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: 37.41,-98.43 Latitude: 37.41 Longitude: -98.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 SFC 957 513 27.3 22.4 75 4.9 23.7 111 14 304.2 307.6 298.3 358.1 18.08 2 950 578 26.4 22.1 77 4.4 23.2 113 17 304.0 307.3 298.1 357.2 17.85 3 900 1053 22.1 20.7 92 1.3 21.1 122 24 304.2 307.4 297.9 356.0 17.35 4 850 1549 19.5 18.4 94 1.0 18.8 141 20 306.5 309.5 297.5 354.3 15.90 5 800 2070 16.2 15.3 94 0.9 15.5 181 10 308.4 311.0 296.7 350.1 13.78 6 750 2616 12.8 7.7 71 5.1 9.6 268 9 310.5 312.1 293.7 337.6 8.82 7 700 3194 12.2 -7.7 24 19.9 2.8 331 21 316.0 316.6 290.5 325.9 3.05 8 650 3808 6.7 -7.1 37 13.8 0.2 340 29 316.5 317.2 291.0 327.7 3.45 9 600 4459 1.4 -15.1 28 16.5 -4.9 339 34 317.8 318.1 290.1 324.3 1.97 10 550 5151 -3.8 -21.6 24 17.8 -9.4 337 37 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.8 1.23 11 500 5895 -9.3 -20.9 38 11.6 -12.8 330 40 321.7 322.0 290.7 326.7 1.45 12 450 6701 -15.0 -29.3 28 14.3 -18.3 324 41 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.1 0.75 13 400 7580 -21.1 -35.2 27 14.2 -23.5 327 42 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.4 0.48 14 350 8553 -27.0 -50.8 9 23.8 -29.3 328 43 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.10 15 300 9644 -35.8 -52.7 16 16.9 -37.0 329 47 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 16 250 10888 -43.8 -61.7 12 17.9 -44.5 329 58 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12354 -53.1 -69.4 12 16.3 -53.4 327 61 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14189 -58.5 -80.4 4 21.8 -58.7 303 34 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16696 -65.3 -84.8 5 19.6 -65.4 247 7 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.98 m Freezing level: 586.45 mb = 4646.13 m = 15243.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.08 mb = 3832.21 m = 12572.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.49 mb = 1135.36 m = 3724.88 ft T: 21.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 32.23 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1473.64 m = 4834.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -8.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -7.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.41 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.72 C Cross Totals Index: 27.69 C K Index: 27.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 448.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2940.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.20 mb = 1275.62 m = 4185.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.20 mb = 1730.96 m = 5678.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.20 mb = 13308.36 m = 43662.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2904.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.0 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 7.0 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 378.3 neg: -23.9 tot: 354.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.92 Bulk Rich Number: 11.94 Bulk Shear: 246.22 m/s