MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 35.45,-94.87 Latitude: 35.45 Longitude: -94.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 997 190 31.6 21.5 55 10.0 24.3 181 5 305.0 308.0 297.5 354.1 16.45 2 950 619 25.9 19.5 68 6.4 21.3 184 5 303.5 306.3 296.3 348.6 15.18 3 900 1093 21.2 18.4 84 2.9 19.2 187 5 303.4 306.2 296.1 347.7 14.92 4 850 1586 17.3 15.5 89 1.8 16.1 245 7 304.3 306.7 295.1 343.4 13.14 5 800 2101 13.5 9.7 78 3.8 11.2 234 5 305.6 307.3 292.8 334.1 9.49 6 750 2642 10.3 2.8 60 7.5 6.2 260 7 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.0 6.26 7 700 3214 9.5 -10.1 24 19.6 0.9 304 6 313.0 313.5 289.1 321.2 2.53 8 650 3824 6.3 -14.1 22 20.4 -1.9 342 14 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.6 1.97 9 600 4474 1.7 -17.4 23 19.0 -5.3 348 22 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.5 1.63 10 550 5169 -3.2 -23.7 19 20.5 -9.4 352 24 320.3 320.5 289.9 323.9 1.03 11 500 5915 -8.0 -29.0 17 20.9 -13.3 355 26 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.8 0.70 12 450 6724 -13.6 -29.5 25 15.9 -17.3 356 27 326.2 326.3 291.4 328.8 0.74 13 400 7609 -18.9 -42.5 11 23.5 -22.5 344 31 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.23 14 350 8590 -25.3 -42.5 19 17.1 -27.6 338 32 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.6 0.26 15 300 9692 -33.1 -46.4 25 13.3 -34.4 4 28 338.7 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.20 16 250 10945 -43.9 -48.1 63 4.2 -44.2 356 39 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.20 17 200 12403 -55.2 -60.7 50 5.5 -55.3 20 28 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 14216 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 341 22 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16710 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 153 7 401.4 401.4 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.54 m Freezing level: 582.81 mb = 4712.85 m = 15461.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.02 mb = 3403.98 m = 11167.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.87 mb = 1456.17 m = 4777.40 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 32.95 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1481.38 m = 4860.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 21.21 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1644.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.26 mb = 1442.32 m = 4731.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.26 mb = 1593.18 m = 5226.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.26 mb = 12750.53 m = 41831.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1641.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.26 mb = 16165.48 m = 53035.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 7.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -7.3 tot: 36.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 39.44 Bulk Shear: 41.71 m/s