MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 12 AUG 25 Station: 37.1,-93.7 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 971 385 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.2 276 1 296.0 298.8 294.4 340.6 15.49 2 950 578 22.2 18.1 78 4.1 19.4 296 4 299.7 302.3 294.4 340.3 13.89 3 900 1050 21.9 16.2 70 5.6 18.0 254 7 304.0 306.4 295.0 342.8 13.01 4 850 1544 19.1 12.6 66 6.4 14.8 254 16 306.1 308.2 294.0 338.8 10.87 5 800 2062 14.8 9.9 72 4.9 11.7 244 15 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.0 9.60 6 750 2605 10.7 7.5 81 3.2 8.8 226 15 308.2 309.8 293.0 334.7 8.71 7 700 3177 6.7 4.8 88 1.9 5.6 209 14 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.7 7.75 8 650 3782 3.2 1.7 90 1.5 2.4 203 13 312.6 313.9 292.6 333.4 6.69 9 600 4427 -0.7 -3.7 80 3.1 -2.1 200 14 315.4 316.3 291.9 330.8 4.84 10 550 5118 -4.3 -11.9 55 7.7 -7.4 201 16 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.2 2.79 11 500 5864 -7.7 -15.9 52 8.3 -10.6 193 17 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.2 2.21 12 450 6677 -11.5 -20.5 47 9.0 -14.4 194 16 328.7 329.1 292.9 334.6 1.67 13 400 7572 -16.5 -23.2 56 6.7 -18.4 223 14 333.6 333.9 294.0 338.9 1.48 14 350 8562 -23.4 -29.3 58 5.9 -24.7 230 17 337.2 337.4 294.5 340.7 0.96 15 300 9670 -32.2 -39.1 50 6.9 -33.1 220 15 340.0 340.1 294.7 341.7 0.43 16 250 10929 -42.3 -47.6 56 5.3 -42.7 248 21 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.21 17 200 12393 -54.7 -61.8 41 7.1 -54.9 271 24 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14193 -61.8 -76.8 12 15.0 -61.9 214 38 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.01 19 100 16682 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 210 25 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.38 m Freezing level: 608.45 mb = 4318.09 m = 14166.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.65 mb = 4115.52 m = 13502.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.44 mb = 411.41 m = 1349.75 ft T: 20.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.51 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.59 mb = 2055.88 m = 6744.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.40 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 269.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.29 mb = 1440.29 m = 4725.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.29 mb = 2657.04 m = 8717.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 425.29 mb = 7106.29 m = 23314.31 ft B at Equ Level: 268.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.29 mb = 11909.44 m = 39072.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: -29.5 tot: -29.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.69 Bulk Shear: 21.23 m/s