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: 37.81,-97.31 Latitude: 37.81 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 160 SFC 971 418 30.2 20.8 57 9.5 23.3 175 9 305.9 308.9 297.5 354.1 16.08 2 950 615 26.7 19.4 64 7.3 21.5 176 9 304.3 307.0 296.4 349.1 15.05 3 900 1089 22.0 18.4 80 3.6 19.5 178 10 304.2 307.0 296.4 348.9 15.01 4 850 1583 18.2 12.4 69 5.8 14.4 196 10 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.2 10.70 5 800 2100 15.8 5.7 51 10.1 9.8 205 13 308.0 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.18 6 750 2646 12.7 2.4 49 10.3 6.9 217 11 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.07 7 700 3222 9.7 -3.0 41 12.6 3.2 242 8 313.2 314.0 290.9 327.1 4.39 8 650 3832 5.4 -1.6 60 7.0 1.7 277 8 315.1 316.1 292.2 331.6 5.22 9 600 4481 1.0 -6.5 57 7.5 -2.5 291 11 317.3 318.0 291.7 329.9 3.91 10 550 5175 -3.1 -14.6 41 11.5 -7.5 290 16 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.0 2.25 11 500 5922 -7.7 -14.5 58 6.8 -10.3 290 25 323.6 324.1 292.3 332.0 2.48 12 450 6734 -12.7 -18.8 60 6.1 -14.7 292 35 327.3 327.6 292.8 333.9 1.93 13 400 7621 -19.2 -20.1 93 0.9 -19.5 296 41 330.0 330.4 293.5 336.8 1.93 14 350 8601 -25.7 -28.7 76 3.0 -26.3 301 37 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.8 1.02 15 300 9702 -33.2 -37.9 62 4.7 -33.8 336 21 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.49 16 250 10956 -43.5 -47.5 65 4.0 -43.8 320 25 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.21 17 200 12416 -55.1 -61.3 46 6.3 -55.2 307 43 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14215 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.3 303 29 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16700 -64.4 -86.5 3 22.1 -64.6 181 8 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.45 m Freezing level: 587.76 mb = 4650.53 m = 15257.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.63 mb = 4089.89 m = 13418.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.22 mb = 1611.09 m = 5285.68 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 27.02 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1906.84 m = 6255.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Showalter Index: 0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 25.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1357.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.75 mb = 1605.75 m = 5268.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.75 mb = 2726.83 m = 8946.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.75 mb = 12979.80 m = 42584.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1335.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.75 mb = 15964.93 m = 52377.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.3 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 290.3 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.8 neg: -2.3 tot: 28.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 42.71 Bulk Shear: 31.79 m/s