MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 36.61,-98.72 Latitude: 36.61 Longitude: -98.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 964 447 37.9 18.6 33 19.3 23.9 166 16 314.3 317.0 298.3 358.0 14.11 2 950 582 35.0 17.4 35 17.6 22.5 169 19 312.7 315.2 297.4 353.6 13.26 3 900 1070 30.1 16.7 45 13.4 20.6 172 20 312.5 315.1 297.4 353.8 13.41 4 850 1577 25.1 15.4 55 9.7 18.4 175 21 312.4 314.9 297.2 352.6 13.05 5 800 2105 19.9 14.4 71 5.5 16.1 179 22 312.4 314.9 297.1 352.4 13.01 6 750 2658 15.5 10.7 73 4.8 12.4 203 26 313.4 315.5 296.0 347.0 10.86 7 700 3242 13.6 4.4 54 9.2 8.1 225 16 317.6 319.0 294.7 341.4 7.52 8 650 3862 10.1 -8.6 26 18.7 1.3 280 14 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.6 3.08 9 600 4520 4.7 -17.7 18 22.4 -3.8 313 12 321.5 321.8 290.9 326.9 1.58 10 550 5221 -1.2 -14.9 35 13.7 -6.5 324 17 322.6 323.0 291.7 330.0 2.18 11 500 5970 -8.0 -13.3 66 5.3 -10.1 310 24 323.3 323.8 292.4 332.5 2.74 12 450 6780 -13.4 -29.3 25 15.9 -17.2 312 21 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.1 0.75 13 400 7667 -18.4 -44.0 9 25.6 -22.1 322 22 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.19 14 350 8648 -25.2 -45.4 13 20.2 -27.6 320 31 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.19 15 300 9750 -33.2 -45.5 28 12.3 -34.4 314 33 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.4 0.22 16 250 11004 -43.3 -55.4 25 12.1 -43.9 309 32 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.08 17 200 12465 -54.1 -67.3 18 13.2 -54.4 303 30 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14266 -64.3 -76.2 18 11.9 -64.4 284 31 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16718 -66.5 -85.8 5 19.4 -66.6 247 19 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5852.22 m Freezing level: 560.56 mb = 5072.68 m = 16642.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.16 mb = 4026.03 m = 13208.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.79 % Est. max temperature: 36.03 C = 96.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.86 mb = 2865.09 m = 9399.79 ft T: 14.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 26.88 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.64 mb = 3464.38 m = 11365.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.15 C = 107.87 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -6.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.99 C Showalter Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.44 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 39.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 513.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1997.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 738.82 mb = 2784.87 m = 9136.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.82 mb = 4332.87 m = 14215.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.82 mb = 13714.04 m = 44993.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1977.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -4.6 tot: 123.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.15 Bulk Rich Number: 30.87 Bulk Shear: 64.72 m/s