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: 37.29,-99.88 Latitude: 37.29 Longitude: -99.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 575 SFC 937 693 25.0 20.1 74 4.9 21.5 127 8 303.7 306.7 296.9 351.3 16.00 3 900 1053 24.2 19.3 74 4.9 20.6 148 20 306.4 309.4 297.5 353.9 15.82 4 850 1551 20.7 17.8 84 2.8 18.7 179 16 307.8 310.7 297.5 354.0 15.28 5 800 2074 18.6 9.5 55 9.2 12.8 219 5 311.0 312.8 294.2 339.7 9.33 6 750 2625 15.5 -4.6 25 20.1 5.5 48 1 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.0 3.63 7 700 3205 10.8 0.3 48 10.4 5.1 346 9 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.1 5.61 8 650 3817 6.1 -8.0 36 14.1 -0.3 346 19 315.9 316.5 290.7 326.4 3.23 9 600 4466 1.6 -19.2 20 20.7 -5.7 346 24 318.0 318.2 289.6 322.7 1.40 10 550 5161 -1.4 -33.2 7 31.8 -9.4 349 29 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.42 11 500 5913 -6.9 -31.6 12 24.7 -12.9 343 32 324.6 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.54 12 450 6724 -13.3 -36.9 12 23.7 -17.8 345 34 326.6 326.6 291.1 327.9 0.36 13 400 7607 -19.8 -47.4 7 27.6 -23.4 342 35 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 14 350 8585 -26.7 -48.1 11 21.5 -28.9 339 36 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.14 15 300 9677 -35.3 -52.8 15 17.5 -36.5 334 50 335.6 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.10 16 250 10924 -43.6 -58.5 18 14.9 -44.2 331 62 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.06 17 200 12391 -52.6 -71.8 8 19.2 -53.0 328 56 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14215 -59.4 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.6 324 27 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.7 0.01 19 100 16710 -66.3 -86.3 4 20.0 -66.4 319 9 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.98 m Freezing level: 573.42 mb = 4835.41 m = 15864.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.08 mb = 3777.75 m = 12394.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.54 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.74 mb = 1320.95 m = 4333.77 ft T: 22.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 28.95 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2466.40 m = 8091.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.85 C = 92.92 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2135.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.50 mb = 1720.42 m = 5644.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.50 mb = 3103.11 m = 10180.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.50 mb = 12766.15 m = 41883.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2131.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 345.6 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 15.6 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 5.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.0 neg: -37.5 tot: 129.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.87 Bulk Rich Number: 13.80 Bulk Shear: 154.74 m/s