MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 117 SFC 968 408 34.0 21.4 48 12.6 24.7 180 15 310.1 313.2 299.0 361.4 16.82 2 950 578 30.8 20.0 53 10.8 23.0 181 19 308.4 311.4 297.9 355.9 15.66 3 900 1059 26.0 18.9 65 7.1 20.9 184 21 308.3 311.2 297.7 355.1 15.46 4 850 1561 24.9 9.3 37 15.6 15.0 206 18 312.3 313.9 294.1 339.2 8.70 5 800 2092 24.1 5.6 30 18.5 12.7 195 17 316.8 318.2 294.1 339.3 7.12 6 750 2652 20.0 4.8 37 15.3 10.7 212 14 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.2 7.19 7 700 3241 15.6 -2.5 29 18.1 5.9 248 16 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.55 8 650 3863 10.5 -9.6 23 20.0 1.2 281 15 320.8 321.4 291.8 330.2 2.85 9 600 4521 4.4 -18.3 17 22.7 -4.0 293 15 321.2 321.5 290.7 326.4 1.51 10 550 5220 -1.8 -21.4 21 19.6 -8.2 301 18 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.2 1.25 11 500 5968 -7.9 -25.1 24 17.2 -12.8 297 25 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.9 0.99 12 450 6776 -14.7 -23.3 48 8.6 -17.0 304 29 324.8 325.0 291.5 329.3 1.30 13 400 7657 -20.2 -40.2 15 20.0 -23.2 307 26 328.8 328.8 291.7 329.8 0.29 14 350 8632 -27.1 -45.9 15 18.8 -29.2 318 29 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.18 15 300 9724 -35.4 -43.3 44 7.9 -36.2 315 37 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.28 16 250 10969 -44.9 -48.5 67 3.6 -45.1 317 40 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12418 -55.2 -67.1 21 11.9 -55.4 306 44 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14218 -63.1 -77.5 13 14.4 -63.2 311 38 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16704 -62.7 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 210 9 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5850.93 m Freezing level: 564.83 mb = 5012.83 m = 16446.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.57 mb = 4008.71 m = 13151.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.55 % Est. max temperature: 39.07 C = 102.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.53 mb = 2009.61 m = 6593.13 ft T: 24.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 22.20 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.67 mb = 3426.91 m = 11243.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.95 C = 111.11 F Cap Strength: 7.48 C Lifted Index: -6.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.88 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.83 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2481.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 403.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.10 mb = 2112.31 m = 6930.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.10 mb = 4210.42 m = 13813.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.10 mb = 13694.61 m = 44929.29 ft B at Equ Level: 2451.89 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: -15.9 tot: 73.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 39.12 Bulk Shear: 63.44 m/s