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,-97.41 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -97.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 968 412 29.2 20.3 59 9.0 22.8 137 8 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.1 15.66 2 950 574 27.4 19.3 61 8.1 21.6 140 10 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.8 14.98 3 900 1050 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.6 145 10 305.0 307.8 296.5 349.3 14.84 4 850 1545 18.3 16.0 87 2.3 16.7 160 8 305.3 307.9 295.7 346.0 13.60 5 800 2064 15.5 13.6 89 1.8 14.3 294 6 307.6 309.9 295.5 345.0 12.37 6 750 2608 12.1 4.5 60 7.6 7.7 340 10 309.7 311.0 292.1 331.4 7.04 7 700 3184 9.6 -2.8 42 12.4 3.2 353 17 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.1 4.43 8 650 3794 5.3 -10.0 32 15.4 -1.3 349 23 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.9 2.74 9 600 4442 0.6 -13.6 33 14.2 -5.0 339 24 316.8 317.3 290.0 324.2 2.22 10 550 5134 -3.5 -29.6 11 26.1 -10.3 341 27 319.9 320.0 289.3 322.0 0.60 11 500 5879 -8.3 -35.2 9 26.9 -14.1 337 33 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.3 0.38 12 450 6687 -14.9 -33.4 19 18.5 -18.7 332 38 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.51 13 400 7564 -21.5 -35.4 27 13.9 -23.9 331 39 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.8 0.47 14 350 8535 -28.1 -47.8 14 19.6 -30.1 331 38 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.15 15 300 9624 -36.0 -54.2 14 18.1 -37.2 332 51 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10864 -44.5 -60.7 15 16.2 -45.1 325 54 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12332 -51.5 -67.3 13 15.8 -51.9 316 47 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14184 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 298 23 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16696 -64.8 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 303 4 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.88 m Freezing level: 592.48 mb = 4545.89 m = 14914.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.53 mb = 3611.77 m = 11849.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.75 mb = 1547.65 m = 5077.55 ft T: 18.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 28.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.61 mb = 1804.50 m = 5920.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.80 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1901.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.52 mb = 1630.92 m = 5350.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.52 mb = 2100.43 m = 6891.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.52 mb = 12120.79 m = 39765.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1893.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.52 mb = 15748.70 m = 51668.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.6 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 11.6 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 114.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 17.98 Bulk Shear: 105.74 m/s