MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508141200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508141200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 38.6,-98.2 Latitude: 38.60 Longitude: -98.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 953 518 32.7 18.3 42 14.4 22.4 178 10 310.1 312.8 297.3 352.8 14.01 2 950 543 32.6 17.9 42 14.7 22.1 179 12 310.3 312.8 297.1 352.0 13.68 3 900 1027 27.9 16.3 49 11.6 19.8 180 15 310.3 312.7 296.7 350.1 13.04 4 850 1530 23.2 13.8 56 9.4 16.9 181 16 310.5 312.7 295.8 346.5 11.78 5 800 2055 19.7 3.6 34 16.1 10.3 184 15 312.2 313.4 292.1 331.5 6.20 6 750 2606 16.0 -3.1 27 19.0 6.1 180 6 313.9 314.7 290.8 326.9 4.06 7 700 3186 11.6 -8.8 23 20.4 2.2 181 5 315.4 315.9 290.1 324.5 2.80 8 650 3801 8.2 -21.4 10 29.6 -2.2 195 3 318.2 318.4 289.3 321.9 1.07 9 600 4456 4.5 -23.5 11 28.0 -4.8 196 3 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.6 0.96 10 550 5157 0.1 -32.1 7 32.2 -8.4 189 4 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.47 11 500 5912 -4.9 -35.2 7 30.3 -11.9 196 5 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.38 12 450 6733 -10.2 -22.4 36 12.3 -14.0 221 9 330.5 330.8 293.2 335.5 1.40 13 400 7628 -16.7 -23.2 57 6.5 -18.6 256 10 333.2 333.5 294.0 338.5 1.47 14 350 8613 -25.5 -30.3 64 4.8 -26.4 251 9 334.4 334.6 293.7 337.7 0.88 15 300 9714 -32.9 -51.2 14 18.3 -34.4 258 9 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.11 16 250 10973 -41.4 -65.0 6 23.5 -42.3 326 14 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 17 200 12446 -53.3 -70.4 11 17.1 -53.6 327 18 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14244 -64.9 -77.3 16 12.5 -65.0 290 9 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16704 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 129 5 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.85 m Freezing level: 549.25 mb = 5168.49 m = 16956.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.78 mb = 3490.51 m = 11451.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 24.05 % Est. max temperature: 34.64 C = 94.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.73 mb = 2340.27 m = 7677.94 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 30.95 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.57 mb = 3072.20 m = 10079.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.58 C = 99.64 F Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 18.69 C K Index: 21.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.80 mb = 2517.90 m = 8260.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.80 mb = 4417.57 m = 14493.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 192.80 mb = 12675.06 m = 41584.35 ft B at Equ Level: 875.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.80 mb = 15457.81 m = 50713.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.0 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 216.0 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -10.3 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 187.11 Bulk Shear: 4.69 m/s