MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 148 SFC 972 398 19.5 18.7 95 0.9 18.9 126 5 295.1 297.6 293.2 335.4 14.07 2 950 594 24.1 17.8 68 6.3 19.8 165 20 301.6 304.1 294.7 341.8 13.63 3 900 1066 21.2 16.9 77 4.2 18.2 196 16 303.3 305.8 295.2 343.6 13.60 4 850 1559 18.3 12.4 68 6.0 14.5 208 11 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.5 10.70 5 800 2077 16.1 6.6 53 9.6 10.4 157 5 308.3 309.8 292.2 331.7 7.64 6 750 2623 13.1 2.6 49 10.5 7.2 154 1 310.8 312.0 291.7 330.0 6.18 7 700 3199 9.4 -2.6 43 12.0 3.3 353 5 312.9 313.8 290.9 327.2 4.51 8 650 3809 5.6 -6.3 42 11.9 -0.0 358 18 315.3 316.0 290.9 327.1 3.66 9 600 4457 0.6 -9.5 47 10.1 -3.8 344 22 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.9 3.09 10 550 5149 -3.7 -19.6 28 15.9 -9.0 340 24 319.7 319.9 290.2 324.7 1.47 11 500 5894 -8.7 -26.4 22 17.7 -13.5 346 28 322.4 322.6 290.5 325.6 0.88 12 450 6703 -13.5 -35.4 14 21.9 -17.9 341 27 326.3 326.3 291.1 327.8 0.42 13 400 7589 -18.6 -44.4 8 25.7 -22.4 337 35 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.5 0.19 14 350 8568 -26.6 -44.8 16 18.2 -28.7 335 38 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.20 15 300 9664 -34.0 -47.8 24 13.8 -35.2 335 47 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 16 250 10915 -43.7 -50.6 46 6.9 -44.1 332 57 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.7 0.15 17 200 12379 -53.2 -62.7 31 9.5 -53.5 334 52 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.04 18 150 14197 -61.7 -78.9 8 17.1 -61.9 300 39 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16683 -65.3 -84.8 5 19.5 -65.4 185 12 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.93 m Freezing level: 593.06 mb = 4553.29 m = 14938.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.58 mb = 3801.43 m = 12471.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.66 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.75 mb = 504.99 m = 1656.78 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 18.99 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.36 mb = 2418.52 m = 7934.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.20 C = 93.56 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.28 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 27.40 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 450.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 190.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.62 mb = 1472.27 m = 4830.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.62 mb = 4015.57 m = 13174.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.62 mb = 10551.42 m = 34617.10 ft B at Equ Level: 450.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.62 mb = 13272.95 m = 43545.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 339.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 9.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.1 neg: -50.7 tot: 81.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 3.31 Bulk Shear: 135.95 m/s