MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.06,-94.86 Latitude: 39.06 Longitude: -94.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 985 280 24.8 16.6 60 8.2 19.3 197 6 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.7 12.15 2 950 598 21.4 13.9 62 7.5 16.5 202 10 298.9 300.8 291.7 329.9 10.59 3 900 1064 18.0 12.8 72 5.2 14.6 209 10 300.0 301.9 291.8 330.4 10.34 4 850 1550 13.8 11.0 83 2.8 12.0 205 7 300.6 302.4 291.5 329.2 9.71 5 800 2059 10.2 5.8 74 4.4 7.7 143 4 302.0 303.4 289.9 323.7 7.26 6 750 2592 7.3 -3.8 45 11.1 2.1 95 4 304.5 305.2 287.5 316.4 3.85 7 700 3158 5.8 -12.8 25 18.6 -1.6 339 2 308.9 309.2 287.2 315.4 2.03 8 650 3761 3.1 -5.4 54 8.5 -0.9 309 11 312.5 313.2 290.3 325.0 3.95 9 600 4405 -0.7 -3.6 81 2.9 -2.1 299 12 315.3 316.3 292.0 330.9 4.91 10 550 5096 -5.2 -10.1 68 4.9 -7.2 300 13 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.5 3.23 11 500 5836 -9.8 -24.4 29 14.6 -13.8 306 18 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.8 1.06 12 450 6643 -13.6 -35.7 14 22.1 -18.0 311 23 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.6 0.40 13 400 7528 -19.7 -32.4 32 12.7 -22.2 306 30 329.4 329.5 292.2 331.7 0.63 14 350 8501 -28.7 -32.1 73 3.4 -29.3 311 33 330.0 330.2 292.4 332.7 0.74 15 300 9597 -33.5 -57.3 7 23.8 -35.1 301 64 338.1 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 16 250 10851 -42.3 -64.7 7 22.4 -43.1 299 72 343.2 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12328 -51.4 -72.2 7 20.8 -51.7 301 75 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14148 -61.4 -78.2 9 16.8 -61.5 313 57 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16629 -66.4 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.5 319 24 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.37 m Freezing level: 609.13 mb = 4287.28 m = 14065.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 721.50 mb = 2909.98 m = 9547.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.17 mb = 1311.93 m = 4304.17 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1804.77 m = 5921.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.43 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.11 C Showalter Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 15.92 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 162.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.40 mb = 1576.17 m = 5171.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.40 mb = 2242.79 m = 7358.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 742.40 mb = 2675.95 m = 8779.25 ft B at Equ Level: 5.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 712.40 mb = 3014.09 m = 9888.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -38.4 tot: -23.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 20.32 m/s