MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 36.07,-95.41 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -95.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 185 27.1 21.9 73 5.1 23.3 153 8 300.2 303.2 296.5 349.4 16.80 1 1000 191 26.6 21.3 73 5.3 22.8 154 7 299.8 302.7 296.0 347.0 16.15 2 950 643 24.6 17.1 63 7.5 19.5 178 16 302.2 304.6 294.5 340.7 13.06 3 900 1115 21.5 16.0 71 5.5 17.7 208 11 303.6 306.0 294.7 341.6 12.77 4 850 1608 17.7 15.5 87 2.2 16.2 230 6 304.7 307.1 295.2 343.8 13.11 5 800 2126 17.6 -1.2 28 18.8 7.6 114 3 309.9 310.7 289.8 323.6 4.37 6 750 2674 15.4 -14.1 12 29.5 3.1 45 3 313.3 313.7 288.4 319.0 1.71 7 700 3252 10.1 5.2 72 4.9 7.2 354 8 313.7 315.2 294.0 338.5 7.96 8 650 3864 5.2 -0.3 67 5.5 2.2 347 12 314.9 316.0 292.6 333.1 5.76 9 600 4512 1.2 -8.7 48 9.9 -3.2 355 12 317.5 318.2 291.2 328.3 3.30 10 550 5208 -2.4 -23.5 18 21.1 -8.9 351 19 321.2 321.4 290.2 324.9 1.04 11 500 5955 -7.9 -28.5 17 20.7 -13.2 340 20 323.5 323.6 290.6 326.1 0.73 12 450 6763 -14.6 -27.6 32 13.0 -17.7 324 22 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.1 0.88 13 400 7646 -19.4 -50.0 5 30.5 -23.1 326 25 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.10 14 350 8625 -26.4 -47.9 11 21.5 -28.7 322 31 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.7 0.14 15 300 9720 -34.5 -57.1 8 22.6 -35.9 311 39 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.06 16 250 10968 -44.5 -53.2 37 8.8 -44.9 307 52 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 17 200 12425 -53.6 -68.5 15 14.9 -53.9 292 50 347.8 347.8 296.2 347.9 0.02 18 150 14230 -63.2 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 301 39 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16703 -63.7 -86.1 3 22.4 -63.9 185 8 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.39 m Freezing level: 583.16 mb = 4746.39 m = 15571.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.39 mb = 4124.91 m = 13533.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.36 % Est. max temperature: 31.59 C = 88.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.75 mb = 840.33 m = 2756.95 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 24.81 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.74 mb = 2834.55 m = 9299.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.37 C = 104.66 F Cap Strength: 4.29 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 36.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 249.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.81 mb = 1459.06 m = 4786.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.81 mb = 3866.45 m = 12685.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.81 mb = 11517.89 m = 37787.89 ft B at Equ Level: 584.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.81 mb = 13832.17 m = 45380.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.2 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 12.2 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.1 neg: -27.3 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 8.34 Bulk Shear: 71.30 m/s