MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 SFC 971 399 28.8 19.6 57 9.3 22.2 106 7 304.5 307.3 296.4 349.0 14.91 2 950 592 25.2 18.2 65 7.0 20.4 107 7 302.8 305.4 295.3 344.2 14.00 3 900 1064 20.5 17.0 80 3.5 18.1 110 6 302.6 305.1 295.0 342.9 13.63 4 850 1556 17.4 10.9 66 6.4 13.3 104 4 304.3 306.1 292.6 333.3 9.70 5 800 2071 14.3 8.0 66 6.3 10.4 26 2 306.3 307.9 292.2 331.9 8.44 6 750 2613 11.2 2.4 55 8.8 6.3 320 6 308.7 309.9 291.0 327.4 6.06 7 700 3186 7.8 1.0 62 6.8 4.1 320 15 311.1 312.3 291.6 329.5 5.88 8 650 3791 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.1 338 20 312.2 313.3 291.7 329.9 5.64 9 600 4434 -2.0 -4.2 85 2.2 -3.1 334 20 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.67 10 550 5121 -5.6 -10.4 69 4.7 -7.6 334 21 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.7 3.16 11 500 5864 -8.6 -19.5 41 10.9 -12.1 328 24 322.6 322.9 291.2 328.2 1.63 12 450 6672 -14.2 -30.5 24 16.2 -17.9 324 25 325.4 325.5 291.1 327.8 0.67 13 400 7555 -19.9 -45.2 9 25.2 -23.3 326 31 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.17 14 350 8529 -27.4 -49.3 11 22.0 -29.5 321 36 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.12 15 300 9622 -35.5 -55.6 11 20.1 -36.8 318 47 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 16 250 10865 -43.8 -62.9 10 19.2 -44.5 319 61 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12338 -49.8 -74.0 4 24.1 -50.3 311 56 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14186 -57.3 -81.1 3 23.8 -57.6 292 21 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16694 -65.3 -86.0 4 20.7 -65.4 176 8 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.22 m Freezing level: 620.61 mb = 4169.22 m = 13678.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.09 mb = 3952.60 m = 12967.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.95 mb = 1566.00 m = 5137.72 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 21.60 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1890.04 m = 6200.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.94 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 30.04 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 988.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.55 mb = 1570.00 m = 5150.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.55 mb = 2573.18 m = 8442.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.55 mb = 11037.56 m = 36212.02 ft B at Equ Level: 984.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.55 mb = 14035.43 m = 46047.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.1 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 5.1 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 19.96 Bulk Shear: 49.52 m/s