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: 37.49,-98.63 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -98.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 954 552 20.1 18.5 90 1.6 19.0 67 2 297.3 299.8 293.9 338.3 14.19 2 950 585 19.8 18.3 91 1.5 18.8 90 3 297.3 299.8 293.8 337.9 14.04 3 900 1050 17.8 17.5 98 0.2 17.6 179 22 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.2 14.14 4 850 1539 16.5 16.1 98 0.4 16.3 203 23 303.4 305.9 295.3 344.0 13.67 5 800 2056 15.8 9.1 64 6.7 11.6 210 18 308.0 309.7 293.2 335.6 9.08 6 750 2603 14.7 0.8 39 13.8 7.1 193 9 312.5 313.5 291.6 329.5 5.42 7 700 3182 10.1 0.5 52 9.5 4.9 199 8 313.6 314.7 292.2 331.6 5.69 8 650 3792 4.5 1.3 80 3.1 2.7 250 5 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.4 6.50 9 600 4440 0.4 -1.5 87 1.9 -0.6 320 12 316.6 317.7 293.0 334.9 5.74 10 550 5134 -3.1 -9.4 62 6.3 -5.8 340 25 320.4 321.1 292.2 331.6 3.41 11 500 5881 -8.2 -15.5 56 7.3 -10.9 333 29 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.7 2.29 12 450 6690 -14.1 -20.8 56 6.8 -16.1 328 30 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.2 1.62 13 400 7571 -20.9 -26.4 62 5.4 -22.2 308 35 327.8 328.0 292.2 331.8 1.11 14 350 8545 -27.3 -30.9 71 3.6 -28.0 283 45 331.9 332.1 293.0 335.0 0.83 15 300 9640 -34.1 -37.2 74 3.1 -34.6 258 44 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.52 16 250 10893 -43.1 -46.7 67 3.6 -43.3 236 60 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12356 -54.1 -60.3 46 6.2 -54.2 239 71 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.06 18 150 14207 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 307 17 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -67.9 293 5 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.90 m Freezing level: 593.99 mb = 4523.34 m = 14840.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.63 mb = 4324.40 m = 14187.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.65 mb = 752.68 m = 2469.38 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 14.49 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1508.05 m = 4947.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 31.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 485.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 181.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.30 mb = 1104.52 m = 3623.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.30 mb = 3675.26 m = 12057.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.30 mb = 10131.16 m = 33238.32 ft B at Equ Level: 483.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.30 mb = 13058.84 m = 42843.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 317.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.0 neg: -49.6 tot: 165.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 5.96 Bulk Shear: 81.40 m/s