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: 38.7,-98.6 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -98.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 952 555 19.1 18.4 95 0.7 18.6 202 2 296.4 298.9 293.6 337.0 14.09 2 950 576 19.7 18.4 92 1.3 18.8 197 3 297.2 299.7 293.9 338.2 14.19 3 900 1048 22.5 18.7 79 3.8 19.8 197 11 304.7 307.5 296.7 350.2 15.25 4 850 1543 19.0 13.5 71 5.4 15.4 191 9 306.0 308.2 294.5 340.7 11.54 5 800 2062 16.4 4.4 45 12.0 9.5 190 5 308.6 309.9 291.3 328.7 6.54 6 750 2608 12.9 1.2 45 11.7 6.5 263 3 310.6 311.6 291.1 327.9 5.58 7 700 3181 7.6 -1.1 54 8.6 3.1 311 5 310.9 311.9 290.7 326.7 5.06 8 650 3789 6.0 -15.0 20 21.0 -2.2 5 11 315.8 316.1 289.3 321.9 1.84 9 600 4440 2.4 -17.5 21 19.9 -4.9 13 10 318.9 319.2 290.0 324.3 1.61 10 550 5136 -1.8 -23.5 17 21.7 -8.5 354 9 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.6 1.05 11 500 5889 -5.0 -32.8 9 27.7 -11.9 344 8 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.49 12 450 6708 -11.5 -31.0 18 19.5 -16.1 346 16 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.1 0.64 13 400 7594 -19.8 -34.7 25 14.9 -22.6 343 23 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.1 0.50 14 350 8568 -27.6 -48.0 12 20.4 -29.6 330 23 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.14 15 300 9658 -36.2 -55.5 12 19.3 -37.4 324 22 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.07 16 250 10895 -46.1 -58.8 22 12.8 -46.5 319 25 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.8 0.05 17 200 12345 -55.5 -68.1 20 12.5 -55.7 312 21 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14147 -60.7 -76.4 11 15.7 -60.9 275 19 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16651 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 257 6 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.81 m Freezing level: 571.30 mb = 4839.81 m = 15878.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.69 mb = 3532.27 m = 11588.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.87 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.20 mb = 647.87 m = 2125.55 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 28.28 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2228.60 m = 7311.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 18.56 C K Index: 28.88 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 988.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.48 mb = 1477.58 m = 4847.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.48 mb = 2929.99 m = 9612.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.48 mb = 12297.35 m = 40345.16 ft B at Equ Level: 983.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.48 mb = 14960.84 m = 49083.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.5 at 8.1 knts Storm direction: 7.5 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.3 neg: -5.2 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 38.29 Bulk Shear: 25.82 m/s