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: 37.67,-97.44 Latitude: 37.67 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 967 412 26.5 21.4 73 5.2 22.8 122 10 302.6 305.7 297.1 352.2 16.77 2 950 568 24.5 20.4 78 4.1 21.6 125 13 302.0 305.0 296.5 349.6 16.10 3 900 1039 20.2 19.1 93 1.1 19.4 139 15 302.3 305.2 296.3 348.5 15.62 4 850 1532 17.9 15.4 86 2.4 16.2 195 8 304.9 307.3 295.3 343.9 13.08 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 66 6.1 8.5 288 15 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.9 7.88 7 700 3170 9.8 1.6 57 8.2 5.2 310 18 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.6 6.14 8 650 3781 5.6 -2.0 58 7.7 1.7 318 22 315.3 316.3 292.1 331.5 5.07 9 600 4429 0.3 -7.9 54 8.2 -3.4 317 22 316.4 317.1 291.1 327.8 3.51 10 550 5119 -5.3 -13.5 53 8.2 -8.5 307 22 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.8 2.45 11 500 5858 -11.3 -19.9 49 8.6 -13.9 298 23 319.3 319.6 290.2 324.6 1.57 12 450 6658 -16.9 -30.1 31 13.2 -19.7 298 22 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.70 13 400 7530 -23.0 -38.3 23 15.3 -25.3 297 19 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.35 14 350 8494 -30.2 -52.5 10 22.3 -32.0 289 21 328.0 328.0 291.2 328.4 0.08 15 300 9571 -38.4 -55.6 15 17.3 -39.3 293 23 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10803 -44.4 -64.6 9 20.1 -45.1 282 24 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.1 0.03 17 200 12295 -43.8 -72.2 3 28.4 -44.7 269 33 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.5 0.01 18 150 14187 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 290 27 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16699 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 286 4 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.36 m Freezing level: 597.57 mb = 4462.85 m = 14641.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.52 mb = 3988.79 m = 13086.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.95 mb = 1068.63 m = 3505.95 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 27.70 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1437.65 m = 4716.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -7.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -6.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.91 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.18 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2175.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.52 mb = 1208.49 m = 3964.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.52 mb = 1864.59 m = 6117.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.52 mb = 11433.30 m = 37510.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2156.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.52 mb = 15193.22 m = 49845.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.8 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 330.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 160.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.4 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: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 17.41 Bulk Shear: 124.92 m/s