MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 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 146 SFC 971 398 20.9 19.4 91 1.5 19.9 130 6 296.5 299.2 294.1 339.1 14.77 2 950 594 24.8 17.8 65 6.9 19.9 151 21 302.3 304.8 295.0 342.7 13.65 3 900 1066 21.2 17.3 79 3.9 18.5 175 17 303.4 305.9 295.4 344.8 13.96 4 850 1560 19.0 8.7 51 10.3 12.7 186 9 306.1 307.6 292.1 331.3 8.36 5 800 2078 16.6 6.7 52 9.9 10.7 129 2 308.9 310.3 292.4 332.6 7.74 6 750 2625 13.5 2.5 47 11.0 7.3 26 4 311.2 312.4 291.7 330.2 6.12 7 700 3201 9.4 -0.9 49 10.3 4.0 4 12 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.1 5.14 8 650 3811 5.7 -9.2 33 15.0 -0.9 359 22 315.4 316.0 290.3 324.9 2.92 9 600 4460 0.8 -8.5 50 9.3 -3.3 353 27 317.0 317.7 291.1 327.9 3.36 10 550 5152 -4.1 -17.3 35 13.2 -8.7 349 29 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.3 1.79 11 500 5896 -8.6 -27.4 20 18.8 -13.5 343 34 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.81 12 450 6704 -14.0 -34.8 15 20.8 -18.1 343 32 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.3 0.44 13 400 7588 -19.4 -45.0 8 25.6 -22.9 331 35 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.5 0.17 14 350 8565 -27.0 -45.9 15 18.9 -29.1 330 43 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.1 0.18 15 300 9659 -35.0 -52.6 15 17.6 -36.2 328 54 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 16 250 10907 -43.3 -54.9 27 11.6 -43.9 331 69 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.1 0.09 17 200 12374 -52.9 -64.1 25 11.2 -53.2 330 64 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.03 18 150 14208 -60.0 -79.4 6 19.4 -60.2 299 32 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16703 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 195 9 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.24 m Freezing level: 591.90 mb = 4572.08 m = 15000.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.32 mb = 3693.92 m = 12119.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.90 mb = 585.56 m = 1921.09 ft T: 24.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.57 mb = 2517.46 m = 8259.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.03 C = 95.05 F Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.33 C K Index: 26.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 156.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 618.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.90 mb = 1530.21 m = 5020.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.90 mb = 3963.38 m = 13003.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.90 mb = 10962.84 m = 35966.88 ft B at Equ Level: 611.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.90 mb = 13489.13 m = 44255.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 352.8 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 22.8 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.6 neg: -37.0 tot: 81.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 169.86 m/s