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: 37.74,-97.35 Latitude: 37.74 Longitude: -97.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 968 414 34.0 21.4 48 12.6 24.7 179 15 310.1 313.2 299.0 361.3 16.79 2 950 577 30.8 20.0 53 10.8 23.0 180 18 308.4 311.4 297.9 355.9 15.68 3 900 1058 25.9 18.9 65 7.1 20.9 184 21 308.2 311.1 297.7 354.9 15.40 4 850 1560 25.0 9.3 37 15.7 15.0 204 17 312.3 314.0 294.1 339.2 8.66 5 800 2091 24.2 5.9 31 18.3 12.9 193 16 316.9 318.3 294.3 339.9 7.27 6 750 2652 20.1 4.6 36 15.4 10.7 212 14 318.4 319.7 294.6 341.0 7.13 7 700 3241 15.7 -3.5 26 19.2 5.5 249 16 319.8 320.6 292.7 333.5 4.21 8 650 3863 10.5 -10.7 21 21.2 0.9 282 15 320.8 321.3 291.6 329.5 2.60 9 600 4521 4.5 -19.2 16 23.7 -4.1 294 14 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.39 10 550 5220 -1.8 -20.9 22 19.0 -8.2 300 18 321.9 322.1 290.7 326.4 1.32 11 500 5968 -7.9 -25.4 23 17.5 -12.8 297 25 323.4 323.6 290.8 326.8 0.97 12 450 6776 -14.7 -24.3 44 9.6 -17.3 304 29 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.19 13 400 7657 -20.2 -40.5 15 20.3 -23.3 306 26 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.28 14 350 8631 -27.1 -45.8 15 18.7 -29.2 317 29 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.18 15 300 9723 -35.5 -43.3 44 7.9 -36.2 315 37 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.5 0.28 16 250 10969 -44.9 -48.4 67 3.6 -45.1 316 40 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12417 -55.3 -66.7 23 11.5 -55.5 306 44 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14218 -63.0 -77.5 13 14.4 -63.1 311 37 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16703 -62.7 -85.2 3 22.5 -62.9 210 9 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.11 m Freezing level: 564.65 mb = 5015.15 m = 16453.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.08 mb = 3976.32 m = 13045.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.94 % Est. max temperature: 39.16 C = 102.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.11 mb = 2013.90 m = 6607.19 ft T: 24.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.63 C/km ThetaE index: 22.13 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 683.01 mb = 3447.11 m = 11309.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.00 C = 111.20 F Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lifted Index: -6.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.17 C K Index: 22.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2456.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 412.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.32 mb = 2120.51 m = 6956.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.32 mb = 4353.66 m = 14283.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.32 mb = 13349.63 m = 43797.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2456.56 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.9 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 284.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.6 neg: -14.9 tot: 68.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 39.06 Bulk Shear: 62.89 m/s