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: 37.94,-99.19 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -99.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 559 SFC 941 644 30.7 20.2 54 10.5 23.1 154 20 309.2 312.2 298.3 358.1 16.08 3 900 1039 24.9 18.5 67 6.5 20.4 157 28 307.2 310.0 297.1 352.4 15.02 4 850 1538 21.7 15.9 70 5.7 17.7 182 36 308.8 311.4 296.6 349.8 13.50 5 800 2064 20.5 10.8 54 9.7 14.1 205 32 313.0 315.0 295.4 344.6 10.21 6 750 2619 17.2 8.2 56 8.9 11.5 213 30 315.2 317.0 295.3 343.8 9.16 7 700 3204 13.0 6.6 65 6.4 9.0 229 31 316.9 318.6 295.4 344.5 8.79 8 650 3823 9.2 -1.6 47 10.9 3.4 248 28 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.2 5.22 9 600 4481 4.7 -10.1 33 14.8 -1.9 264 24 321.5 322.1 292.1 331.4 2.95 10 550 5182 -0.9 -14.6 35 13.6 -6.3 280 27 323.0 323.4 291.9 330.6 2.24 11 500 5932 -7.9 -16.8 49 8.9 -11.1 291 27 323.4 323.8 291.8 330.4 2.05 12 450 6742 -13.5 -25.8 35 12.3 -16.7 299 31 326.3 326.5 291.7 329.9 1.04 13 400 7627 -19.3 -31.5 33 12.2 -21.8 305 31 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.4 0.68 14 350 8606 -25.9 -35.0 42 9.1 -27.4 306 30 333.8 333.9 293.3 335.9 0.56 15 300 9707 -32.8 -42.2 39 9.4 -33.8 300 28 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.4 0.31 16 250 10962 -43.6 -56.1 24 12.6 -44.2 311 36 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.08 17 200 12419 -55.7 -65.6 28 9.9 -55.9 299 27 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14210 -63.3 -80.2 8 16.9 -63.5 296 33 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16699 -64.7 -85.5 4 20.8 -64.9 177 7 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.23 m Freezing level: 558.40 mb = 5064.02 m = 16614.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.05 mb = 4237.22 m = 13901.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.11 % Est. max temperature: 34.86 C = 94.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.77 mb = 1969.81 m = 6462.56 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 14.27 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.55 mb = 2982.37 m = 9784.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.65 C = 99.76 F Cap Strength: 4.33 C Lifted Index: -5.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.72 C Showalter Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.80 C K Index: 39.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 519.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1915.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.38 mb = 2027.88 m = 6653.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.38 mb = 4232.80 m = 13886.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.38 mb = 13490.39 m = 44259.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1895.61 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.84 Bulk Rich Number: 11.60 Bulk Shear: 165.15 m/s