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: 37.81,-96.52 Latitude: 37.81 Longitude: -96.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 128 SFC 968 420 32.6 23.2 58 9.4 25.6 177 16 308.6 312.2 299.8 365.9 18.85 2 950 587 29.7 21.5 62 8.1 23.7 179 20 307.3 310.5 298.6 359.5 17.29 3 900 1067 24.9 20.1 75 4.8 21.5 185 23 307.2 310.3 298.2 357.5 16.69 4 850 1569 24.5 10.0 40 14.5 15.1 219 28 311.8 313.5 294.3 339.8 9.11 5 800 2098 22.0 8.4 42 13.6 13.4 212 22 314.6 316.3 294.7 341.7 8.68 6 750 2655 18.4 8.1 51 10.3 11.9 218 15 316.6 318.3 295.5 345.1 9.07 7 700 3241 13.4 4.1 53 9.4 7.9 233 15 317.4 318.8 294.4 340.6 7.34 8 650 3860 10.1 -23.7 7 33.9 -1.5 270 15 320.4 320.6 289.8 323.5 0.87 9 600 4517 3.9 -16.4 21 20.2 -3.9 291 15 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.6 1.77 10 550 5215 -2.1 -23.6 17 21.5 -8.7 298 19 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.2 1.04 11 500 5962 -8.1 -28.1 18 20.0 -13.3 299 28 323.2 323.3 290.5 325.9 0.76 12 450 6770 -14.2 -32.5 20 18.3 -18.1 304 29 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.56 13 400 7652 -20.1 -45.7 8 25.6 -23.5 311 25 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 14 350 8626 -27.3 -49.7 10 22.5 -29.5 312 20 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.12 15 300 9718 -35.3 -47.4 28 12.0 -36.4 316 33 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.3 0.18 16 250 10960 -45.4 -52.4 45 7.0 -45.8 316 43 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.12 17 200 12410 -55.2 -66.2 24 11.0 -55.4 309 40 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.03 18 150 14214 -62.3 -76.7 13 14.4 -62.5 313 28 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16706 -63.0 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 210 12 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5834.08 m Freezing level: 567.48 mb = 4970.89 m = 16308.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.02 mb = 3757.59 m = 12327.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.18 % Est. max temperature: 37.53 C = 99.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.98 mb = 1610.49 m = 5283.68 ft T: 24.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.91 C/km ThetaE index: 26.03 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.42 mb = 2903.01 m = 9524.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.82 C = 105.48 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 32.55 C Cross Totals Index: 18.09 C K Index: 33.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3005.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 247.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.15 mb = 1817.27 m = 5962.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.15 mb = 3972.45 m = 13032.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.15 mb = 13763.83 m = 45156.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2987.57 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.9 neg: -52.1 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.80 Bulk Rich Number: 42.01 Bulk Shear: 71.54 m/s