MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 187 SFC 976 398 25.8 17.8 61 8.0 20.2 79 10 301.0 303.4 294.3 339.8 13.22 2 950 638 23.3 16.3 65 7.0 18.6 80 14 300.9 303.1 293.6 337.2 12.37 3 900 1106 18.8 15.1 79 3.7 16.3 81 14 300.8 303.1 293.4 336.4 12.09 4 850 1594 14.5 12.6 88 1.9 13.3 87 13 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.5 10.88 5 800 2108 15.0 3.7 47 11.2 8.6 99 8 307.1 308.3 290.6 326.3 6.26 6 750 2652 12.7 2.4 50 10.3 6.9 91 5 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.2 6.08 7 700 3228 10.2 -4.4 35 14.6 3.0 87 3 313.8 314.6 290.7 326.4 3.95 8 650 3840 6.7 -9.2 31 15.9 -0.4 325 4 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.1 2.93 9 600 4491 2.0 -12.0 35 14.0 -3.8 337 11 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.8 2.53 10 550 5186 -3.3 -13.9 44 10.6 -7.4 324 15 320.1 320.6 291.2 328.1 2.37 11 500 5932 -7.8 -23.1 28 15.3 -12.3 291 18 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.19 12 450 6744 -12.4 -24.8 35 12.5 -15.8 274 20 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.7 1.13 13 400 7634 -17.9 -24.3 57 6.4 -19.6 260 24 331.7 332.0 293.4 336.5 1.34 14 350 8618 -24.8 -28.0 75 3.2 -25.5 254 28 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.3 1.09 15 300 9720 -33.8 -39.9 54 6.1 -34.5 250 33 337.8 337.8 294.1 339.3 0.40 16 250 10971 -43.1 -65.8 6 22.7 -43.8 260 40 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 17 200 12443 -51.5 -77.9 3 26.4 -51.9 250 50 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.00 18 150 14275 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 268 38 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16751 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 290 14 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.73 m Freezing level: 581.15 mb = 4753.03 m = 15593.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.49 mb = 3758.21 m = 12329.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.50 mb = 1410.37 m = 4627.16 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.55 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.53 mb = 2713.03 m = 8900.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.44 C = 95.79 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 0.29 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.52 C Showalter Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.43 C K Index: 20.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4559.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.97 mb = 1544.32 m = 5066.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 3.3 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 33.3 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -5.6 tot: 22.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 28.89 m/s