MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 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 196 SFC 977 399 27.2 17.6 56 9.6 20.6 70 10 302.3 304.8 294.6 341.1 13.10 2 950 646 23.3 15.9 63 7.4 18.4 70 11 300.8 303.0 293.4 336.3 12.08 3 900 1115 18.6 14.8 79 3.8 16.1 71 11 300.7 302.9 293.2 335.6 11.88 4 850 1602 14.3 12.6 89 1.8 13.2 77 11 301.2 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.82 5 800 2115 14.4 4.6 52 9.8 8.8 94 9 306.4 307.7 290.7 326.7 6.65 6 750 2658 11.9 3.0 55 8.8 6.9 79 6 309.5 310.6 291.5 329.0 6.35 7 700 3232 9.1 -2.0 45 11.2 3.4 68 6 312.6 313.5 291.0 327.5 4.71 8 650 3843 6.2 -9.4 32 15.6 -0.7 50 4 316.0 316.5 290.4 325.3 2.87 9 600 4492 1.4 -12.0 36 13.4 -4.1 345 9 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.55 10 550 5186 -3.3 -14.7 41 11.4 -7.6 334 12 320.2 320.7 291.0 327.7 2.23 11 500 5933 -7.3 -22.3 29 14.9 -11.9 280 14 324.1 324.4 291.3 328.6 1.28 12 450 6747 -12.0 -26.2 30 14.2 -15.8 263 18 328.1 328.3 292.2 331.7 1.00 13 400 7637 -17.5 -27.5 42 10.0 -20.0 259 19 332.2 332.4 293.3 335.9 1.00 14 350 8624 -24.4 -30.6 56 6.2 -25.6 263 23 335.9 336.0 294.1 339.0 0.85 15 300 9729 -32.8 -39.3 52 6.5 -33.6 230 28 339.1 339.2 294.5 340.8 0.42 16 250 10984 -43.5 -47.9 62 4.4 -43.8 246 37 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.20 17 200 12449 -52.6 -74.0 6 21.4 -52.9 244 44 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14271 -61.5 -82.1 5 20.5 -61.7 261 38 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16746 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.2 -67.9 307 10 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.52 m Freezing level: 584.70 mb = 4704.56 m = 15434.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.04 mb = 3728.85 m = 12233.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.97 mb = 1602.33 m = 5256.93 ft T: 14.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.39 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.67 mb = 2505.82 m = 8221.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.18 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: 0.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.63 C Showalter Index: 2.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 19.88 C K Index: 23.02 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4922.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.49 mb = 1597.14 m = 5239.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 22.1 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 52.1 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -0.6 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 8.94 m/s