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: 37.76,-97.17 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -97.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 968 410 33.5 22.1 51 11.4 25.0 180 16 309.5 312.8 299.3 363.1 17.58 2 950 579 30.5 20.4 55 10.0 23.2 181 19 308.1 311.1 298.1 356.9 16.13 3 900 1060 25.7 19.2 68 6.5 21.0 184 22 307.9 310.9 297.8 355.6 15.75 4 850 1562 24.7 9.6 38 15.2 15.0 208 20 312.0 313.7 294.1 339.4 8.84 5 800 2093 23.7 6.0 32 17.7 12.8 197 18 316.4 317.9 294.2 339.6 7.35 6 750 2652 19.6 5.8 40 13.8 11.1 211 14 317.9 319.4 294.9 342.5 7.76 7 700 3241 15.2 -1.7 31 17.0 6.1 246 16 319.4 320.3 293.0 335.0 4.82 8 650 3862 10.5 -13.8 17 24.3 0.2 281 15 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.6 2.02 9 600 4520 4.4 -18.8 17 23.1 -4.1 294 14 321.2 321.4 290.6 326.1 1.45 10 550 5219 -1.9 -21.6 21 19.7 -8.3 301 19 321.9 322.1 290.6 326.2 1.24 11 500 5967 -7.9 -25.9 22 18.0 -12.9 297 26 323.4 323.6 290.7 326.7 0.93 12 450 6775 -14.5 -26.2 36 11.7 -17.5 304 30 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.5 1.00 13 400 7656 -20.2 -43.0 11 22.8 -23.4 307 26 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.22 14 350 8630 -27.2 -46.7 14 19.6 -29.3 317 27 332.1 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.16 15 300 9722 -35.5 -44.1 41 8.6 -36.3 314 36 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.25 16 250 10967 -44.9 -48.4 68 3.4 -45.2 317 41 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 17 200 12415 -55.4 -66.1 25 10.7 -55.6 307 44 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14216 -62.8 -76.7 14 13.9 -63.0 311 35 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16704 -62.7 -85.2 3 22.5 -62.9 208 10 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5847.49 m Freezing level: 565.05 mb = 5008.61 m = 16432.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.74 mb = 3890.66 m = 12764.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.84 % Est. max temperature: 38.75 C = 101.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.69 mb = 1858.55 m = 6097.52 ft T: 24.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.49 C/km ThetaE index: 23.69 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.16 mb = 3322.98 m = 10902.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.46 C = 110.23 F Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lifted Index: -6.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.38 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.63 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 25.25 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.74 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2632.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 373.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.45 mb = 2022.29 m = 6634.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.45 mb = 4231.20 m = 13881.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.45 mb = 13755.92 m = 45130.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2601.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 283.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.1 neg: -19.2 tot: 73.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 40.36 Bulk Shear: 65.22 m/s