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: 37.55,-98.39 Latitude: 37.55 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 144 SFC 957 525 19.4 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 87 3 296.3 298.7 293.0 334.7 13.31 2 950 586 19.2 17.0 87 2.2 17.7 112 5 296.6 299.0 292.7 333.9 12.91 3 900 1051 18.1 17.0 93 1.1 17.3 176 22 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.1 13.65 4 850 1540 16.0 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 197 20 302.9 305.3 294.8 342.1 13.25 5 800 2056 15.6 9.4 66 6.3 11.7 207 16 307.8 309.6 293.3 336.0 9.28 6 750 2604 14.4 2.2 44 12.2 7.5 189 10 312.3 313.4 292.0 331.0 6.00 7 700 3182 10.0 0.7 52 9.3 4.9 193 10 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.6 5.75 8 650 3792 4.3 0.1 74 4.2 2.0 221 8 313.8 314.9 292.4 332.4 5.92 9 600 4439 0.2 -1.8 86 2.0 -0.9 297 9 316.3 317.4 292.8 334.1 5.59 10 550 5132 -3.3 -8.7 66 5.4 -5.7 335 22 320.2 320.9 292.3 332.0 3.60 11 500 5879 -8.1 -15.4 56 7.3 -10.8 335 31 323.2 323.6 292.0 331.0 2.30 12 450 6689 -13.8 -20.8 55 7.0 -15.9 329 30 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.5 1.62 13 400 7571 -20.5 -27.2 55 6.8 -22.0 308 32 328.4 328.6 292.3 332.1 1.02 14 350 8545 -27.4 -31.7 67 4.2 -28.2 284 44 331.8 331.9 293.0 334.6 0.77 15 300 9640 -34.4 -37.5 73 3.1 -34.8 260 42 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.9 0.51 16 250 10891 -43.2 -46.8 68 3.6 -43.5 239 60 341.9 341.9 295.0 342.8 0.23 17 200 12353 -54.6 -60.9 46 6.2 -54.8 240 74 346.2 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 18 150 14205 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 292 14 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16696 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 297 7 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.53 m Freezing level: 597.25 mb = 4476.67 m = 14687.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.96 mb = 4239.48 m = 13908.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.87 mb = 760.95 m = 2496.52 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.12 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2709.00 m = 8887.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.42 C = 95.75 F Cap Strength: 4.47 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.73 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.05 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 30.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 238.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 227.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.93 mb = 1156.95 m = 3795.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.93 mb = 3993.92 m = 13103.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.93 mb = 9547.10 m = 31322.13 ft B at Equ Level: 235.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.93 mb = 11912.17 m = 39081.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 307.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.4 neg: -40.6 tot: 144.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 3.02 Bulk Shear: 79.00 m/s