MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.15,-97.12 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -97.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 974 357 25.8 21.7 78 4.2 22.8 142 9 301.2 304.4 296.9 351.2 16.98 2 950 578 23.6 20.4 83 3.2 21.3 144 12 301.1 304.0 296.3 348.4 16.09 3 900 1049 20.2 15.4 74 4.8 17.0 155 15 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.7 12.32 4 850 1541 18.1 11.1 64 7.0 13.6 182 9 305.1 306.9 292.9 334.5 9.81 5 800 2057 15.3 6.5 56 8.8 10.0 248 8 307.4 308.9 291.9 330.6 7.62 6 750 2602 12.3 5.0 61 7.3 8.0 260 8 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.5 7.33 7 700 3176 7.8 5.3 85 2.4 6.3 298 9 311.1 312.6 293.3 335.8 8.03 8 650 3783 3.5 1.9 89 1.6 2.6 312 13 312.9 314.2 292.8 334.0 6.75 9 600 4428 -0.6 -3.3 82 2.7 -1.9 322 19 315.4 316.4 292.1 331.4 5.01 10 550 5118 -5.4 -7.6 84 2.2 -6.4 323 21 317.7 318.5 291.8 330.4 3.93 11 500 5859 -9.8 -16.1 60 6.3 -12.0 312 21 321.1 321.5 291.3 328.4 2.18 12 450 6664 -15.3 -30.3 26 15.0 -18.6 298 20 324.0 324.1 290.7 326.4 0.68 13 400 7541 -21.7 -42.6 13 20.9 -24.5 298 23 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.22 14 350 8509 -29.3 -43.9 23 14.6 -30.9 287 26 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.1 0.22 15 300 9589 -37.5 -58.9 9 21.4 -38.6 275 25 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 16 250 10828 -43.7 -65.9 7 22.2 -44.4 255 29 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.02 17 200 12316 -46.2 -73.5 3 27.3 -47.0 268 34 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.01 18 150 14197 -55.3 -83.7 2 28.4 -55.6 283 26 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16705 -65.9 -86.4 4 20.5 -66.0 309 5 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.44 m Freezing level: 607.45 mb = 4332.04 m = 14212.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.21 mb = 4148.06 m = 13608.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.04 mb = 885.50 m = 2905.13 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 20.57 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.40 mb = 1968.25 m = 6457.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1280.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.52 mb = 1345.18 m = 4413.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.52 mb = 2889.55 m = 9480.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.52 mb = 10976.13 m = 36010.50 ft B at Equ Level: 1275.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.52 mb = 14002.50 m = 45939.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.3 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 330.3 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 85.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 15.05 Bulk Shear: 85.08 m/s