MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 135 SFC 970 405 23.8 20.1 80 3.7 21.2 118 7 299.6 302.4 295.5 344.8 15.48 2 950 587 25.8 18.2 63 7.6 20.5 134 18 303.4 306.0 295.4 344.8 13.96 3 900 1061 21.8 17.4 76 4.4 18.8 152 15 304.0 306.6 295.7 345.7 14.02 4 850 1555 19.7 7.1 44 12.6 12.1 156 7 306.8 308.2 291.6 329.6 7.48 5 800 2074 17.1 6.8 50 10.4 10.9 350 2 309.4 310.9 292.6 333.2 7.75 6 750 2622 13.6 2.6 47 11.0 7.4 14 7 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.5 6.16 7 700 3198 9.4 0.1 52 9.3 4.4 359 14 312.9 313.9 291.7 330.1 5.49 8 650 3807 5.1 -6.8 42 11.9 -0.4 352 23 314.7 315.4 290.6 326.0 3.52 9 600 4455 0.8 -14.5 31 15.3 -5.1 349 28 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.0 2.07 10 550 5148 -3.6 -23.9 19 20.3 -9.6 341 29 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.3 1.01 11 500 5893 -8.4 -28.4 18 19.9 -13.5 336 35 322.7 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.74 12 450 6701 -14.4 -32.2 20 17.8 -18.2 337 35 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.2 0.57 13 400 7581 -20.2 -42.5 12 22.3 -23.4 334 35 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.23 14 350 8558 -26.7 -50.7 8 24.0 -29.0 329 44 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 15 300 9650 -35.4 -53.5 14 18.1 -36.6 324 50 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.09 16 250 10895 -43.7 -59.8 15 16.2 -44.3 326 69 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 17 200 12365 -51.5 -71.7 7 20.2 -51.9 320 60 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14208 -58.2 -80.4 4 22.2 -58.5 295 24 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16706 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 211 5 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.35 m Freezing level: 590.61 mb = 4585.31 m = 15043.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.67 mb = 3748.59 m = 12298.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.89 % Est. max temperature: 32.53 C = 90.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.97 mb = 877.78 m = 2879.83 ft T: 23.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 16.15 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.35 mb = 2550.18 m = 8366.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.22 C = 95.40 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.61 C Showalter Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 15.58 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 846.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 167.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.98 mb = 1656.44 m = 5434.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.98 mb = 3497.35 m = 11474.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.98 mb = 11302.93 m = 37082.65 ft B at Equ Level: 836.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.98 mb = 13998.19 m = 45925.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 19.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 3.6 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: -37.6 tot: 63.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 5.55 Bulk Shear: 152.41 m/s