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: 37.69,-97.33 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 968 408 26.2 21.2 74 5.0 22.6 121 10 302.2 305.2 296.9 351.3 16.64 2 950 569 24.1 20.4 80 3.7 21.5 123 13 301.6 304.6 296.4 348.9 16.07 3 900 1040 20.1 18.3 90 1.8 18.8 144 15 302.2 304.9 295.7 346.0 14.85 4 850 1532 17.7 15.0 84 2.7 15.9 196 9 304.7 307.1 295.0 342.7 12.72 5 800 2049 14.8 11.2 79 3.6 12.5 271 9 306.9 308.9 294.0 338.6 10.50 6 750 2593 12.1 5.8 65 6.3 8.3 291 15 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.5 7.73 7 700 3170 9.8 1.3 55 8.5 5.1 314 18 313.3 314.5 292.3 332.2 6.00 8 650 3780 5.5 -3.0 54 8.5 1.2 320 22 315.2 316.1 291.7 330.2 4.72 9 600 4429 0.2 -7.4 57 7.6 -3.3 318 22 316.3 317.0 291.2 328.1 3.64 10 550 5118 -5.5 -12.6 57 7.1 -8.2 308 22 317.6 318.1 290.6 326.3 2.64 11 500 5857 -11.3 -18.7 54 7.4 -13.6 297 22 319.2 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.74 12 450 6657 -16.8 -29.2 33 12.4 -19.6 296 22 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.8 0.76 13 400 7530 -23.0 -36.9 27 13.9 -25.1 295 19 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.6 0.40 14 350 8493 -30.1 -50.9 11 20.8 -31.9 288 21 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.10 15 300 9571 -38.4 -55.6 15 17.2 -39.3 291 22 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 16 250 10803 -44.4 -64.6 9 20.2 -45.1 277 23 340.0 340.0 294.3 340.1 0.03 17 200 12295 -43.7 -72.1 3 28.4 -44.7 267 34 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.01 18 150 14187 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.6 -54.7 288 27 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.00 19 100 16699 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 285 5 402.0 402.0 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.91 m Freezing level: 598.59 mb = 4447.98 m = 14592.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.62 mb = 3948.86 m = 12955.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.35 mb = 1036.36 m = 3400.09 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.86 C/km ThetaE index: 26.55 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.41 mb = 1538.25 m = 5046.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.06 C Cross Totals Index: 26.32 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1947.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.51 mb = 1228.45 m = 4030.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.51 mb = 2096.65 m = 6878.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.51 mb = 11202.38 m = 36752.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1944.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.51 mb = 14816.37 m = 48609.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 331.6 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): 150.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.6 neg: -1.4 tot: 167.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.76 Bulk Rich Number: 15.65 Bulk Shear: 124.43 m/s