MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 192 SFC 977 398 20.8 17.6 82 3.2 18.6 86 7 295.9 298.3 292.7 333.5 13.06 2 950 638 22.1 15.3 65 6.8 17.6 95 22 299.6 301.7 292.6 333.4 11.56 3 900 1105 17.8 14.2 80 3.6 15.4 100 20 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.2 11.40 4 850 1592 15.7 10.1 69 5.6 12.3 123 10 302.6 304.3 291.7 329.9 9.17 5 800 2108 15.8 2.3 40 13.6 8.3 110 9 308.0 309.1 290.4 325.4 5.63 6 750 2653 13.4 1.5 44 11.9 6.8 110 4 311.1 312.2 291.4 328.8 5.68 7 700 3231 11.3 -7.8 25 19.1 2.4 312 2 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.9 3.04 8 650 3844 6.9 -8.9 31 15.9 -0.2 327 10 316.8 317.4 290.7 326.6 3.00 9 600 4495 1.3 -3.0 73 4.3 -0.9 336 15 317.6 318.6 292.8 334.0 5.12 10 550 5191 -3.2 -5.5 84 2.3 -4.3 330 16 320.2 321.1 293.1 335.2 4.61 11 500 5938 -7.8 -12.2 70 4.4 -9.6 307 19 323.6 324.1 292.7 333.6 3.00 12 450 6749 -13.0 -17.5 69 4.5 -14.5 297 23 327.0 327.4 292.9 334.4 2.16 13 400 7636 -19.0 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.8 280 26 330.3 330.5 292.9 334.4 1.14 14 350 8616 -25.7 -45.7 14 20.1 -28.0 261 36 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.18 15 300 9715 -34.1 -56.7 8 22.6 -35.5 268 34 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 16 250 10967 -42.2 -65.8 6 23.5 -43.0 266 45 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 17 200 12444 -51.0 -73.6 5 22.7 -51.4 268 56 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14284 -59.9 -80.3 5 20.4 -60.1 276 36 366.8 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16758 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 307 17 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.01 m Freezing level: 585.53 mb = 4696.36 m = 15407.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.07 mb = 3792.69 m = 12443.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.90 mb = 804.40 m = 2639.07 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 688.38 mb = 3369.43 m = 11054.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.15 C = 104.28 F Cap Strength: 5.91 C Lifted Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.91 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.89 C K Index: 14.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 160.10 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6173.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.53 mb = 1477.43 m = 4847.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 356.2 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 26.2 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.3 neg: -28.6 tot: 54.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 72.05 m/s