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: 37.65,-97.44 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -97.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 410 26.6 21.4 73 5.2 22.8 123 10 302.6 305.7 297.1 352.4 16.82 2 950 568 24.5 20.5 78 4.1 21.6 125 13 302.1 305.0 296.5 349.7 16.13 3 900 1039 20.3 19.1 93 1.1 19.5 139 15 302.4 305.3 296.4 348.7 15.67 4 850 1532 17.9 15.4 86 2.4 16.3 194 8 304.9 307.3 295.3 344.0 13.09 5 800 2049 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 273 9 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.9 10.56 6 750 2593 12.1 6.1 67 6.0 8.5 287 15 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.0 7.90 7 700 3170 9.8 1.6 57 8.2 5.3 309 18 313.4 314.5 292.4 332.7 6.16 8 650 3781 5.7 -2.0 58 7.7 1.7 318 22 315.4 316.4 292.1 331.5 5.07 9 600 4429 0.3 -8.0 54 8.3 -3.4 316 22 316.5 317.1 291.1 327.8 3.49 10 550 5119 -5.3 -13.6 52 8.3 -8.5 307 22 317.8 318.2 290.5 325.8 2.43 11 500 5859 -11.3 -20.3 48 9.0 -14.0 298 23 319.3 319.5 290.1 324.4 1.53 12 450 6658 -16.9 -30.5 30 13.6 -19.7 298 22 322.0 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.67 13 400 7531 -23.0 -38.6 23 15.6 -25.3 297 19 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.3 0.34 14 350 8494 -30.2 -53.1 9 22.9 -32.0 289 21 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.3 0.08 15 300 9571 -38.3 -55.7 14 17.4 -39.3 293 23 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10804 -44.4 -64.5 9 20.1 -45.0 282 24 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12295 -43.8 -72.1 3 28.4 -44.7 269 33 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 18 150 14188 -54.4 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.8 291 26 376.4 376.4 301.6 376.4 0.00 19 100 16699 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 287 4 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.74 m Freezing level: 597.41 mb = 4465.22 m = 14649.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.71 mb = 3986.48 m = 13078.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.40 mb = 1064.27 m = 3491.65 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 27.97 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1429.82 m = 4690.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -7.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.94 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.75 C K Index: 36.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2199.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.63 mb = 1207.34 m = 3961.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.63 mb = 1863.42 m = 6113.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.63 mb = 11430.33 m = 37500.62 ft B at Equ Level: 2182.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.63 mb = 15187.90 m = 49828.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.7 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 330.7 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.9 neg: -1.0 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.88 Bulk Rich Number: 17.52 Bulk Shear: 125.55 m/s