MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 39.34,-95.40 Latitude: 39.34 Longitude: -95.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 977 320 26.3 18.3 62 8.0 20.8 185 11 301.4 303.9 294.7 341.7 13.69 2 950 566 23.5 17.2 68 6.2 19.2 186 14 301.0 303.4 294.2 339.5 13.12 3 900 1036 19.0 16.4 85 2.5 17.2 186 15 301.1 303.5 294.3 339.8 13.18 4 850 1524 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.5 186 16 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.6 12.28 5 800 2035 11.7 9.6 87 2.1 10.4 198 19 303.6 305.4 292.2 331.8 9.43 6 750 2573 9.7 6.4 80 3.4 7.8 232 12 307.1 308.7 292.2 331.6 8.05 7 700 3145 6.7 6.0 95 0.7 6.3 259 15 309.9 311.5 293.2 335.6 8.39 8 650 3750 3.1 1.1 86 2.0 2.0 275 18 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.5 6.39 9 600 4395 0.0 -5.0 69 5.1 -2.4 284 22 316.2 317.0 291.7 330.2 4.39 10 550 5087 -4.3 -8.8 71 4.5 -6.3 286 25 318.9 319.6 291.9 330.6 3.57 11 500 5830 -10.1 -11.2 92 1.1 -10.6 286 29 320.7 321.3 292.1 331.4 3.25 12 450 6639 -13.4 -33.5 17 20.1 -17.6 291 39 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.50 13 400 7522 -20.3 -40.2 15 19.9 -23.4 287 45 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.29 14 350 8499 -25.4 -57.5 3 32.1 -28.2 286 54 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.05 15 300 9600 -33.0 -49.2 18 16.2 -34.4 285 72 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.4 0.14 16 250 10858 -42.2 -53.8 27 11.7 -42.8 284 78 343.4 343.4 295.3 343.8 0.10 17 200 12333 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 287 73 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14150 -61.3 -77.9 9 16.6 -61.4 289 54 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16629 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.6 302 30 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.83 m Freezing level: 599.60 mb = 4400.89 m = 14438.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.11 mb = 4038.97 m = 13251.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.16 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.90 mb = 1326.29 m = 4351.31 ft T: 16.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 8.20 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1387.73 m = 4552.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.61 C K Index: 38.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 389.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.66 mb = 1358.25 m = 4456.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.66 mb = 1407.68 m = 4618.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 331.66 mb = 8883.27 m = 29144.24 ft B at Equ Level: 407.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.66 mb = 12278.63 m = 40283.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.2 neg: -2.9 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 7.60 Bulk Shear: 53.78 m/s