MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.3 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 972 397 18.2 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 39 13 293.8 296.2 292.3 332.1 13.45 2 950 593 17.1 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 43 25 294.5 296.8 292.1 331.3 12.88 3 900 1056 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 73 16 299.4 301.9 294.3 339.8 13.85 4 850 1545 15.7 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 107 7 302.6 305.1 294.7 341.7 13.21 5 800 2059 13.5 13.4 99 0.2 13.4 189 4 305.6 307.8 294.8 341.9 12.14 6 750 2602 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 234 8 308.4 310.4 294.6 341.0 10.75 7 700 3175 8.0 7.5 97 0.4 7.7 245 12 311.3 313.1 294.3 340.1 9.36 8 650 3784 4.6 4.0 96 0.5 4.2 248 16 314.1 315.7 294.0 338.8 7.89 9 600 4433 0.5 -0.2 95 0.6 0.1 250 19 316.7 317.9 293.5 336.7 6.31 10 550 5126 -3.7 -4.3 95 0.6 -4.0 253 21 319.7 320.7 293.3 336.0 5.05 11 500 5874 -7.9 -8.6 95 0.7 -8.2 255 23 323.5 324.2 293.5 336.7 4.01 12 450 6686 -12.7 -13.7 92 1.0 -13.1 258 23 327.3 327.9 293.6 337.3 2.94 13 400 7575 -18.5 -20.0 88 1.5 -19.0 260 22 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.7 1.95 14 350 8557 -25.6 -27.7 82 2.2 -26.1 261 21 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.3 1.12 15 300 9655 -34.4 -36.9 78 2.5 -34.7 258 18 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.54 16 250 10902 -44.8 -48.1 70 3.2 -45.0 250 13 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.2 0.20 17 200 12355 -54.9 -59.3 58 4.4 -55.0 247 22 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14209 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 270 33 379.1 379.1 302.1 379.1 0.00 19 100 16730 -65.1 -87.0 3 21.9 -65.3 320 7 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.14 m Freezing level: 594.34 mb = 4511.10 m = 14800.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.35 mb = 4454.50 m = 14614.34 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.22 mb = 428.48 m = 1405.77 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 5.95 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 964.08 mb = 465.57 m = 1527.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.47 C = 65.25 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 38.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4704.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.70 mb = 879.83 m = 2886.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.5 neg: -20.9 tot: 166.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 164.94 m/s