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: 39.7,-95.2 Latitude: 39.70 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 119 SFC 979 308 30.6 22.1 61 8.4 24.4 163 8 305.6 308.8 298.2 357.7 17.39 2 950 574 26.2 18.8 64 7.4 21.0 168 10 303.8 306.5 296.0 347.0 14.55 3 900 1048 21.8 16.7 73 5.1 18.3 178 12 304.0 306.4 295.3 343.8 13.40 4 850 1542 19.6 8.9 50 10.7 13.0 191 13 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.3 8.45 5 800 2061 15.5 12.7 83 2.8 13.6 195 7 307.6 309.8 295.0 342.7 11.59 6 750 2607 13.8 -0.9 36 14.7 6.0 188 5 311.6 312.5 290.7 326.6 4.78 7 700 3186 11.6 -0.4 44 11.9 5.1 132 2 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.2 5.32 8 650 3801 7.1 -1.8 53 9.0 2.4 330 5 317.0 318.0 292.6 333.4 5.14 9 600 4454 3.1 -3.7 61 6.8 -0.3 311 19 319.7 320.7 293.2 335.4 4.86 10 550 5153 -2.8 -6.1 79 3.2 -4.4 324 27 320.7 321.6 293.1 335.1 4.43 11 500 5899 -8.5 -12.5 73 4.0 -10.1 340 26 322.7 323.3 292.4 332.5 2.93 12 450 6710 -13.3 -20.1 56 6.9 -15.4 330 22 326.6 326.9 292.4 332.5 1.72 13 400 7596 -18.7 -30.6 34 11.8 -21.3 306 23 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.75 14 350 8577 -25.5 -34.7 42 9.1 -27.1 297 19 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.5 0.58 15 300 9677 -33.7 -44.9 32 11.1 -34.8 272 18 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.8 0.23 16 250 10929 -43.9 -49.8 52 6.0 -44.2 259 23 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.16 17 200 12387 -55.1 -65.0 28 9.9 -55.4 175 4 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.6 0.03 18 150 14182 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.1 272 2 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16673 -62.9 -89.5 2 26.6 -63.1 230 8 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.48 m Freezing level: 573.90 mb = 4818.90 m = 15809.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.02 mb = 4372.85 m = 14346.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.20 % Est. max temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.80 mb = 1373.02 m = 4504.61 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 25.39 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.32 mb = 2025.78 m = 6646.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.58 C = 90.65 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.98 C Showalter Index: 1.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 25.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.10 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 978.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.33 mb = 1620.00 m = 5314.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.33 mb = 4221.84 m = 13851.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.33 mb = 12470.96 m = 40914.71 ft B at Equ Level: 974.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.33 mb = 15188.32 m = 49829.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.4 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 337.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.4 neg: -28.5 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 15.81 Bulk Shear: 61.87 m/s