MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 154 SFC 972 398 18.8 17.8 94 1.0 18.1 123 6 294.3 296.7 292.3 332.2 13.27 2 950 599 23.7 18.3 72 5.4 19.9 167 18 301.2 303.8 294.9 342.5 14.04 3 900 1071 20.9 17.9 83 3.0 18.8 195 14 303.0 305.7 295.7 345.9 14.49 4 850 1564 18.5 11.0 62 7.5 13.7 191 7 305.5 307.3 293.0 334.8 9.74 5 800 2082 16.4 5.3 48 11.1 9.9 149 6 308.7 310.0 291.7 330.1 7.00 6 750 2628 13.4 1.6 45 11.8 6.9 198 2 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.0 5.75 7 700 3205 10.0 -4.4 36 14.4 2.9 335 6 313.5 314.3 290.6 326.1 3.94 8 650 3816 6.0 -4.0 49 10.0 1.0 346 18 315.8 316.6 291.6 329.8 4.38 9 600 4465 1.0 -12.1 37 13.1 -4.4 335 22 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.6 2.52 10 550 5158 -3.4 -22.8 21 19.4 -9.4 339 25 320.1 320.3 290.0 324.0 1.12 11 500 5904 -7.9 -34.4 10 26.5 -13.7 341 27 323.4 323.5 290.3 324.9 0.42 12 450 6714 -13.4 -33.3 17 19.9 -17.6 340 28 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.51 13 400 7600 -18.4 -43.0 10 24.5 -22.1 330 24 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 14 350 8580 -26.3 -37.6 34 11.3 -28.0 322 28 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.9 0.43 15 300 9677 -33.8 -37.4 70 3.6 -34.3 320 34 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.51 16 250 10930 -43.7 -47.7 65 4.0 -44.0 325 54 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.21 17 200 12391 -53.6 -62.4 33 8.8 -53.8 323 39 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.04 18 150 14202 -63.4 -78.7 11 15.3 -63.5 293 33 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16682 -65.0 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 189 9 402.1 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.61 m Freezing level: 588.54 mb = 4624.11 m = 15170.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.58 mb = 3934.38 m = 12907.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.04 mb = 525.75 m = 1724.90 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 19.84 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 771.48 mb = 2389.21 m = 7838.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 18.88 C K Index: 22.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 206.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.93 mb = 1373.98 m = 4507.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.93 mb = 4148.02 m = 13608.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.93 mb = 11090.84 m = 36386.84 ft B at Equ Level: 452.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.93 mb = 13643.48 m = 44761.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 333.3 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 3.3 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.1 neg: -30.4 tot: 93.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 3.78 Bulk Shear: 121.14 m/s