MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508141800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508141800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 14 AUG 25 Station: 36.5,-89.7 Latitude: 36.50 Longitude: -89.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 83 33.6 25.1 61 8.5 27.1 180 2 306.3 310.1 300.1 367.4 20.30 1 1000 133 31.3 22.9 61 8.3 25.1 174 3 304.4 307.7 298.2 357.8 17.88 2 950 591 26.5 21.1 72 5.4 22.6 172 3 304.0 307.2 297.5 354.0 16.79 3 900 1066 21.8 19.4 86 2.4 20.1 171 3 304.0 307.0 297.0 351.6 15.99 4 850 1560 17.7 15.3 86 2.3 16.1 187 2 304.7 307.1 295.1 343.4 12.99 5 800 2076 14.7 9.2 70 5.5 11.3 271 5 306.8 308.5 292.9 334.6 9.17 6 750 2620 12.2 2.2 50 10.0 6.6 270 8 309.8 310.9 291.2 328.3 5.98 7 700 3195 9.5 -5.1 35 14.6 2.4 272 11 313.0 313.7 290.2 324.9 3.73 8 650 3805 6.3 -12.8 24 19.1 -1.6 286 9 316.0 316.5 289.8 323.3 2.19 9 600 4456 2.9 -21.8 14 24.7 -5.3 310 7 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.4 1.12 10 550 5155 -0.6 -44.5 2 43.9 -9.4 352 7 323.3 323.4 289.9 323.8 0.13 11 500 5907 -6.8 -40.0 5 33.2 -13.4 358 9 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.24 12 450 6719 -12.6 -52.4 2 39.8 -18.0 299 7 327.4 327.4 291.0 327.6 0.07 13 400 7606 -18.8 -54.9 3 36.0 -22.8 285 7 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 14 350 8585 -26.2 -45.3 15 19.1 -28.5 254 10 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.19 15 300 9679 -35.5 -45.2 36 9.7 -36.4 240 13 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.23 16 250 10927 -43.0 -60.5 13 17.5 -43.7 230 28 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.04 17 200 12396 -52.9 -70.8 10 17.9 -53.2 220 46 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14205 -61.2 -74.9 15 13.6 -61.4 219 26 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16691 -66.4 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.5 270 10 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.50 m Freezing level: 558.90 mb = 5030.91 m = 16505.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.19 mb = 3553.28 m = 11657.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.92 C = 89.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.84 mb = 1164.04 m = 3818.97 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 44.17 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1276.67 m = 4188.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 25.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2412.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.78 mb = 1262.31 m = 4141.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.78 mb = 1311.57 m = 4302.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.78 mb = 13243.23 m = 43448.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2394.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.1 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 323.1 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 265.04 Bulk Shear: 9.10 m/s