MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 35.73,-97.52 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 977 333 20.7 20.2 97 0.5 20.4 103 4 295.7 298.5 294.3 340.1 15.42 2 950 582 24.0 18.7 72 5.3 20.3 135 14 301.5 304.2 295.3 344.0 14.41 3 900 1053 20.8 14.9 69 5.9 16.9 153 11 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.4 11.93 4 850 1546 18.1 9.6 58 8.5 12.8 156 7 305.1 306.7 292.2 331.7 8.86 5 800 2062 14.7 9.8 73 4.9 11.6 145 2 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.6 9.55 6 750 2605 11.3 6.2 71 5.1 8.2 291 1 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.1 7.93 7 700 3179 8.9 2.6 65 6.3 5.4 345 7 312.3 313.6 292.5 332.9 6.61 8 650 3789 5.0 -3.1 56 8.0 0.9 340 16 314.6 315.5 291.6 329.5 4.69 9 600 4437 0.4 -5.5 65 5.8 -2.4 326 24 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.2 4.25 10 550 5128 -5.5 -10.9 65 5.5 -7.7 316 28 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.5 3.02 11 500 5866 -11.2 -20.0 48 8.8 -13.9 319 30 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.57 12 450 6666 -16.4 -25.9 44 9.5 -18.7 323 25 322.6 322.8 290.6 326.2 1.03 13 400 7543 -21.2 -35.0 28 13.8 -23.6 330 21 327.4 327.5 291.5 329.2 0.49 14 350 8514 -28.0 -38.2 37 10.2 -29.4 338 25 331.0 331.1 292.4 332.5 0.40 15 300 9605 -35.1 -42.3 48 7.2 -35.8 339 41 335.9 335.9 293.6 337.1 0.31 16 250 10856 -42.3 -47.4 57 5.1 -42.7 326 86 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.21 17 200 12341 -48.7 -76.4 3 27.8 -49.2 336 65 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14201 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 306 33 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16705 -65.6 -86.7 4 21.1 -65.7 298 5 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.79 m Freezing level: 596.79 mb = 4481.24 m = 14702.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.31 mb = 3961.23 m = 12996.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.23 mb = 388.28 m = 1273.86 ft T: 21.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.25 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.83 mb = 2074.49 m = 6805.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.99 F Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lifted Index: -4.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.29 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 32.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.47 mb = 1440.17 m = 4724.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.47 mb = 3971.82 m = 13030.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.47 mb = 10190.18 m = 33431.94 ft B at Equ Level: 713.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.47 mb = 12828.46 m = 42087.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.5 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 353.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: -8.4 tot: 47.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 7.70 Bulk Shear: 93.42 m/s