MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 37.58,-97.26 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -97.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 SFC 978 394 25.9 18.3 63 7.5 20.6 69 10 300.9 303.4 294.6 341.1 13.69 2 950 649 21.6 16.6 73 5.0 18.2 69 11 299.1 301.4 293.3 335.8 12.59 3 900 1114 16.9 15.6 92 1.3 16.1 70 11 298.9 301.2 293.2 335.4 12.49 4 850 1600 13.6 10.8 83 2.9 11.9 84 13 300.4 302.2 291.3 328.6 9.58 5 800 2111 14.3 4.0 50 10.3 8.5 87 11 306.4 307.6 290.5 325.9 6.40 6 750 2654 11.8 3.5 57 8.2 7.1 70 7 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.7 6.59 7 700 3229 9.1 -2.7 43 11.9 3.1 55 7 312.6 313.5 290.7 326.7 4.46 8 650 3839 6.3 -10.6 28 17.0 -1.0 51 6 316.1 316.6 290.2 324.7 2.61 9 600 4489 1.7 -11.5 37 13.2 -3.8 338 7 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.7 2.64 10 550 5184 -2.7 -16.4 34 13.7 -7.8 320 11 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.3 1.92 11 500 5933 -6.6 -24.1 23 17.5 -11.8 270 10 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.8 1.09 12 450 6747 -12.0 -26.8 28 14.8 -15.9 263 12 328.1 328.3 292.1 331.5 0.95 13 400 7637 -17.6 -36.3 18 18.6 -21.1 243 10 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.7 0.43 14 350 8623 -23.7 -38.4 25 14.7 -26.0 255 18 336.9 336.9 293.9 338.4 0.40 15 300 9729 -33.0 -40.0 50 7.0 -33.9 233 21 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.3 0.39 16 250 10982 -43.3 -47.8 61 4.4 -43.6 257 36 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.20 17 200 12450 -52.3 -71.8 8 19.6 -52.6 245 43 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14272 -62.2 -82.2 5 20.0 -62.3 271 32 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16739 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 295 6 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.99 m Freezing level: 581.15 mb = 4751.05 m = 15587.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.44 mb = 3682.92 m = 12082.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.38 mb = 1340.13 m = 4396.69 ft T: 15.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1363.01 m = 4471.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.40 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: 1.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.76 C Showalter Index: 5.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.24 C Cross Totals Index: 17.36 C K Index: 19.10 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.02 mb = 1314.68 m = 4313.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.02 mb = 1460.73 m = 4792.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.02 mb = 1759.80 m = 5773.56 ft B at Equ Level: 5.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.02 mb = 1964.75 m = 6445.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 36.5 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 66.5 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: -0.4 tot: 5.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 4.26 m/s