MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 973 398 27.0 18.8 61 8.3 21.2 116 9 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.4 14.13 2 950 605 24.9 17.3 63 7.6 19.6 118 11 302.4 304.9 294.7 341.4 13.18 3 900 1076 20.3 16.3 78 4.1 17.6 123 12 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.06 4 850 1567 16.2 13.4 83 2.8 14.4 139 9 303.1 305.3 293.6 337.1 11.43 5 800 2084 16.4 2.7 40 13.7 8.7 268 4 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.6 5.82 6 750 2630 12.9 4.6 57 8.4 8.0 284 10 310.6 312.0 292.4 332.6 7.10 7 700 3206 8.5 5.4 81 3.1 6.7 294 13 311.9 313.5 293.6 336.9 8.07 8 650 3814 4.4 1.0 78 3.4 2.5 325 11 313.9 315.2 292.7 333.8 6.34 9 600 4462 0.6 -4.6 68 5.2 -1.9 337 14 316.8 317.7 292.1 331.3 4.52 10 550 5156 -3.4 -15.5 39 12.1 -7.9 329 19 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.1 2.09 11 500 5902 -8.0 -36.4 8 28.4 -14.0 318 27 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.5 0.34 12 450 6711 -13.5 -39.1 10 25.6 -18.1 309 30 326.3 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.29 13 400 7596 -19.4 -55.2 3 35.8 -23.2 308 40 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.05 14 350 8573 -26.9 -48.5 11 21.6 -29.1 306 55 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 15 300 9665 -35.0 -53.3 14 18.2 -36.3 296 62 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.09 16 250 10912 -43.8 -63.9 9 20.1 -44.5 292 55 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12380 -50.2 -72.2 6 22.0 -50.7 287 54 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14230 -57.8 -82.3 3 24.6 -58.0 296 38 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16718 -66.1 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 273 10 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.52 m Freezing level: 592.43 mb = 4567.27 m = 14984.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.49 mb = 4177.42 m = 13705.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.19 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.39 mb = 1442.74 m = 4733.33 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 17.77 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.13 mb = 2505.34 m = 8219.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.57 C = 94.23 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 459.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.86 mb = 1588.42 m = 5211.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.86 mb = 3530.48 m = 11582.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.86 mb = 10834.17 m = 35544.75 ft B at Equ Level: 453.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.86 mb = 12956.31 m = 42507.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.6 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 349.6 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.5 neg: -4.2 tot: 99.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 5.59 Bulk Shear: 82.17 m/s