MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 135 SFC 971 399 31.3 20.5 53 10.8 23.5 152 15 307.1 310.0 297.6 354.7 15.81 2 950 593 28.1 18.9 57 9.2 21.6 153 19 305.7 308.4 296.5 349.4 14.61 3 900 1070 23.3 17.8 71 5.6 19.4 154 20 305.5 308.2 296.3 348.5 14.35 4 850 1566 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.8 171 19 306.6 308.5 294.0 338.5 10.61 5 800 2087 18.4 4.1 39 14.3 10.0 201 16 310.7 311.9 291.9 330.6 6.41 6 750 2637 15.3 -1.0 33 16.3 6.6 222 14 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.2 4.75 7 700 3217 11.7 -0.9 42 12.6 4.9 250 14 315.4 316.4 292.2 331.7 5.11 8 650 3831 6.6 2.3 74 4.3 4.1 268 19 316.4 317.8 293.9 338.4 6.95 9 600 4485 2.9 -1.4 73 4.3 0.6 292 25 319.4 320.6 293.8 337.9 5.75 10 550 5185 -1.3 -11.8 45 10.5 -5.7 317 30 322.5 323.1 292.2 331.9 2.81 11 500 5934 -7.8 -15.0 56 7.2 -10.5 317 30 323.5 324.0 292.2 331.6 2.38 12 450 6744 -13.4 -26.0 34 12.6 -16.7 316 30 326.4 326.6 291.7 330.0 1.02 13 400 7630 -19.1 -30.3 37 11.2 -21.5 319 33 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.77 14 350 8611 -24.7 -37.8 29 13.1 -26.8 305 30 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.1 0.42 15 300 9717 -32.4 -47.1 22 14.7 -33.8 300 24 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.18 16 250 10973 -43.3 -51.1 42 7.8 -43.7 294 33 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.14 17 200 12435 -54.9 -61.5 44 6.7 -55.0 296 37 345.9 345.9 295.8 346.1 0.05 18 150 14228 -65.2 -76.7 19 11.6 -65.3 296 32 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16705 -65.5 -85.0 5 19.5 -65.6 207 12 401.2 401.2 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.88 m Freezing level: 565.81 mb = 4963.39 m = 16283.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.21 mb = 4549.17 m = 14924.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.05 % Est. max temperature: 33.19 C = 91.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.25 mb = 1768.04 m = 5800.59 ft T: 19.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.17 C/km ThetaE index: 26.47 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2753.74 m = 9034.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.86 C = 100.16 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.48 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.06 C K Index: 26.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1156.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 148.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.88 mb = 1823.79 m = 5983.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 659.88 mb = 3706.37 m = 12159.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.88 mb = 13095.32 m = 42963.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1136.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.88 mb = 15597.18 m = 51171.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 21.6 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 155.15 m/s