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: 37.69,-97.33 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -97.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 967 408 30.6 20.7 55 10.0 23.4 150 14 306.7 309.7 297.7 355.0 16.04 2 950 567 29.2 19.5 56 9.7 22.3 153 21 306.8 309.7 297.2 352.6 15.22 3 900 1046 24.6 18.2 67 6.4 20.1 159 26 306.9 309.6 296.9 351.3 14.76 4 850 1544 19.9 17.1 84 2.9 17.9 167 28 307.0 309.7 296.8 350.8 14.55 5 800 2067 19.7 12.9 65 6.8 15.1 215 23 312.1 314.4 296.3 348.3 11.77 6 750 2621 16.9 9.6 62 7.3 12.1 239 28 314.9 316.9 295.8 346.2 10.04 7 700 3206 13.4 4.2 53 9.2 7.9 257 29 317.4 318.8 294.5 340.8 7.40 8 650 3826 9.9 -10.1 23 20.0 0.8 280 26 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.2 2.72 9 600 4484 5.3 -21.1 13 26.5 -4.0 300 24 322.3 322.5 290.7 326.4 1.18 10 550 5187 -0.6 -18.8 24 18.2 -7.1 312 26 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.7 1.57 11 500 5937 -6.8 -29.6 14 22.8 -12.7 315 27 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.1 0.65 12 450 6751 -12.6 -31.3 19 18.7 -16.9 316 28 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.62 13 400 7638 -18.7 -33.7 25 15.0 -21.7 312 32 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.7 0.55 14 350 8619 -25.3 -36.0 36 10.6 -27.1 310 35 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.51 15 300 9721 -32.6 -45.2 28 12.5 -33.9 301 33 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.3 0.23 16 250 10977 -43.7 -54.3 30 10.6 -44.2 302 40 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.6 0.10 17 200 12435 -55.2 -62.6 39 7.4 -55.4 297 37 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14232 -63.4 -76.8 15 13.4 -63.5 280 27 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16713 -64.8 -85.6 4 20.8 -64.9 205 13 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.79 m Freezing level: 555.31 mb = 5112.08 m = 16771.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.87 mb = 3929.39 m = 12891.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.84 % Est. max temperature: 34.22 C = 93.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.38 mb = 1673.42 m = 5490.14 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 28.57 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.68 mb = 2947.75 m = 9670.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.13 C = 104.24 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 34.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1654.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.67 mb = 1826.26 m = 5991.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 597.67 mb = 4515.91 m = 14815.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.67 mb = 13174.87 m = 43224.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1654.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.67 mb = 16260.74 m = 53348.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.8 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 292.8 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): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.16 Bulk Rich Number: 8.62 Bulk Shear: 191.94 m/s