MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 40.12,-94.78 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -94.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 979 308 22.4 20.3 88 2.1 20.9 95 8 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.3 15.51 2 950 571 22.2 17.3 74 4.9 18.8 116 16 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.2 13.18 3 900 1039 18.2 15.4 83 2.9 16.3 146 17 300.3 302.6 293.4 336.4 12.30 4 850 1526 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 149 18 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.3 11.99 5 800 2036 11.0 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 175 18 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.3 10.24 6 750 2574 8.3 8.0 98 0.2 8.1 204 17 305.6 307.2 292.4 332.7 9.04 7 700 3141 5.1 4.5 96 0.6 4.8 214 21 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.2 7.57 8 650 3743 1.6 0.3 91 1.3 0.9 220 24 310.8 311.9 291.6 329.5 6.02 9 600 4384 -2.4 -4.1 88 1.7 -3.3 226 22 313.3 314.2 291.2 328.2 4.70 10 550 5070 -6.1 -8.1 85 2.1 -7.0 230 20 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.0 3.77 11 500 5811 -10.2 -11.5 90 1.3 -10.7 233 20 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.1 3.18 12 450 6615 -15.6 -16.3 95 0.7 -15.8 235 21 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.7 2.39 13 400 7493 -21.6 -23.5 85 1.9 -22.1 239 18 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.9 1.43 14 350 8461 -29.4 -32.0 78 2.6 -29.9 259 16 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.8 0.75 15 300 9542 -38.1 -41.9 68 3.8 -38.5 280 15 331.7 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.32 16 250 10768 -48.3 -52.4 62 4.1 -48.5 283 17 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12214 -52.6 -71.8 8 19.1 -52.9 283 37 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14061 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -55.9 295 37 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16601 -62.0 -84.6 3 22.7 -62.2 302 18 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.53 m Freezing level: 629.93 mb = 4000.15 m = 13123.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.20 mb = 3877.10 m = 12720.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.56 mb = 575.33 m = 1887.54 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 14.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.24 mb = 1335.48 m = 4381.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.99 mb = 1201.67 m = 3942.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.99 mb = 1446.47 m = 4745.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.99 mb = 11087.09 m = 36374.51 ft B at Equ Level: 895.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.99 mb = 13333.85 m = 43745.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 12.03 Bulk Shear: 74.67 m/s