MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 162 SFC 974 399 30.3 21.0 58 9.3 23.5 172 8 305.7 308.8 297.6 354.5 16.27 2 950 617 26.5 19.5 65 7.0 21.5 173 9 304.0 306.9 296.4 349.1 15.14 3 900 1091 21.8 18.4 81 3.3 19.4 176 9 303.9 306.7 296.3 348.5 15.00 4 850 1585 18.2 12.4 69 5.8 14.4 200 9 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.3 10.71 5 800 2102 15.9 4.9 48 11.0 9.5 207 11 308.0 309.3 291.4 328.8 6.79 6 750 2648 12.8 2.3 49 10.5 6.9 217 9 310.5 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.02 7 700 3223 9.6 -3.7 39 13.3 2.9 252 7 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.3 4.15 8 650 3833 5.3 -2.7 56 8.0 1.3 289 8 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.4 4.84 9 600 4482 0.8 -6.6 58 7.4 -2.7 301 11 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.6 3.88 10 550 5176 -3.4 -14.5 42 11.1 -7.6 298 15 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.7 2.27 11 500 5922 -8.0 -15.9 53 7.9 -10.9 296 21 323.3 323.7 291.9 330.8 2.21 12 450 6734 -12.5 -23.1 41 10.6 -15.6 296 31 327.5 327.8 292.3 332.2 1.32 13 400 7622 -19.0 -20.4 89 1.3 -19.4 298 40 330.3 330.6 293.6 336.9 1.89 14 350 8603 -25.7 -28.1 80 2.4 -26.2 303 39 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.1 1.08 15 300 9704 -33.1 -38.2 61 5.0 -33.8 337 23 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.47 16 250 10958 -43.4 -48.6 56 5.2 -43.7 319 29 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.3 0.18 17 200 12419 -54.9 -62.5 38 7.6 -55.1 308 44 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.1 0.04 18 150 14217 -63.3 -79.6 9 16.3 -63.4 303 28 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16701 -64.5 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.7 185 9 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.48 m Freezing level: 590.51 mb = 4613.66 m = 15136.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.08 mb = 4034.45 m = 13236.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.40 mb = 1570.71 m = 5153.17 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 25.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.09 mb = 1880.20 m = 6168.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.36 C = 88.44 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 25.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1370.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.74 mb = 1567.29 m = 5141.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.74 mb = 2683.95 m = 8805.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.74 mb = 12847.99 m = 42151.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1358.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.74 mb = 15752.89 m = 51682.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.6 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 296.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 45.66 Bulk Shear: 30.02 m/s