MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 129 SFC 984 271 28.8 18.9 55 9.9 21.8 197 8 303.4 306.0 295.6 345.2 14.09 2 950 581 24.8 17.7 65 7.1 19.9 198 10 302.3 304.8 294.9 342.3 13.53 3 900 1052 20.2 16.7 80 3.5 17.8 200 11 302.3 304.8 294.7 341.8 13.38 4 850 1542 15.4 15.1 98 0.3 15.3 204 12 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.2 12.82 5 800 2054 11.6 9.8 89 1.8 10.5 226 20 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.0 9.55 6 750 2591 8.2 4.2 76 4.0 6.0 222 19 305.5 306.8 290.7 326.5 6.92 7 700 3157 4.2 2.7 90 1.5 3.4 222 17 307.1 308.4 291.0 327.4 6.65 8 650 3757 1.3 -1.8 80 3.1 -0.2 237 18 310.5 311.4 290.7 326.6 5.18 9 600 4398 -2.0 -5.0 80 3.1 -3.4 243 19 313.9 314.7 291.1 327.8 4.39 10 550 5085 -6.1 -8.9 81 2.8 -7.2 245 20 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.4 3.56 11 500 5825 -10.3 -20.5 43 10.2 -13.4 248 24 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.6 1.50 12 450 6627 -16.5 -24.2 51 7.8 -18.4 251 24 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.7 1.20 13 400 7500 -23.4 -26.5 76 3.0 -24.1 260 22 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.4 1.10 14 350 8460 -30.9 -39.7 42 8.8 -32.0 273 23 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.3 0.35 15 300 9538 -37.7 -56.4 12 18.7 -38.7 281 32 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.4 0.06 16 250 10774 -44.5 -67.8 6 23.4 -45.2 279 45 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.0 0.02 17 200 12247 -51.3 -71.1 8 19.8 -51.7 277 66 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14082 -58.4 -80.3 4 21.9 -58.7 284 56 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16608 -63.2 -85.6 3 22.5 -63.4 306 17 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.99 m Freezing level: 629.87 mb = 4015.08 m = 13172.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.00 mb = 3719.76 m = 12203.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.16 C = 82.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.65 mb = 1525.54 m = 5004.99 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.75 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.84 mb = 1473.43 m = 4834.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Cap Strength: -0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.27 C Showalter Index: -3.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 39.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1647.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.95 mb = 1492.29 m = 4895.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.95 mb = 1542.60 m = 5060.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.95 mb = 11044.81 m = 36235.82 ft B at Equ Level: 1643.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.95 mb = 14975.28 m = 49130.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -9.3 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 101.63 Bulk Shear: 16.21 m/s