MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.19,-96.61 Latitude: 37.19 Longitude: -96.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 974 368 29.0 22.3 67 6.6 24.1 141 11 304.4 307.7 298.1 357.3 17.71 2 950 588 27.7 20.2 63 7.6 22.3 146 18 305.3 308.3 297.3 352.8 15.85 3 900 1065 23.3 18.9 76 4.4 20.2 152 20 305.5 308.4 297.0 351.8 15.45 4 850 1561 18.8 17.0 89 1.9 17.5 165 19 305.9 308.6 296.5 349.3 14.47 5 800 2083 20.6 -1.3 23 22.0 8.8 239 5 313.1 314.0 290.8 326.9 4.33 6 750 2635 17.2 -4.9 22 22.1 6.1 273 8 315.3 315.9 290.7 326.7 3.55 7 700 3219 12.9 2.9 50 10.0 7.1 298 11 316.8 318.1 293.9 338.1 6.74 8 650 3836 9.0 -5.6 35 14.7 1.8 308 15 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.8 3.87 9 600 4493 4.2 -9.4 36 13.6 -2.0 317 16 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.3 3.12 10 550 5194 -1.6 -11.4 47 9.8 -5.7 312 21 322.2 322.8 292.2 331.9 2.91 11 500 5942 -8.1 -14.8 58 6.7 -10.6 319 27 323.1 323.6 292.1 331.3 2.42 12 450 6751 -14.6 -24.1 44 9.6 -17.1 322 30 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.21 13 400 7631 -20.6 -37.6 20 17.1 -23.4 312 29 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.7 0.38 14 350 8605 -28.0 -38.6 36 10.6 -29.5 310 32 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.5 0.39 15 300 9689 -37.1 -49.5 27 12.4 -38.0 310 40 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 16 250 10928 -45.0 -59.5 18 14.5 -45.5 308 57 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 17 200 12390 -52.1 -69.5 11 17.4 -52.4 303 53 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14222 -58.9 -79.7 5 20.8 -59.2 277 27 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16725 -64.0 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 254 3 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.43 m Freezing level: 563.60 mb = 5003.07 m = 16414.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.30 mb = 4141.15 m = 13586.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.16 % Est. max temperature: 34.11 C = 93.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.74 mb = 1213.47 m = 3981.16 ft T: 21.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.72 C/km ThetaE index: 30.56 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2790.84 m = 9156.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.14 C = 104.25 F Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lifted Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.95 C Cross Totals Index: 25.09 C K Index: 33.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2206.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.26 mb = 1558.61 m = 5113.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.26 mb = 4154.78 m = 13631.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.26 mb = 12877.32 m = 42247.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2178.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.26 mb = 16408.30 m = 53832.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.7 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 325.7 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.7 neg: -5.1 tot: 130.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.68 Bulk Rich Number: 16.09 Bulk Shear: 137.12 m/s