MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.11,-98.50 Latitude: 37.11 Longitude: -98.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 SFC 965 434 29.8 21.7 62 8.0 23.9 111 15 306.0 309.2 298.2 357.6 17.18 2 950 574 28.1 21.2 66 6.9 23.1 113 20 305.7 308.9 298.0 356.5 16.93 3 900 1052 23.5 20.3 82 3.2 21.2 118 23 305.8 308.9 298.0 356.5 16.92 4 850 1549 20.2 18.0 87 2.2 18.7 143 17 307.3 310.2 297.5 354.0 15.46 5 800 2071 16.5 15.6 94 0.9 15.9 187 10 308.7 311.4 297.0 351.5 14.08 6 750 2618 12.9 8.9 76 4.1 10.4 264 10 310.6 312.4 294.3 340.0 9.58 7 700 3195 10.5 -1.7 43 12.2 4.1 322 22 314.1 315.1 291.6 329.5 4.84 8 650 3809 6.9 -6.3 38 13.2 0.5 335 31 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.6 3.67 9 600 4460 1.8 -13.3 32 15.1 -4.3 337 35 318.2 318.7 290.5 325.8 2.29 10 550 5154 -3.3 -20.1 26 16.8 -8.8 338 37 320.2 320.4 290.3 325.0 1.41 11 500 5899 -9.2 -17.9 49 8.8 -12.1 326 40 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.2 1.87 12 450 6705 -14.7 -32.1 21 17.4 -18.4 323 42 324.7 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.57 13 400 7584 -21.0 -39.8 17 18.8 -23.9 327 45 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.8 0.30 14 350 8558 -27.0 -51.7 8 24.7 -29.3 329 45 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9649 -35.6 -53.1 15 17.5 -36.8 329 48 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.09 16 250 10895 -43.7 -63.0 10 19.2 -44.5 330 60 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12361 -53.3 -68.8 14 15.4 -53.7 328 66 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14192 -59.1 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.3 297 37 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16697 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 242 6 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.93 m Freezing level: 582.26 mb = 4706.30 m = 15440.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.31 mb = 3880.22 m = 12730.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.05 C = 89.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.13 mb = 1456.32 m = 4777.88 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.29 C/km ThetaE index: 32.58 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.32 mb = 1730.21 m = 5676.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -8.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: -7.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.57 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.40 C Cross Totals Index: 27.17 C K Index: 35.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2963.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.67 mb = 1501.64 m = 4926.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.67 mb = 1967.78 m = 6455.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.67 mb = 13408.06 m = 43989.17 ft B at Equ Level: 2926.40 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.5 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 3.5 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 392.0 neg: -21.5 tot: 370.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 123.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.83 Bulk Rich Number: 11.48 Bulk Shear: 258.24 m/s