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: 37.60,-97.44 Latitude: 37.60 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 140 SFC 971 405 27.2 20.9 68 6.3 22.7 153 10 303.0 305.9 296.8 351.0 16.23 2 950 595 26.6 19.6 65 7.0 21.6 154 16 304.2 307.0 296.5 349.7 15.29 3 900 1070 22.1 18.0 77 4.2 19.2 157 18 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.6 14.54 4 850 1566 20.0 9.3 50 10.7 13.3 182 19 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.4 8.67 5 800 2087 19.4 -1.2 25 20.6 8.4 227 13 311.9 312.7 290.5 325.7 4.39 6 750 2638 15.8 -2.4 29 18.1 6.3 233 9 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.3 4.29 7 700 3218 11.3 -6.5 28 17.8 2.8 246 10 315.0 315.6 290.5 325.8 3.35 8 650 3830 6.0 1.6 73 4.5 3.5 271 12 315.8 317.0 293.5 336.6 6.60 9 600 4481 1.4 -1.7 79 3.2 -0.2 281 18 317.8 318.9 293.3 335.8 5.62 10 550 5177 -3.0 -6.0 80 3.0 -4.4 288 21 320.6 321.5 293.1 335.1 4.46 11 500 5925 -7.9 -9.1 92 1.1 -8.4 291 24 323.4 324.1 293.3 336.1 3.86 12 450 6736 -13.1 -13.5 97 0.4 -13.3 296 31 326.7 327.3 293.5 336.8 2.99 13 400 7623 -19.5 -19.7 98 0.3 -19.6 305 36 329.7 330.1 293.5 336.7 2.00 14 350 8599 -26.5 -28.8 81 2.3 -27.0 315 35 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.7 1.01 15 300 9700 -33.0 -43.3 35 10.3 -34.1 323 34 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.28 16 250 10957 -42.8 -57.8 18 15.0 -43.5 334 31 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.7 0.06 17 200 12418 -55.3 -62.5 40 7.2 -55.5 309 23 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 18 150 14216 -63.0 -81.9 6 18.9 -63.1 310 23 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16705 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 194 4 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5785.06 m Freezing level: 583.53 mb = 4710.45 m = 15454.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.86 mb = 4442.54 m = 14575.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.00 % Est. max temperature: 34.07 C = 93.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.27 mb = 1213.27 m = 3980.50 ft T: 21.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.10 C/km ThetaE index: 25.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.79 mb = 2775.69 m = 9106.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.19 C = 100.74 F Cap Strength: 4.60 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 19.36 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1142.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 213.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.07 mb = 1625.91 m = 5334.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.07 mb = 3591.25 m = 11782.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.07 mb = 12769.34 m = 41893.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1129.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.07 mb = 15633.94 m = 51291.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.6 neg: -8.8 tot: 107.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 14.21 Bulk Shear: 80.40 m/s