MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.63,-97.41 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 968 407 27.8 19.7 61 8.2 22.1 120 10 303.8 306.6 296.3 348.6 15.06 2 950 574 26.0 18.6 64 7.4 20.8 123 12 303.6 306.2 295.7 346.1 14.32 3 900 1047 21.3 17.7 80 3.6 18.8 127 13 303.5 306.1 295.7 345.9 14.30 4 850 1540 17.3 13.0 76 4.3 14.5 137 11 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.6 11.16 5 800 2056 15.1 6.1 55 9.0 9.7 216 9 307.2 308.6 291.6 329.7 7.38 6 750 2600 12.0 4.6 60 7.5 7.7 259 10 309.6 311.0 292.1 331.5 7.09 7 700 3175 8.5 3.0 68 5.6 5.4 304 15 311.9 313.2 292.5 333.0 6.79 8 650 3784 4.9 -2.6 59 7.4 1.1 330 24 314.5 315.4 291.7 329.9 4.88 9 600 4431 -0.2 -7.1 59 6.9 -3.4 316 29 315.9 316.6 291.1 327.9 3.73 10 550 5120 -5.7 -12.8 57 7.2 -8.4 309 30 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.9 2.59 11 500 5858 -11.5 -18.0 58 6.6 -13.6 309 28 319.1 319.4 290.3 325.3 1.85 12 450 6657 -17.3 -31.2 29 13.9 -20.1 313 22 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.8 0.63 13 400 7528 -23.2 -42.9 15 19.6 -25.7 306 19 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.22 14 350 8491 -30.3 -44.3 24 14.1 -31.7 294 23 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.8 0.21 15 300 9568 -38.9 -52.5 22 13.6 -39.7 296 25 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.10 16 250 10799 -43.9 -64.2 9 20.3 -44.6 288 30 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12300 -42.8 -73.5 2 30.8 -43.8 278 37 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 18 150 14193 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 299 28 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16703 -65.5 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 255 10 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.64 m Freezing level: 601.94 mb = 4405.68 m = 14454.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.94 mb = 3935.12 m = 12910.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.82 mb = 1441.10 m = 4727.97 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1859.03 m = 6099.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -6.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.49 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1768.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.37 mb = 1556.48 m = 5106.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.37 mb = 2673.98 m = 8772.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.37 mb = 11262.20 m = 36949.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1736.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.37 mb = 14473.28 m = 47483.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.4 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 338.4 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 158.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 13.72 Bulk Shear: 128.90 m/s