MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 31 AUG 25 Station: 39.25,-94.62 Latitude: 39.25 Longitude: -94.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 985 271 27.8 18.1 56 9.7 21.1 205 10 302.2 304.6 294.7 341.6 13.35 2 950 591 22.8 16.6 68 6.2 18.7 206 12 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.4 12.64 3 900 1059 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 206 13 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.1 12.55 4 850 1546 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 208 16 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.9 11.44 5 800 2058 12.7 6.5 66 6.2 9.0 210 13 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.6 7.61 6 750 2596 8.6 6.4 86 2.2 7.3 248 14 305.9 307.4 291.7 330.2 8.04 7 700 3163 4.4 0.9 78 3.5 2.5 244 12 307.4 308.5 290.3 325.3 5.84 8 650 3762 1.0 -6.6 57 7.7 -2.4 249 15 310.1 310.8 289.2 321.5 3.58 9 600 4403 -1.5 -8.3 60 6.8 -4.4 255 17 314.4 315.1 290.4 325.4 3.41 10 550 5091 -5.4 -14.2 50 8.8 -8.7 256 19 317.7 318.1 290.4 325.4 2.32 11 500 5832 -10.0 -24.5 30 14.4 -14.0 256 19 320.8 321.0 290.1 324.5 1.05 12 450 6633 -17.1 -23.2 59 6.1 -18.7 252 19 321.8 322.1 290.7 326.3 1.32 13 400 7505 -23.9 -27.1 75 3.2 -24.5 251 30 324.0 324.2 291.0 327.6 1.04 14 350 8463 -31.1 -44.9 24 13.8 -32.4 253 25 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.6 0.20 15 300 9541 -37.6 -59.4 8 21.8 -38.7 266 33 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.04 16 250 10781 -43.7 -63.9 9 20.3 -44.3 274 60 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.03 17 200 12254 -51.5 -71.4 7 19.9 -51.9 275 72 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14084 -59.3 -79.8 5 20.5 -59.5 281 59 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16603 -64.2 -85.4 4 21.2 -64.3 309 21 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.64 m Freezing level: 629.21 mb = 4028.57 m = 13216.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.20 mb = 3466.47 m = 11372.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.62 mb = 1489.57 m = 4886.99 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 14.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1444.51 m = 4739.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.89 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 34.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 922.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.90 mb = 1397.67 m = 4585.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.90 mb = 1546.76 m = 5074.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 819.90 mb = 1850.14 m = 6069.94 ft B at Equ Level: 6.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.90 mb = 13292.00 m = 43608.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.9 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 269.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -9.8 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 93.22 Bulk Shear: 9.90 m/s