MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508141200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508141200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 39.9,-97.5 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -97.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 958 474 27.2 20.3 66 7.0 22.2 173 15 304.1 307.1 296.9 351.3 15.84 2 950 544 25.7 19.3 68 6.4 21.2 174 18 303.3 306.1 296.2 347.9 15.04 3 900 1018 22.7 16.8 69 5.9 18.6 190 35 304.9 307.4 295.6 345.1 13.47 4 850 1514 20.7 13.2 62 7.5 15.7 201 28 307.8 309.9 294.8 342.0 11.29 5 800 2036 17.9 5.8 45 12.1 10.7 189 24 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.6 7.25 6 750 2587 17.5 -1.2 28 18.7 7.3 213 13 315.6 316.5 291.8 330.4 4.66 7 700 3171 13.0 0.0 41 13.0 5.8 247 10 316.9 317.9 292.9 334.4 5.49 8 650 3788 8.2 -2.1 48 10.3 2.8 286 12 318.2 319.2 292.9 334.5 5.05 9 600 4443 3.0 -4.3 59 7.3 -0.6 319 22 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.7 4.65 10 550 5141 -2.5 -10.2 55 7.7 -5.8 337 26 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.7 3.19 11 500 5889 -7.3 -20.2 35 12.9 -11.5 333 24 324.2 324.5 291.6 329.5 1.54 12 450 6702 -12.2 -29.0 23 16.8 -16.3 320 24 327.9 328.1 291.9 330.7 0.77 13 400 7592 -17.8 -38.6 14 20.8 -21.4 313 24 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.34 14 350 8573 -26.2 -41.5 22 15.4 -28.2 291 20 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.6 0.29 15 300 9669 -34.5 -54.1 12 19.6 -35.8 269 24 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 16 250 10920 -43.4 -61.9 11 18.6 -44.0 241 33 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12378 -54.8 -68.3 17 13.5 -55.1 226 26 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14175 -63.5 -77.8 13 14.3 -63.6 228 9 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16651 -63.8 -86.0 3 22.2 -64.0 197 5 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.03 m Freezing level: 572.74 mb = 4823.53 m = 15825.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.19 mb = 4318.96 m = 14169.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.88 C = 91.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.52 mb = 1357.18 m = 4452.64 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.46 C/km ThetaE index: 20.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.29 mb = 3167.31 m = 10391.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.82 C = 103.67 F Cap Strength: 5.53 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.66 C Showalter Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.97 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 331.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.28 mb = 1757.98 m = 5767.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 601.28 mb = 4425.99 m = 14520.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.28 mb = 12336.42 m = 40473.32 ft B at Equ Level: 756.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.28 mb = 14989.38 m = 49177.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 16.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.3 neg: -68.1 tot: 111.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 6.01 Bulk Shear: 127.43 m/s