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: 38.15,-99.54 Latitude: 38.15 Longitude: -99.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 549 SFC 937 671 30.1 19.1 52 10.9 22.2 146 12 308.9 311.7 297.6 354.5 15.04 3 900 1030 26.1 18.0 61 8.2 20.4 149 15 308.4 311.2 297.2 352.6 14.56 4 850 1530 21.3 16.9 76 4.4 18.2 151 15 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.9 14.36 5 800 2052 16.6 15.5 94 1.0 15.9 165 12 308.8 311.4 296.9 351.3 14.02 6 750 2600 12.9 11.9 94 1.0 12.2 255 8 310.6 312.8 295.8 346.5 11.75 7 700 3177 8.7 6.4 86 2.3 7.3 308 14 312.1 313.8 294.0 338.9 8.66 8 650 3786 4.1 -1.0 70 5.1 1.5 311 20 313.6 314.7 292.0 330.9 5.49 9 600 4432 0.2 -10.0 46 10.2 -4.2 311 26 316.3 316.9 290.6 326.0 2.98 10 550 5122 -5.1 -13.2 53 8.1 -8.2 312 29 318.0 318.5 290.6 326.3 2.51 11 500 5862 -10.6 -20.9 42 10.3 -13.7 316 26 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.0 1.44 12 450 6664 -16.2 -27.3 38 11.1 -18.8 325 24 322.9 323.1 290.6 326.1 0.90 13 400 7538 -23.0 -35.4 31 12.4 -25.0 324 30 325.2 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.47 14 350 8502 -29.9 -44.7 22 14.8 -31.4 319 42 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 15 300 9581 -37.9 -54.3 16 16.4 -38.8 318 44 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 16 250 10818 -44.2 -64.9 8 20.7 -44.9 318 48 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.02 17 200 12302 -46.0 -71.8 4 25.8 -46.7 313 49 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.01 18 150 14191 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 301 42 376.8 376.8 301.7 376.9 0.00 19 100 16703 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 305 10 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.35 m Freezing level: 598.54 mb = 4451.80 m = 14605.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.94 mb = 3949.50 m = 12957.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.64 mb = 2056.26 m = 6746.18 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.19 C/km ThetaE index: 28.55 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.80 mb = 2139.94 m = 7020.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -8.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.34 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.87 C Cross Totals Index: 27.47 C K Index: 46.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2727.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 798.29 mb = 2070.63 m = 6793.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.29 mb = 2231.64 m = 7321.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.29 mb = 11874.26 m = 38957.06 ft B at Equ Level: 2705.41 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.65 Bulk Rich Number: 19.12 Bulk Shear: 142.66 m/s