MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.69,-97.29 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -97.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 968 406 29.0 20.6 61 8.4 22.9 137 8 304.9 307.9 297.2 352.5 15.94 2 950 575 27.1 19.3 63 7.8 21.6 140 10 304.7 307.5 296.5 349.4 15.00 3 900 1051 22.5 18.4 78 4.1 19.6 145 10 304.7 307.5 296.5 349.4 14.97 4 850 1545 18.2 15.3 83 2.8 16.3 161 8 305.2 307.6 295.3 344.0 12.98 5 800 2064 15.4 13.8 90 1.7 14.3 289 6 307.6 309.9 295.6 345.3 12.48 6 750 2608 11.8 5.6 66 6.2 8.2 335 9 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.8 7.64 7 700 3183 9.2 -1.3 48 10.5 3.7 352 17 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.3 4.97 8 650 3793 5.4 -10.9 30 16.3 -1.6 350 23 315.1 315.5 289.8 323.4 2.55 9 600 4441 0.6 -12.2 38 12.7 -4.6 340 24 316.8 317.2 290.3 325.0 2.50 10 550 5133 -3.7 -28.8 12 25.1 -10.3 340 27 319.8 319.9 289.4 322.0 0.65 11 500 5878 -8.4 -34.5 10 26.1 -14.1 337 33 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.41 12 450 6685 -14.9 -33.2 19 18.3 -18.7 332 38 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.3 0.52 13 400 7563 -21.4 -37.2 23 15.7 -24.0 331 39 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.39 14 350 8533 -28.2 -46.6 16 18.4 -30.2 331 38 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.17 15 300 9622 -36.0 -54.1 14 18.0 -37.2 332 51 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10862 -44.5 -60.7 15 16.2 -45.1 325 53 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12330 -51.4 -67.4 13 16.0 -51.8 316 47 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14184 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 297 22 372.3 372.3 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -64.8 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 305 4 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.21 m Freezing level: 593.35 mb = 4532.84 m = 14871.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.81 mb = 3607.26 m = 11834.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.21 mb = 1472.25 m = 4830.15 ft T: 18.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.12 mb = 1768.19 m = 5801.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.72 C K Index: 31.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1875.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.72 mb = 1588.53 m = 5211.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.72 mb = 2162.02 m = 7093.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.72 mb = 11986.78 m = 39326.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1872.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.72 mb = 15529.44 m = 50948.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.2 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 11.2 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.3 neg: -3.1 tot: 112.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.14 Bulk Rich Number: 18.08 Bulk Shear: 103.73 m/s