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: 37.74,-97.29 Latitude: 37.74 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 968 411 28.9 20.5 61 8.4 22.9 138 8 304.9 307.8 297.1 352.4 15.90 2 950 575 27.1 19.3 63 7.8 21.5 140 10 304.7 307.4 296.5 349.4 14.99 3 900 1051 22.5 18.4 78 4.1 19.6 146 10 304.7 307.4 296.5 349.3 14.96 4 850 1545 18.2 15.3 83 2.9 16.2 161 8 305.2 307.6 295.3 343.9 12.96 5 800 2063 15.4 13.6 89 1.8 14.2 292 6 307.6 309.9 295.5 344.8 12.33 6 750 2608 11.8 5.5 65 6.3 8.1 336 9 309.4 310.8 292.4 332.7 7.57 7 700 3183 9.3 -1.6 46 10.9 3.6 353 17 312.7 313.7 291.2 328.0 4.86 8 650 3793 5.3 -10.5 31 15.8 -1.4 350 23 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.6 2.65 9 600 4441 0.5 -12.3 38 12.8 -4.7 340 24 316.7 317.2 290.2 324.9 2.48 10 550 5132 -3.7 -28.9 12 25.3 -10.3 340 27 319.7 319.9 289.3 322.0 0.64 11 500 5878 -8.4 -34.9 10 26.4 -14.1 337 33 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.40 12 450 6685 -15.0 -33.3 19 18.3 -18.7 332 38 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.3 0.51 13 400 7562 -21.5 -37.5 22 16.0 -24.0 331 39 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.38 14 350 8533 -28.3 -46.7 15 18.4 -30.2 331 38 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.3 0.16 15 300 9621 -36.1 -53.9 14 17.9 -37.2 332 51 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10861 -44.5 -60.7 15 16.2 -45.1 325 53 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12329 -51.4 -67.3 13 15.9 -51.8 316 47 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14183 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 296 21 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16696 -64.8 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 301 4 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.75 m Freezing level: 593.55 mb = 4529.89 m = 14861.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.34 mb = 3613.02 m = 11853.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.16 mb = 1472.65 m = 4831.48 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 21.22 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1776.15 m = 5827.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 30.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1866.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.62 mb = 1589.46 m = 5214.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.62 mb = 2162.95 m = 7096.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.62 mb = 11989.12 m = 39333.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1862.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.62 mb = 15534.27 m = 50964.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 341.4 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 11.4 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.8 neg: -3.2 tot: 109.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 17.84 Bulk Shear: 104.61 m/s