MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 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 132 SFC 971 398 29.7 20.8 59 8.9 23.2 142 14 305.4 308.4 297.4 353.7 16.12 2 950 589 28.1 19.4 59 8.7 21.9 145 22 305.7 308.5 296.8 350.9 15.10 3 900 1066 23.5 18.2 72 5.4 19.8 150 25 305.8 308.5 296.6 349.9 14.73 4 850 1563 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.5 164 25 306.4 308.8 295.6 345.1 12.87 5 800 2085 20.3 -3.5 20 23.8 8.0 202 16 312.8 313.5 290.1 324.5 3.68 6 750 2637 16.4 -3.7 25 20.2 6.1 227 14 314.4 315.1 290.8 326.8 3.86 7 700 3219 11.9 4.9 62 7.0 7.8 253 16 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.2 7.81 8 650 3835 7.2 4.3 82 2.9 5.5 274 23 317.1 318.7 294.9 342.5 8.05 9 600 4489 3.8 -11.4 32 15.1 -2.7 300 24 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.4 2.67 10 550 5190 -1.1 -16.1 31 14.9 -6.8 312 26 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.5 1.98 11 500 5940 -6.9 -26.9 19 20.0 -12.4 318 30 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.6 0.85 12 450 6752 -12.8 -26.4 31 13.6 -16.4 322 31 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.6 0.98 13 400 7639 -19.0 -27.3 48 8.3 -21.0 313 34 330.3 330.5 292.8 334.0 1.02 14 350 8620 -24.9 -36.5 33 11.6 -26.8 305 34 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.1 0.48 15 300 9724 -32.8 -44.5 30 11.7 -34.0 303 38 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.24 16 250 10978 -43.5 -51.0 43 7.5 -44.0 290 38 341.3 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.14 17 200 12438 -54.7 -62.4 38 7.7 -54.9 288 46 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14235 -64.2 -77.8 14 13.6 -64.3 287 33 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16708 -64.9 -85.6 4 20.8 -65.0 222 12 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.86 m Freezing level: 561.63 mb = 5026.76 m = 16491.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.67 mb = 4265.43 m = 13994.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.40 % Est. max temperature: 34.33 C = 93.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.29 mb = 1529.26 m = 5017.20 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.93 C/km ThetaE index: 29.16 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.77 mb = 2809.92 m = 9218.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.96 C = 102.13 F Cap Strength: 4.71 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1390.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.37 mb = 1733.07 m = 5685.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.37 mb = 3728.50 m = 12232.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.37 mb = 13152.92 m = 43152.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1375.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.37 mb = 16217.58 m = 53206.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.67 Bulk Rich Number: 7.19 Bulk Shear: 193.45 m/s