MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 124 SFC 981 290 25.4 20.6 75 4.8 22.0 159 11 300.2 303.1 295.8 346.4 15.77 2 950 572 22.1 18.5 80 3.7 19.6 169 20 299.6 302.2 294.6 341.2 14.21 3 900 1043 20.9 16.3 75 4.5 17.8 188 16 303.0 305.4 294.8 341.9 13.10 4 850 1536 18.7 11.4 63 7.3 14.0 226 13 305.7 307.6 293.3 335.8 10.01 5 800 2053 15.4 7.7 60 7.7 10.7 228 8 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.6 8.25 6 750 2598 13.2 -0.2 40 13.4 6.0 245 6 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.03 7 700 3176 11.4 -4.3 33 15.7 3.5 263 4 315.1 315.8 291.0 327.7 3.96 8 650 3790 7.4 -4.9 41 12.3 1.3 295 7 317.4 318.2 291.9 330.6 4.10 9 600 4443 2.5 -10.7 37 13.2 -3.2 318 14 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.3 2.81 10 550 5139 -2.9 -14.7 40 11.8 -7.4 326 24 320.6 321.1 291.2 328.1 2.21 11 500 5886 -7.2 -35.0 9 27.8 -13.4 319 26 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.7 0.39 12 450 6699 -12.3 -29.8 22 17.5 -16.5 305 23 327.8 328.0 291.8 330.4 0.72 13 400 7587 -18.3 -42.8 10 24.5 -22.0 303 23 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.1 0.22 14 350 8570 -24.9 -40.5 22 15.6 -27.1 303 21 335.2 335.3 293.4 336.4 0.32 15 300 9672 -33.7 -47.0 25 13.3 -34.9 319 18 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.6 0.19 16 250 10920 -44.7 -50.4 53 5.7 -45.0 2 19 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.15 17 200 12375 -54.3 -67.8 18 13.5 -54.6 30 12 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14176 -62.3 -78.4 10 16.0 -62.5 0 7 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16670 -63.5 -90.1 2 26.6 -63.6 258 8 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.91 m Freezing level: 576.91 mb = 4764.35 m = 15630.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.50 mb = 3974.12 m = 13038.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.60 C = 88.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.93 mb = 899.57 m = 2951.30 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.66 mb = 2078.20 m = 6818.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.90 C = 91.23 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 18.62 C K Index: 21.61 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 285.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 260.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.46 mb = 1300.96 m = 4268.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.46 mb = 4735.40 m = 15535.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.46 mb = 11228.27 m = 36837.70 ft B at Equ Level: 284.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.46 mb = 13088.46 m = 42940.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.4 neg: -18.5 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.01 Bulk Shear: 94.62 m/s