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: 37.58,-97.41 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -97.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 968 402 26.6 21.6 74 5.0 22.9 123 10 302.5 305.7 297.2 352.8 16.97 2 950 567 24.6 20.6 79 4.0 21.7 125 13 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.1 16.26 3 900 1039 20.4 19.2 93 1.2 19.5 140 15 302.5 305.4 296.4 349.1 15.74 4 850 1532 17.9 15.4 85 2.5 16.3 193 9 304.9 307.3 295.3 344.0 13.09 5 800 2050 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 275 10 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.9 10.56 6 750 2594 12.1 6.2 67 5.8 8.6 286 16 309.7 311.2 292.9 334.2 7.98 7 700 3170 9.9 1.8 57 8.1 5.4 308 18 313.4 314.6 292.5 332.9 6.22 8 650 3781 5.8 -2.3 56 8.1 1.6 318 23 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.3 4.96 9 600 4430 0.3 -8.1 53 8.4 -3.4 317 23 316.5 317.2 291.0 327.7 3.47 10 550 5120 -5.3 -13.7 51 8.4 -8.5 308 22 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.7 2.40 11 500 5859 -11.3 -21.2 44 9.9 -14.2 297 24 319.3 319.5 290.0 324.1 1.41 12 450 6659 -16.9 -31.8 26 14.8 -19.9 297 23 322.0 322.1 290.0 324.1 0.59 13 400 7531 -23.1 -39.6 21 16.5 -25.4 295 19 325.0 325.1 290.6 326.2 0.31 14 350 8494 -30.2 -54.9 7 24.7 -32.0 287 21 328.0 328.1 291.2 328.3 0.06 15 300 9572 -38.3 -55.9 14 17.7 -39.2 292 23 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.07 16 250 10805 -44.3 -64.5 9 20.2 -44.9 281 25 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12297 -43.7 -72.1 3 28.4 -44.6 269 34 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.01 18 150 14189 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 290 24 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16700 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 289 4 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.55 m Freezing level: 597.09 mb = 4470.00 m = 14665.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.11 mb = 3981.76 m = 13063.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.80 % Est. max temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.72 mb = 1041.97 m = 3418.49 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.88 C/km ThetaE index: 28.68 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1414.24 m = 4639.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.08 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.21 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 36.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2246.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.29 mb = 1200.93 m = 3940.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.29 mb = 1753.04 m = 5751.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.29 mb = 11412.54 m = 37442.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2233.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.29 mb = 15157.03 m = 49727.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 330.6 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 165.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 17.56 Bulk Shear: 127.91 m/s