MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.67,-97.89 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -97.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 975 347 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 90 7 292.1 294.2 290.5 325.8 11.91 2 950 565 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 113 13 292.6 294.6 290.2 324.9 11.34 3 900 1032 24.4 17.6 66 6.8 19.6 217 32 306.6 309.3 296.5 349.3 14.18 4 850 1531 21.4 16.4 73 4.9 17.9 237 29 308.5 311.1 296.8 350.8 13.96 5 800 2053 16.6 14.7 88 1.9 15.3 245 29 308.8 311.3 296.4 349.0 13.24 6 750 2601 12.9 10.2 84 2.6 11.2 270 28 310.5 312.5 295.0 342.7 10.50 7 700 3178 9.3 7.1 86 2.2 7.9 279 24 312.7 314.5 294.5 340.8 9.07 8 650 3789 5.8 3.3 84 2.5 4.3 275 20 315.5 316.9 294.1 339.0 7.48 9 600 4440 1.9 -0.6 84 2.5 0.6 279 21 318.3 319.5 293.8 337.9 6.14 10 550 5137 -2.3 -4.5 85 2.2 -3.4 276 24 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.7 5.00 11 500 5889 -6.3 -8.1 87 1.8 -7.1 272 31 325.4 326.2 294.1 339.2 4.17 12 450 6708 -10.5 -12.4 86 1.8 -11.3 278 25 330.0 330.6 294.6 341.2 3.29 13 400 7604 -16.1 -18.5 82 2.4 -16.9 287 21 334.1 334.5 294.8 341.9 2.23 14 350 8596 -23.1 -26.5 74 3.4 -24.0 303 24 337.5 337.8 294.8 342.1 1.25 15 300 9704 -32.5 -39.6 49 7.1 -33.4 295 33 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.2 0.41 16 250 10961 -42.2 -59.2 14 17.0 -43.0 315 39 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.05 17 200 12432 -53.1 -69.1 13 16.0 -53.4 312 59 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14237 -62.9 -79.3 9 16.4 -63.1 308 45 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16675 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 323 32 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.13 m Freezing level: 577.04 mb = 4760.43 m = 15618.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.40 mb = 4542.40 m = 14902.71 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.59 % Est. max temperature: 33.27 C = 91.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.09 mb = 430.37 m = 1411.95 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.14 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 974.62 mb = 346.68 m = 1137.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.32 C = 63.18 F Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 41.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4345.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.81 mb = 1259.82 m = 4133.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.4 neg: -1.9 tot: 533.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 177.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.8 stream: 11.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 164.54 m/s