MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 14 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 116 SFC 980 289 17.8 16.8 94 1.0 17.2 123 5 292.6 294.8 291.1 327.8 12.37 2 950 563 24.3 14.5 54 9.8 17.8 156 18 301.8 303.9 292.9 334.3 10.98 3 900 1035 21.1 18.0 82 3.1 18.9 198 13 303.2 305.9 295.8 346.3 14.54 4 850 1529 18.1 12.2 69 5.9 14.3 210 10 305.1 307.1 293.5 336.8 10.58 5 800 2045 15.4 4.4 48 10.9 9.0 217 5 307.5 308.7 291.0 327.6 6.57 6 750 2590 13.1 -0.1 40 13.2 6.0 169 2 310.7 311.7 290.7 326.5 5.05 7 700 3166 10.2 -4.6 35 14.8 2.9 18 4 313.8 314.5 290.6 326.2 3.88 8 650 3778 6.6 -8.1 34 14.7 -0.2 12 11 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.7 3.18 9 600 4428 1.2 -7.0 54 8.2 -2.6 4 13 317.5 318.3 291.6 329.7 3.76 10 550 5123 -2.7 -14.4 40 11.7 -7.2 314 17 320.9 321.3 291.3 328.5 2.27 11 500 5871 -7.3 -23.1 27 15.8 -12.1 300 20 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.19 12 450 6683 -12.8 -31.5 19 18.7 -17.0 302 19 327.1 327.3 291.5 329.4 0.61 13 400 7571 -18.5 -39.9 13 21.4 -22.0 299 18 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.30 14 350 8550 -26.6 -46.9 13 20.2 -28.8 288 18 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.16 15 300 9642 -35.6 -50.0 22 14.4 -36.7 316 17 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.7 0.13 16 250 10883 -45.4 -49.0 67 3.6 -45.6 352 39 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12334 -54.5 -63.6 32 9.0 -54.8 7 34 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14148 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.7 304 7 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16652 -62.9 -89.7 2 26.7 -63.1 260 10 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.89 m Freezing level: 584.46 mb = 4644.14 m = 15236.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.56 mb = 3745.36 m = 12287.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.67 mb = 420.20 m = 1378.58 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 20.17 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2611.40 m = 8567.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.94 C = 96.70 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 22.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 345.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.15 mb = 1456.32 m = 4777.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 482.15 mb = 6151.34 m = 20181.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 402.15 mb = 7530.19 m = 24705.05 ft B at Equ Level: 42.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.15 mb = 11651.03 m = 38224.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.7 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 334.7 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -29.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.0 neg: -35.0 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.13 Bulk Shear: 79.52 m/s