MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.75,-99.79 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -99.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 553 SFC 941 640 27.0 18.7 61 8.2 21.1 115 7 305.4 308.1 296.4 349.1 14.61 3 900 1032 25.1 17.6 63 7.6 19.8 138 18 307.4 310.1 296.7 350.2 14.17 4 850 1532 21.4 15.8 70 5.7 17.5 171 15 308.6 311.1 296.4 349.2 13.39 5 800 2055 17.3 14.4 83 2.9 15.3 206 16 309.6 312.1 296.4 349.2 12.99 6 750 2603 14.1 9.2 72 4.9 11.0 257 15 311.9 313.7 294.8 342.0 9.77 7 700 3184 11.3 -0.5 44 11.8 4.9 312 14 315.0 316.0 292.2 331.6 5.27 8 650 3797 6.7 -9.5 30 16.2 -0.6 316 18 316.5 317.0 290.5 325.8 2.85 9 600 4446 1.0 -9.6 45 10.6 -3.6 312 22 317.3 317.9 290.9 327.3 3.08 10 550 5138 -4.3 -12.2 54 8.0 -7.4 312 25 319.0 319.6 291.2 328.0 2.72 11 500 5882 -9.4 -16.7 55 7.3 -11.9 320 26 321.6 322.0 291.3 328.6 2.07 12 450 6688 -15.6 -21.5 61 5.9 -17.3 330 29 323.6 323.9 291.4 328.8 1.52 13 400 7563 -22.2 -24.6 80 2.5 -22.8 331 41 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.7 1.30 14 350 8533 -28.4 -31.2 77 2.8 -28.9 319 49 330.5 330.6 292.6 333.4 0.81 15 300 9620 -35.3 -38.7 71 3.4 -35.7 336 57 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.3 0.45 16 250 10869 -43.5 -47.2 67 3.7 -43.7 338 66 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12345 -49.1 -63.9 16 14.9 -49.6 321 75 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.2 0.04 18 150 14209 -56.1 -82.9 2 26.8 -56.4 305 32 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16707 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 322 6 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.51 m Freezing level: 590.63 mb = 4576.12 m = 15013.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.19 mb = 3731.01 m = 12240.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.50 C = 88.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.61 mb = 1689.40 m = 5542.59 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 24.35 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.38 mb = 2497.89 m = 8195.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.88 C = 91.19 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.75 C Showalter Index: -6.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.99 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.17 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1862.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 83.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.94 mb = 2023.21 m = 6637.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 677.94 mb = 3448.58 m = 11314.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.94 mb = 11776.69 m = 38636.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1853.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.94 mb = 15690.05 m = 51475.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.5 neg: -1.3 tot: 244.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.68 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 145.21 m/s