MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 37.65,-97.36 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -97.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 969 406 29.3 19.3 55 10.0 22.2 128 8 305.2 307.9 296.4 349.0 14.67 2 950 578 27.5 18.0 56 9.4 20.8 131 10 305.1 307.6 295.8 346.4 13.82 3 900 1053 22.8 16.9 69 5.9 18.7 135 11 305.0 307.6 295.7 345.6 13.59 4 850 1548 19.1 11.1 60 8.0 14.0 140 7 306.1 307.9 293.2 335.6 9.79 5 800 2068 16.8 6.9 52 9.8 10.8 326 5 309.0 310.5 292.5 333.0 7.84 6 750 2614 13.4 3.0 49 10.4 7.5 342 9 311.2 312.4 291.9 330.9 6.35 7 700 3190 8.6 1.7 62 6.9 4.8 354 14 312.0 313.2 292.1 331.4 6.20 8 650 3798 4.1 -3.1 59 7.2 0.5 343 19 313.6 314.5 291.3 328.4 4.68 9 600 4444 -0.1 -12.6 38 12.5 -5.0 342 23 316.0 316.5 290.0 324.0 2.43 10 550 5135 -4.0 -21.3 25 17.3 -9.5 340 26 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.7 1.27 11 500 5879 -8.5 -31.4 14 23.0 -13.9 331 31 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.7 0.55 12 450 6687 -14.4 -34.8 16 20.3 -18.4 331 36 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.7 0.44 13 400 7567 -20.8 -39.7 17 18.9 -23.7 329 34 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.30 14 350 8541 -27.0 -51.5 8 24.5 -29.3 330 40 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 15 300 9632 -35.5 -54.9 12 19.4 -36.7 326 51 335.3 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.07 16 250 10877 -43.9 -63.1 10 19.2 -44.6 321 62 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12350 -49.8 -73.3 5 23.5 -50.3 311 55 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 18 150 14200 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 283 29 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16700 -65.0 -85.8 4 20.7 -65.2 232 4 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.98 m Freezing level: 600.74 mb = 4434.09 m = 14547.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.59 mb = 3853.10 m = 12641.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.85 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.89 mb = 1671.26 m = 5483.09 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 18.17 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.20 mb = 2522.32 m = 8275.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.82 C = 94.68 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -3.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 31.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.54 mb = 1850.56 m = 6071.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.54 mb = 3124.38 m = 10250.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.54 mb = 11270.04 m = 36974.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1156.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.54 mb = 14386.41 m = 47198.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.3 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 12.3 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -16.4 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 12.32 Bulk Shear: 94.04 m/s