MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 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 130 SFC 971 386 25.5 21.4 78 4.1 22.5 298 2 301.2 304.2 296.7 350.4 16.75 2 950 578 22.6 20.0 85 2.6 20.8 301 2 300.1 303.0 295.7 346.0 15.68 3 900 1049 20.9 16.7 77 4.2 18.0 272 5 303.0 305.5 295.0 342.7 13.39 4 850 1541 17.7 14.2 80 3.6 15.4 275 11 304.7 307.0 294.5 340.7 12.04 5 800 2058 14.3 10.1 76 4.2 11.7 253 12 306.4 308.2 293.3 335.8 9.76 6 750 2600 10.4 6.7 78 3.7 8.2 228 11 307.9 309.5 292.5 333.0 8.24 7 700 3171 7.2 3.3 76 3.9 5.0 226 11 310.5 311.8 292.2 331.9 6.94 8 650 3778 3.6 1.6 86 2.1 2.5 227 10 313.1 314.3 292.7 333.7 6.60 9 600 4423 0.1 -7.5 57 7.6 -3.4 216 11 316.2 316.9 291.1 327.9 3.62 10 550 5116 -3.6 -15.2 40 11.6 -7.9 216 15 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.0 2.13 11 500 5863 -7.4 -15.9 51 8.5 -10.5 214 20 324.0 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.22 12 450 6678 -11.2 -18.2 56 7.0 -13.6 212 21 329.2 329.6 293.4 336.2 2.03 13 400 7573 -16.3 -24.5 49 8.2 -18.6 207 18 333.9 334.1 294.0 338.6 1.31 14 350 8563 -23.3 -31.5 47 8.2 -25.0 222 16 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.3 0.78 15 300 9672 -31.8 -41.2 39 9.4 -32.9 258 15 340.6 340.7 294.8 341.9 0.35 16 250 10932 -42.5 -50.1 43 7.6 -43.0 275 19 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.5 0.16 17 200 12395 -54.5 -63.1 34 8.6 -54.7 235 16 346.4 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.04 18 150 14194 -63.2 -72.7 26 9.6 -63.3 229 37 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16685 -64.6 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 223 23 402.9 402.9 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.19 m Freezing level: 599.24 mb = 4433.95 m = 14546.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.83 mb = 4044.72 m = 13269.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.14 mb = 903.49 m = 2964.15 ft T: 21.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 18.53 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.59 mb = 1707.31 m = 5601.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.22 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.57 C K Index: 35.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 459.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.94 mb = 1301.85 m = 4271.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.94 mb = 2174.52 m = 7134.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.94 mb = 11228.78 m = 36839.39 ft B at Equ Level: 457.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.94 mb = 14237.47 m = 46710.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -14.6 tot: -14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 29.19 Bulk Shear: 15.76 m/s