MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 106 SFC 967 414 35.4 20.7 42 14.8 24.6 176 14 311.6 314.6 298.9 360.9 16.06 2 950 570 33.9 19.3 42 14.6 23.3 178 21 311.6 314.4 298.2 357.6 15.00 3 900 1056 29.1 18.3 52 10.9 21.3 181 24 311.5 314.3 298.1 357.0 14.84 4 850 1562 24.2 17.1 65 7.1 19.2 183 25 311.5 314.2 297.9 356.1 14.57 5 800 2090 22.3 7.5 38 14.8 13.0 208 27 314.9 316.5 294.4 340.4 8.15 6 750 2649 21.0 0.6 26 20.4 9.3 230 16 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.5 5.33 7 700 3240 16.3 -6.0 21 22.3 5.1 257 14 320.6 321.2 292.3 332.0 3.49 8 650 3863 10.5 -3.3 38 13.8 3.2 276 12 320.8 321.7 293.3 335.8 4.61 9 600 4522 4.8 -13.7 25 18.4 -2.9 297 14 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.1 2.22 10 550 5222 -1.8 -11.1 49 9.3 -5.8 291 18 321.9 322.5 292.2 331.8 2.97 11 500 5970 -8.8 -13.8 67 5.0 -10.7 298 24 322.3 322.8 292.0 331.1 2.63 12 450 6779 -14.2 -14.4 98 0.3 -14.3 304 27 325.4 326.0 293.0 334.8 2.78 13 400 7660 -20.8 -24.8 70 4.0 -21.8 315 30 328.0 328.2 292.4 332.5 1.28 14 350 8634 -27.3 -36.6 41 9.3 -28.7 316 28 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.8 0.48 15 300 9728 -34.8 -50.6 19 15.8 -36.0 317 37 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.12 16 250 10973 -45.5 -50.3 59 4.7 -45.8 319 48 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.15 17 200 12423 -54.8 -68.8 16 14.0 -55.1 310 44 346.0 346.0 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14224 -62.9 -77.7 12 14.9 -63.0 309 36 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16701 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 242 11 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5864.33 m Freezing level: 563.82 mb = 5028.63 m = 16497.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.40 mb = 4206.94 m = 13802.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.74 % Est. max temperature: 37.56 C = 99.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 781.94 mb = 2287.83 m = 7505.90 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.22 C/km ThetaE index: 28.83 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 679.79 mb = 3486.41 m = 11438.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.42 C = 111.95 F Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lifted Index: -8.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.76 C Showalter Index: -7.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.02 C Cross Totals Index: 25.93 C K Index: 27.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 616.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3085.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.15 mb = 2419.49 m = 7937.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.15 mb = 4053.12 m = 13297.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.15 mb = 14012.91 m = 45973.55 ft B at Equ Level: 3056.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.9 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 276.9 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 142.5 neg: -8.7 tot: 133.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.71 Bulk Rich Number: 47.15 Bulk Shear: 65.44 m/s