MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 968 398 30.4 21.0 57 9.4 23.5 149 14 306.3 309.4 297.8 355.4 16.34 2 950 568 29.1 19.6 57 9.5 22.3 152 21 306.7 309.6 297.2 352.7 15.29 3 900 1047 24.6 18.1 67 6.4 20.0 159 26 306.8 309.6 296.8 351.0 14.69 4 850 1545 19.9 16.9 83 3.0 17.8 167 28 307.0 309.7 296.7 350.5 14.44 5 800 2068 19.8 13.0 65 6.8 15.2 217 21 312.3 314.5 296.4 348.7 11.84 6 750 2622 16.8 10.0 64 6.9 12.4 240 27 314.9 316.8 296.0 347.0 10.33 7 700 3207 13.3 4.8 56 8.5 8.2 257 29 317.2 318.7 294.7 341.7 7.72 8 650 3826 9.8 -9.0 26 18.7 1.1 279 27 320.0 320.6 291.7 329.9 2.99 9 600 4485 5.3 -21.0 13 26.3 -4.0 299 25 322.2 322.5 290.7 326.4 1.19 10 550 5187 -0.6 -18.4 25 17.8 -7.0 313 26 323.3 323.7 291.4 328.9 1.63 11 500 5938 -6.8 -29.9 14 23.1 -12.7 317 27 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.64 12 450 6751 -12.6 -30.4 21 17.8 -16.7 318 28 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.68 13 400 7638 -18.7 -33.0 27 14.2 -21.6 313 31 330.6 330.7 292.5 332.8 0.60 14 350 8619 -25.3 -35.2 39 9.9 -27.0 311 34 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.7 0.55 15 300 9722 -32.5 -45.6 26 13.1 -33.8 302 33 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.21 16 250 10978 -43.7 -54.3 30 10.7 -44.2 303 39 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.10 17 200 12436 -55.2 -62.6 39 7.4 -55.4 298 35 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14233 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 282 26 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16713 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 205 12 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.47 m Freezing level: 555.36 mb = 5111.70 m = 16770.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3960.72 m = 12994.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.71 % Est. max temperature: 34.31 C = 93.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.12 mb = 1594.42 m = 5230.96 ft T: 19.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 29.05 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.83 mb = 2923.20 m = 9590.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.03 C = 104.05 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: -4.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.23 C Showalter Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1636.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.97 mb = 1813.10 m = 5948.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.97 mb = 4498.63 m = 14759.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.97 mb = 13489.25 m = 44255.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1608.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.97 mb = 16187.65 m = 53108.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 373.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 373.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.05 Bulk Rich Number: 8.31 Bulk Shear: 196.89 m/s