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: 39.23,-94.70 Latitude: 39.23 Longitude: -94.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 986 272 24.8 16.7 61 8.0 19.4 197 5 299.1 301.3 293.0 334.8 12.24 2 950 598 21.4 14.4 64 7.1 16.8 205 12 298.9 300.9 291.9 330.8 10.91 3 900 1064 18.1 12.6 70 5.5 14.6 217 10 300.2 302.0 291.8 330.3 10.26 4 850 1551 13.8 11.0 83 2.8 12.1 216 7 300.7 302.4 291.6 329.4 9.77 5 800 2059 10.1 5.5 73 4.6 7.5 131 3 301.9 303.2 289.7 323.0 7.08 6 750 2592 7.1 -2.6 50 9.7 2.4 96 4 304.3 305.0 287.8 317.1 4.20 7 700 3157 5.4 -11.9 27 17.4 -1.5 329 1 308.5 308.9 287.2 315.5 2.19 8 650 3760 3.0 -7.5 46 10.5 -1.7 308 11 312.4 313.0 289.7 323.1 3.36 9 600 4403 -0.8 -3.5 82 2.7 -2.1 299 13 315.2 316.1 291.9 330.8 4.93 10 550 5094 -5.3 -9.4 73 4.1 -7.1 298 14 317.8 318.4 291.4 328.9 3.41 11 500 5834 -9.6 -23.0 33 13.4 -13.5 306 17 321.3 321.6 290.4 325.5 1.20 12 450 6640 -14.1 -37.5 12 23.4 -18.4 311 22 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.34 13 400 7524 -19.8 -38.7 17 18.9 -22.9 305 29 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.5 0.34 14 350 8497 -28.5 -33.0 65 4.5 -29.3 315 36 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.8 0.68 15 300 9591 -33.9 -56.6 8 22.6 -35.4 301 62 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.06 16 250 10845 -42.3 -64.7 7 22.5 -43.1 299 73 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 17 200 12322 -51.4 -71.2 8 19.9 -51.7 301 77 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14143 -61.2 -78.8 8 17.6 -61.4 313 58 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16626 -66.0 -86.6 4 20.6 -66.2 319 24 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.40 m Freezing level: 610.60 mb = 4266.97 m = 13999.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.44 mb = 2933.04 m = 9622.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.06 mb = 1284.06 m = 4212.76 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 19.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.32 mb = 1767.35 m = 5798.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.35 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 17.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.29 mb = 1557.78 m = 5110.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.29 mb = 2014.16 m = 6608.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.29 mb = 2878.03 m = 9442.24 ft B at Equ Level: 14.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 664.29 mb = 3583.35 m = 11756.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -32.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -41.2 tot: -17.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 20.60 m/s