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: 37.76,-101.85 Latitude: 37.76 Longitude: -101.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 535 2 900 1017 SFC 897 1042 25.5 17.9 63 7.7 20.1 128 8 308.1 310.8 297.0 351.9 14.50 4 850 1522 24.8 15.5 56 9.3 18.4 167 19 312.2 314.7 297.2 352.6 13.16 5 800 2051 20.0 14.7 72 5.3 16.4 191 16 312.5 315.0 297.4 353.4 13.30 6 750 2604 15.5 12.1 80 3.4 13.3 217 13 313.4 315.7 296.7 350.3 11.92 7 700 3187 11.5 8.2 80 3.3 9.5 299 15 315.3 317.1 295.7 346.0 9.83 8 650 3802 7.3 -3.5 46 10.7 1.8 328 27 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.8 4.55 9 600 4455 2.6 -7.9 46 10.5 -2.2 331 39 319.1 319.8 291.9 330.6 3.51 10 550 5151 -3.0 -11.6 52 8.5 -6.5 328 44 320.5 321.0 291.7 330.0 2.87 11 500 5896 -9.3 -18.7 46 9.4 -12.3 327 46 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.7 1.75 12 450 6702 -14.1 -42.1 7 28.0 -18.7 334 41 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.21 13 400 7586 -19.6 -51.7 4 32.1 -23.2 340 44 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.08 14 350 8564 -25.6 -50.8 8 25.2 -28.2 339 53 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 15 300 9664 -34.1 -50.3 18 16.2 -35.4 340 73 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.13 16 250 10913 -43.2 -62.4 10 19.2 -44.0 326 71 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.03 17 200 12387 -51.1 -70.2 9 19.0 -51.5 326 54 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14218 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 307 36 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16708 -66.1 -86.0 5 19.9 -66.2 324 7 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.84 m Freezing level: 576.91 mb = 4776.08 m = 15669.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.69 mb = 4086.46 m = 13406.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.23 mb = 2026.54 m = 6648.66 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.67 C/km ThetaE index: 27.11 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 723.24 mb = 2910.73 m = 9549.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -7.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.87 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 46.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 467.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1938.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 754.76 mb = 2549.70 m = 8365.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 689.76 mb = 3308.86 m = 10855.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.76 mb = 12394.72 m = 40664.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1938.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.76 mb = 16135.99 m = 52938.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.9 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 351.9 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.1 neg: -0.5 tot: 331.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.14 Bulk Rich Number: 7.83 Bulk Shear: 247.46 m/s