MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 38.86,-90.62 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -90.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 999 154 19.9 16.7 82 3.2 17.8 70 5 293.2 295.3 291.0 327.5 12.08 2 950 591 21.9 14.2 62 7.7 16.9 119 12 299.4 301.4 292.0 330.9 10.77 3 900 1057 17.9 13.2 74 4.7 14.9 131 8 300.0 301.9 292.0 331.3 10.67 4 850 1543 13.5 12.0 91 1.5 12.5 138 6 300.2 302.1 291.9 330.8 10.41 5 800 2051 9.7 8.9 95 0.8 9.2 157 1 301.5 303.2 291.2 328.1 8.98 6 750 2584 5.5 2.8 83 2.7 4.0 308 4 302.5 303.7 289.1 321.2 6.24 7 700 3145 3.7 -9.0 39 12.8 -1.6 349 10 306.6 307.1 287.2 315.3 2.75 8 650 3744 1.3 -14.8 29 16.1 -4.6 345 12 310.4 310.8 287.6 316.5 1.87 9 600 4384 -1.1 -20.8 21 19.7 -7.4 332 16 314.9 315.1 288.4 319.0 1.21 10 550 5073 -5.2 -27.1 16 21.9 -11.1 319 17 317.9 318.0 288.9 320.5 0.75 11 500 5813 -10.0 -30.3 17 20.3 -14.7 319 18 320.8 321.0 289.7 323.0 0.62 12 450 6617 -14.3 -39.1 10 24.7 -18.7 324 23 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.29 13 400 7500 -20.1 -36.4 22 16.3 -22.9 321 28 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.42 14 350 8473 -27.7 -49.2 11 21.5 -29.8 320 27 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.12 15 300 9562 -37.0 -52.8 18 15.8 -37.9 321 32 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10792 -47.9 -55.5 41 7.5 -48.2 321 44 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12237 -54.0 -68.9 14 14.9 -54.3 320 67 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14064 -58.6 -73.2 14 14.6 -58.8 318 54 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.01 19 100 16573 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 323 35 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.59 m Freezing level: 622.66 mb = 4094.00 m = 13431.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.41 mb = 2979.21 m = 9774.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.95 mb = 563.52 m = 1848.81 ft T: 21.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.99 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1645.90 m = 5399.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 22.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.50 mb = 1350.37 m = 4430.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.50 mb = 2004.10 m = 6575.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 654.50 mb = 3687.86 m = 12099.12 ft B at Equ Level: 77.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 504.50 mb = 5743.30 m = 18842.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: -3.5 tot: 54.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.78 Bulk Shear: 43.32 m/s