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: 37.71,-97.44 Latitude: 37.71 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 967 416 26.5 21.3 73 5.2 22.7 122 10 302.5 305.6 297.0 351.9 16.67 2 950 568 24.4 20.4 78 4.1 21.5 124 13 302.0 304.9 296.5 349.3 16.03 3 900 1039 20.1 19.0 93 1.1 19.3 140 15 302.2 305.1 296.2 348.1 15.52 4 850 1532 17.8 15.4 86 2.4 16.2 196 8 304.8 307.2 295.2 343.8 13.05 5 800 2049 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 272 9 307.0 309.0 294.0 338.9 10.56 6 750 2593 12.1 6.0 66 6.1 8.5 289 15 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.8 7.83 7 700 3170 9.8 1.5 56 8.3 5.2 311 18 313.3 314.5 292.3 332.4 6.08 8 650 3781 5.6 -2.0 58 7.6 1.7 318 22 315.3 316.2 292.1 331.4 5.08 9 600 4429 0.2 -7.8 55 8.0 -3.4 317 22 316.4 317.1 291.1 327.9 3.55 10 550 5119 -5.4 -13.3 54 7.9 -8.4 307 22 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.9 2.49 11 500 5858 -11.3 -19.3 52 8.0 -13.8 298 22 319.2 319.6 290.2 324.9 1.66 12 450 6657 -16.8 -29.4 33 12.5 -19.6 298 22 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.7 0.75 13 400 7530 -23.0 -37.7 25 14.7 -25.2 297 19 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.37 14 350 8493 -30.2 -51.3 11 21.0 -31.9 290 21 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.10 15 300 9571 -38.4 -55.5 15 17.1 -39.3 294 22 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.07 16 250 10803 -44.5 -64.6 9 20.1 -45.2 282 24 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 17 200 12294 -43.9 -72.2 3 28.4 -44.7 269 33 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.01 18 150 14186 -54.3 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 290 28 376.6 376.6 301.7 376.6 0.00 19 100 16699 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 284 4 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.59 m Freezing level: 597.89 mb = 4458.11 m = 14626.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.52 mb = 3988.57 m = 13085.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.05 mb = 1077.36 m = 3534.59 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.84 C/km ThetaE index: 27.14 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1453.33 m = 4768.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.31 C = 82.97 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -7.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.33 C Showalter Index: -6.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.84 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2126.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.28 mb = 1210.87 m = 3972.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.28 mb = 1972.03 m = 6469.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.28 mb = 11439.48 m = 37530.63 ft B at Equ Level: 2105.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.28 mb = 15204.27 m = 49882.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.82 Bulk Rich Number: 17.19 Bulk Shear: 123.68 m/s