MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 129 SFC 970 399 30.3 19.3 52 11.1 22.5 123 7 306.1 308.9 296.7 350.1 14.66 2 950 584 27.1 17.8 57 9.4 20.6 125 7 304.7 307.3 295.6 345.3 13.59 3 900 1059 22.4 16.6 70 5.8 18.4 127 7 304.6 307.0 295.3 344.3 13.32 4 850 1553 18.2 12.0 67 6.2 14.2 132 5 305.2 307.2 293.4 336.4 10.40 5 800 2070 15.7 6.2 53 9.6 10.0 331 5 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.6 7.44 6 750 2615 12.5 3.6 55 8.9 7.4 319 12 310.1 311.3 291.9 330.5 6.60 7 700 3190 8.1 0.8 60 7.3 4.2 345 16 311.5 312.6 291.6 329.6 5.80 8 650 3796 3.5 -2.4 66 5.8 0.5 347 19 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.4 4.94 9 600 4440 -1.1 -6.4 67 5.3 -3.5 342 21 314.9 315.6 291.0 327.5 3.95 10 550 5129 -4.7 -14.9 45 10.2 -8.5 338 23 318.5 318.9 290.5 325.8 2.19 11 500 5873 -8.8 -26.3 23 17.6 -13.5 333 26 322.4 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.89 12 450 6680 -14.4 -38.0 12 23.6 -18.7 325 29 325.2 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.32 13 400 7560 -20.7 -42.0 13 21.3 -23.8 322 30 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.24 14 350 8533 -27.6 -48.0 12 20.4 -29.6 323 39 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.1 0.14 15 300 9623 -36.1 -55.1 12 19.0 -37.2 321 49 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.07 16 250 10865 -44.2 -62.2 12 18.0 -44.9 318 55 340.3 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12341 -48.4 -74.6 3 26.1 -49.0 309 52 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 14193 -57.3 -81.6 3 24.3 -57.6 281 27 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16695 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 213 7 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.11 m Freezing level: 611.86 mb = 4287.07 m = 14065.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.87 mb = 3872.10 m = 12703.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.65 % Est. max temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 826.63 mb = 1790.90 m = 5875.57 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 24.62 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.95 mb = 2317.09 m = 7601.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.73 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.95 mb = 1829.03 m = 6000.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.95 mb = 2978.79 m = 9772.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.95 mb = 11191.83 m = 36718.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1184.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.95 mb = 14277.83 m = 46842.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 340.3 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 10.3 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.8 neg: -5.6 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 17.92 Bulk Shear: 66.29 m/s