MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 165 SFC 974 399 26.5 20.9 71 5.6 22.5 158 8 301.9 304.9 296.5 349.6 16.16 2 950 615 23.3 19.6 79 3.8 20.7 168 11 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.7 15.25 3 900 1087 20.7 18.0 85 2.7 18.8 184 14 302.8 305.5 295.7 346.0 14.59 4 850 1579 18.2 11.6 66 6.5 14.0 167 9 305.2 307.1 293.2 335.6 10.15 5 800 2097 16.5 4.7 46 11.8 9.6 163 9 308.7 310.0 291.5 329.3 6.69 6 750 2644 13.5 1.3 43 12.2 6.8 198 4 311.2 312.3 291.3 328.7 5.60 7 700 3221 10.2 -4.8 34 15.0 2.8 307 5 313.8 314.5 290.6 326.0 3.82 8 650 3832 5.8 -3.0 53 8.8 1.4 336 12 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.6 4.74 9 600 4481 1.2 -10.1 43 11.3 -3.7 329 20 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.2 2.96 10 550 5175 -3.7 -17.1 35 13.4 -8.5 330 24 319.7 320.0 290.5 325.8 1.82 11 500 5919 -8.7 -21.2 36 12.5 -12.6 334 25 322.4 322.7 290.9 327.3 1.41 12 450 6727 -14.2 -20.5 58 6.4 -16.1 330 22 325.4 325.8 292.0 331.2 1.66 13 400 7612 -19.0 -37.4 18 18.3 -22.2 315 22 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.7 0.39 14 350 8590 -26.6 -44.3 17 17.8 -28.7 312 28 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.8 0.21 15 300 9687 -33.5 -38.4 61 4.9 -34.1 317 35 338.2 338.3 294.3 340.0 0.46 16 250 10943 -43.2 -46.5 69 3.3 -43.5 321 35 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.8 0.23 17 200 12401 -55.4 -60.3 54 4.9 -55.5 306 38 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14205 -62.9 -79.0 10 16.1 -63.0 299 27 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16695 -63.6 -86.0 3 22.4 -63.8 170 9 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.20 m Freezing level: 587.73 mb = 4651.49 m = 15260.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.43 mb = 4002.89 m = 13132.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.96 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.93 mb = 1106.69 m = 3630.84 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 20.09 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.53 mb = 2155.27 m = 7071.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.34 C K Index: 23.51 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 965.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.77 mb = 1331.89 m = 4369.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.77 mb = 3584.61 m = 11760.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.77 mb = 12407.90 m = 40707.84 ft B at Equ Level: 960.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.77 mb = 15094.70 m = 49522.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.6 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 349.6 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -24.9 tot: 41.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 12.15 Bulk Shear: 79.47 m/s