816.31 m = 9239.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.32 % Est. max temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.20 mb = 477.60 m = 1566.92 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1668.64 m = 5474.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.27 C = 77.49 F Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lifted Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.29 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 19.85 C K Index: 17.28 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6476.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.11 mb = 1277.15 m = 4190.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 2.3 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 32.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -5.8 tot: 20.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 45.39 m/s