MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.49,-97.15 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -97.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 970 382 26.0 21.6 77 4.4 22.8 120 10 301.8 304.9 297.0 351.9 16.98 2 950 569 24.0 20.5 81 3.4 21.5 122 12 301.5 304.5 296.5 349.3 16.23 3 900 1040 20.2 18.3 88 2.0 18.9 147 15 302.4 305.1 295.8 346.2 14.84 4 850 1533 17.8 14.9 83 2.9 15.8 192 11 304.8 307.1 294.9 342.4 12.61 5 800 2050 14.9 11.0 78 3.9 12.4 273 10 307.0 308.9 293.9 338.2 10.35 6 750 2594 11.9 6.0 67 5.9 8.4 288 16 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.6 7.84 7 700 3170 10.2 0.6 51 9.6 4.9 313 19 313.8 314.9 292.2 331.8 5.71 8 650 3781 5.6 -2.8 55 8.3 1.3 321 23 315.3 316.2 291.9 330.5 4.80 9 600 4429 0.2 -7.5 56 7.6 -3.3 319 24 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.64 10 550 5119 -5.3 -12.8 55 7.5 -8.2 308 23 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.3 2.59 11 500 5858 -11.1 -19.9 48 8.8 -13.8 297 25 319.5 319.8 290.2 324.8 1.57 12 450 6658 -16.7 -30.4 30 13.7 -19.6 291 23 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.68 13 400 7531 -23.0 -42.1 16 19.2 -25.5 289 20 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.23 14 350 8495 -30.1 -55.6 6 25.5 -31.9 281 21 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.06 15 300 9573 -38.1 -55.9 14 17.7 -39.1 282 22 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 16 250 10808 -44.0 -63.1 10 19.1 -44.7 268 25 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12300 -43.8 -74.9 2 31.2 -44.7 265 36 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 18 150 14191 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.3 272 21 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16700 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 292 4 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.63 m Freezing level: 598.37 mb = 4451.48 m = 14604.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.68 mb = 3961.29 m = 12996.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.90 mb = 944.76 m = 3099.56 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 27.25 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1497.22 m = 4912.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -7.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.88 C Cross Totals Index: 25.98 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1963.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.99 mb = 1204.55 m = 3951.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.99 mb = 2070.80 m = 6793.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.99 mb = 3075.00 m = 10088.46 ft B at Equ Level: 17.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.99 mb = 14707.47 m = 48252.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 190.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.99 Bulk Rich Number: 15.03 Bulk Shear: 130.62 m/s