MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 37.79,-97.31 Latitude: 37.79 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 SFC 967 416 33.0 20.8 49 12.2 24.0 164 12 309.1 312.1 298.4 358.2 16.17 2 950 573 33.3 19.3 44 14.0 23.1 172 24 310.9 313.8 298.0 356.7 14.96 3 900 1059 29.4 17.3 48 12.1 20.8 185 31 311.8 314.4 297.6 354.6 13.95 4 850 1565 24.7 16.0 58 8.7 18.6 195 30 312.1 314.6 297.4 353.8 13.57 5 800 2094 20.3 13.9 67 6.4 15.9 211 28 312.8 315.1 297.0 351.5 12.56 6 750 2651 20.5 -0.5 25 20.9 8.8 246 11 318.8 319.8 293.0 334.7 4.93 7 700 3241 16.3 -4.3 24 20.6 5.5 277 9 320.5 321.3 292.7 333.5 3.96 8 650 3864 10.7 -6.9 28 17.5 2.1 288 9 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.6 3.52 9 600 4523 4.6 -8.2 39 12.8 -1.4 282 13 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.8 3.43 10 550 5224 -2.0 -8.3 62 6.3 -4.8 285 19 321.7 322.4 292.8 334.0 3.71 11 500 5972 -8.4 -10.1 88 1.7 -9.1 295 25 322.8 323.5 292.9 334.6 3.55 12 450 6782 -14.3 -16.0 88 1.6 -14.9 301 25 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.5 2.45 13 400 7663 -20.2 -22.2 84 2.0 -20.7 314 22 328.7 329.1 292.9 334.4 1.61 14 350 8639 -27.0 -31.8 64 4.8 -27.9 318 23 332.4 332.5 293.1 335.2 0.76 15 300 9733 -34.6 -43.5 40 8.9 -35.5 317 33 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.6 0.27 16 250 10979 -45.1 -56.4 27 11.3 -45.6 314 40 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.07 17 200 12430 -55.2 -69.5 15 14.3 -55.4 312 44 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14227 -63.3 -78.8 11 15.5 -63.4 301 39 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16700 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 261 8 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5861.62 m Freezing level: 565.14 mb = 5011.59 m = 16442.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4252.68 m = 13952.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.84 % Est. max temperature: 36.36 C = 97.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.21 mb = 1972.49 m = 6471.35 ft T: 21.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.05 C/km ThetaE index: 25.59 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.75 mb = 3575.10 m = 11729.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.58 C = 112.25 F Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lifted Index: -7.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: -6.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.52 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.13 C Cross Totals Index: 24.39 C K Index: 28.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 596.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2714.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 268.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 766.02 mb = 2468.54 m = 8098.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 621.02 mb = 4239.85 m = 13910.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 161.02 mb = 13784.29 m = 45223.48 ft B at Equ Level: 2695.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.8 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 273.8 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -40.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.3 neg: -23.5 tot: 193.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.69 Bulk Rich Number: 33.71 Bulk Shear: 80.52 m/s