MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 40.0,-95.2 Latitude: 40.00 Longitude: -95.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 135 SFC 982 289 16.9 16.5 98 0.3 16.7 358 3 291.5 293.7 290.5 325.8 12.12 2 950 579 22.6 18.3 77 4.3 19.6 5 5 300.2 302.7 294.7 341.4 14.10 3 900 1049 20.4 15.5 74 4.9 17.1 319 6 302.5 304.8 294.1 339.1 12.39 4 850 1542 18.5 5.7 43 12.8 11.0 323 8 305.6 306.8 290.6 326.1 6.77 5 800 2058 14.5 3.5 48 11.0 8.3 328 14 306.6 307.7 290.4 325.4 6.16 6 750 2598 9.7 1.6 57 8.2 5.3 323 17 307.1 308.2 290.2 324.7 5.71 7 700 3166 6.0 -6.8 39 12.8 0.2 327 16 309.1 309.7 288.5 319.4 3.27 8 650 3771 5.8 -33.7 4 39.5 -4.6 320 16 315.5 315.5 287.6 316.7 0.34 9 600 4422 2.7 -22.7 13 25.4 -5.6 330 14 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.8 1.03 10 550 5120 -1.2 -23.2 17 22.0 -8.2 320 12 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.08 11 500 5872 -6.2 -29.8 13 23.6 -12.3 298 10 325.5 325.7 291.1 327.9 0.65 12 450 6686 -12.2 -41.1 7 28.9 -17.3 284 14 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.8 0.23 13 400 7573 -19.4 -44.5 9 25.1 -22.9 278 16 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.5 0.18 14 350 8548 -27.8 -44.5 19 16.8 -29.6 271 12 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.21 15 300 9636 -36.7 -54.6 14 18.0 -37.7 254 14 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.08 16 250 10870 -45.9 -61.1 16 15.2 -46.4 262 19 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 17 200 12326 -54.4 -68.0 17 13.5 -54.7 264 22 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14128 -61.9 -72.3 24 10.4 -62.0 262 26 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16643 -60.8 -85.5 2 24.7 -61.1 255 13 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.24 m Freezing level: 565.56 mb = 4902.98 m = 16085.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.94 mb = 3190.05 m = 10465.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.71 % Est. max temperature: 31.22 C = 88.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.45 mb = 331.48 m = 1087.53 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 24.75 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 982.26 mb = 288.82 m = 947.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.42 C = 63.35 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: 7.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 11.86 C K Index: 17.61 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 93.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 157.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.96 mb = 1282.64 m = 4208.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.96 mb = 2698.00 m = 8851.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 680.96 mb = 3391.25 m = 11126.02 ft B at Equ Level: 50.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 610.96 mb = 4274.92 m = 14025.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.8 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 351.8 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -1.9 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 13.96 Bulk Shear: 10.83 m/s