MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 37.42,-98.39 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -98.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 958 510 19.9 17.9 88 2.0 18.5 93 3 296.6 299.1 293.3 335.9 13.59 2 950 584 19.4 17.3 88 2.0 18.0 121 5 296.8 299.2 293.0 335.0 13.21 3 900 1050 18.4 17.0 92 1.3 17.5 176 23 300.4 302.9 294.4 340.6 13.69 4 850 1540 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.2 198 21 303.3 305.8 295.3 343.9 13.68 5 800 2056 15.9 9.9 68 6.0 12.1 208 17 308.1 309.9 293.6 337.2 9.60 6 750 2604 14.6 2.5 44 12.1 7.7 187 10 312.4 313.6 292.1 331.5 6.12 7 700 3182 10.1 0.7 52 9.5 4.9 195 9 313.7 314.8 292.2 331.7 5.74 8 650 3792 4.5 -0.5 70 5.0 1.8 232 6 314.1 315.2 292.2 332.0 5.67 9 600 4440 0.0 -1.6 88 1.7 -0.8 303 10 316.2 317.3 292.9 334.2 5.67 10 550 5132 -3.6 -7.5 75 3.9 -5.4 334 22 319.8 320.6 292.4 332.8 3.97 11 500 5879 -8.0 -14.3 61 6.3 -10.4 338 32 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.7 2.52 12 450 6690 -13.7 -20.1 58 6.4 -15.7 332 32 326.0 326.3 292.2 332.0 1.72 13 400 7572 -20.4 -26.2 60 5.8 -21.8 314 32 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.5 1.13 14 350 8547 -27.1 -30.4 73 3.3 -27.7 287 38 332.3 332.4 293.2 335.5 0.87 15 300 9643 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.0 -34.6 261 38 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.1 0.52 16 250 10895 -43.1 -46.6 68 3.5 -43.4 240 58 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12357 -54.9 -60.2 52 5.2 -55.1 239 74 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.06 18 150 14206 -55.0 -82.5 2 27.4 -55.4 290 13 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16696 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 299 6 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.97 m Freezing level: 599.33 mb = 4448.97 m = 14596.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.18 mb = 4237.71 m = 13903.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.02 mb = 758.03 m = 2486.93 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 12.39 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 741.89 mb = 2694.94 m = 8841.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.18 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.43 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 31.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 303.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.04 mb = 1154.82 m = 3788.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 644.04 mb = 3867.02 m = 12686.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.04 mb = 9547.79 m = 31324.38 ft B at Equ Level: 303.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.04 mb = 12551.33 m = 41178.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.9 neg: -46.1 tot: 144.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 85.98 m/s