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,-98.47 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -98.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 957 520 20.1 18.2 89 1.9 18.8 87 3 297.0 299.5 293.6 337.1 13.89 2 950 584 19.6 17.8 89 1.8 18.4 116 4 297.0 299.5 293.4 336.4 13.60 3 900 1050 18.2 17.2 94 1.0 17.5 177 23 300.3 302.8 294.6 340.9 13.87 4 850 1539 16.5 16.2 98 0.3 16.3 200 22 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.3 13.77 5 800 2056 15.8 10.1 69 5.7 12.2 208 18 308.0 309.8 293.7 337.6 9.76 6 750 2604 14.6 2.3 43 12.3 7.6 187 10 312.5 313.6 292.0 331.3 6.02 7 700 3182 10.2 0.5 51 9.7 4.9 195 8 313.8 314.8 292.2 331.6 5.66 8 650 3793 4.5 -0.2 72 4.7 2.0 239 6 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.4 5.82 9 600 4440 0.1 -1.3 91 1.3 -0.6 309 11 316.2 317.3 293.0 334.7 5.82 10 550 5133 -3.5 -7.9 72 4.4 -5.5 336 23 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.5 3.84 11 500 5880 -8.1 -14.5 60 6.4 -10.5 337 31 323.2 323.7 292.2 331.6 2.49 12 450 6690 -13.8 -20.1 59 6.4 -15.7 331 31 325.9 326.3 292.2 331.9 1.72 13 400 7572 -20.5 -26.1 61 5.6 -21.8 313 33 328.3 328.6 292.3 332.4 1.14 14 350 8547 -27.1 -30.3 74 3.2 -27.7 286 40 332.3 332.4 293.2 335.5 0.88 15 300 9643 -34.1 -37.1 74 3.0 -34.5 260 40 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.3 0.53 16 250 10895 -43.1 -46.5 69 3.5 -43.3 239 59 342.0 342.1 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12357 -54.8 -60.1 52 5.3 -54.9 238 73 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.3 0.06 18 150 14207 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 297 14 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 297 5 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.41 m Freezing level: 599.06 mb = 4453.03 m = 14609.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.85 mb = 4281.82 m = 14047.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.06 mb = 757.66 m = 2485.72 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 13.04 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.82 mb = 2661.73 m = 8732.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.55 C = 95.99 F Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.46 C Showalter Index: -2.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 31.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 383.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 208.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.56 mb = 1130.42 m = 3708.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.56 mb = 3835.50 m = 12583.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 286.56 mb = 9957.48 m = 32668.51 ft B at Equ Level: 380.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.56 mb = 12804.49 m = 42008.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.2 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 314.2 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.6 neg: -51.5 tot: 146.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 4.56 Bulk Shear: 84.03 m/s