MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 36.13,-99.51 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -99.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 1 950 579 SFC 938 687 25.8 19.9 70 5.9 21.5 131 7 304.4 307.3 296.9 351.3 15.74 3 900 1057 24.6 18.6 69 6.0 20.4 145 17 306.9 309.7 297.2 352.6 15.19 4 850 1556 20.3 17.6 84 2.8 18.4 167 10 307.5 310.3 297.3 352.8 15.05 5 800 2077 17.3 11.4 68 6.0 13.4 241 5 309.6 311.6 294.8 342.1 10.63 6 750 2627 15.0 -2.3 30 17.4 6.0 22 6 312.9 313.7 290.7 326.5 4.30 7 700 3205 10.7 -3.3 37 14.0 3.5 359 10 314.3 315.1 291.1 327.9 4.27 8 650 3817 6.0 -8.9 33 15.0 -0.7 351 18 315.8 316.3 290.4 325.5 2.99 9 600 4466 1.6 -20.0 18 21.5 -5.8 349 24 317.9 318.2 289.5 322.4 1.30 10 550 5161 -1.4 -34.4 6 33.0 -9.4 351 29 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.37 11 500 5913 -6.4 -33.8 9 27.3 -12.8 348 35 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.8 0.44 12 450 6725 -13.0 -37.9 10 24.9 -17.7 347 37 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.1 0.32 13 400 7610 -19.3 -46.0 7 26.7 -22.9 344 40 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.15 14 350 8590 -26.0 -48.4 10 22.4 -28.5 340 42 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 15 300 9686 -34.3 -53.9 12 19.6 -35.7 337 49 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.08 16 250 10936 -43.1 -56.4 22 13.3 -43.7 335 58 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.2 0.07 17 200 12404 -52.8 -69.4 12 16.5 -53.2 331 48 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14223 -59.5 -80.0 5 20.5 -59.7 322 26 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16710 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.8 336 9 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5787.89 m Freezing level: 573.70 mb = 4831.79 m = 15852.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.10 mb = 3714.75 m = 12187.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.63 C = 88.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.12 mb = 1442.31 m = 4731.94 ft T: 21.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 26.31 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.34 mb = 2321.77 m = 7617.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.20 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -4.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 30.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1850.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.22 mb = 1789.48 m = 5870.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.22 mb = 3060.19 m = 10039.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.22 mb = 12992.63 m = 42626.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1821.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.7 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 21.7 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 138.8 neg: -26.0 tot: 112.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.40 Bulk Rich Number: 13.95 Bulk Shear: 132.69 m/s