MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 38.4,-98.3 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -98.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 955 530 19.9 19.2 96 0.7 19.4 155 1 296.9 299.6 294.2 339.6 14.78 2 950 576 21.0 19.5 91 1.5 19.9 150 3 298.5 301.2 294.9 342.6 15.16 3 900 1049 22.7 18.0 75 4.6 19.4 194 9 304.9 307.6 296.3 348.5 14.62 4 850 1544 18.7 14.4 76 4.3 15.8 207 8 305.7 308.0 294.9 342.5 12.25 5 800 2062 15.8 6.0 52 9.8 10.0 185 5 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.5 7.37 6 750 2608 13.3 0.6 42 12.7 6.4 264 1 311.0 312.0 291.0 327.6 5.32 7 700 3182 7.8 1.0 62 6.8 4.1 274 4 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.4 5.88 8 650 3789 5.3 -14.9 22 20.2 -2.6 349 7 314.9 315.3 289.0 321.1 1.85 9 600 4440 2.8 -23.4 12 26.2 -5.7 17 9 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.7 0.96 10 550 5137 -1.4 -26.2 13 24.8 -8.7 6 8 322.4 322.5 290.3 325.3 0.82 11 500 5889 -5.2 -34.5 8 29.3 -12.1 347 9 326.7 326.8 291.2 328.3 0.41 12 450 6708 -11.2 -33.6 14 22.4 -16.2 345 16 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.0 0.50 13 400 7595 -19.6 -36.5 21 16.9 -22.6 341 17 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.0 0.42 14 350 8570 -27.6 -49.5 11 21.9 -29.7 328 18 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.12 15 300 9660 -36.2 -56.2 11 20.0 -37.4 320 19 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 16 250 10898 -45.7 -61.8 15 16.1 -46.2 313 23 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12350 -55.4 -69.0 17 13.6 -55.6 298 18 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 14152 -61.0 -76.1 12 15.1 -61.2 273 22 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16655 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 239 8 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.65 m Freezing level: 566.98 mb = 4900.12 m = 16076.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.15 mb = 3551.42 m = 11651.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.05 mb = 621.82 m = 2040.07 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.79 C/km ThetaE index: 20.87 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2062.27 m = 6765.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.61 C K Index: 31.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1057.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.45 mb = 1468.80 m = 4818.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 722.45 mb = 2919.33 m = 9577.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.45 mb = 12590.83 m = 41307.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1034.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.45 mb = 14919.67 m = 48948.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.1 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 8.1 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -11.1 tot: 24.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 49.48 Bulk Shear: 21.38 m/s