MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 211 SFC 979 398 18.4 16.8 90 1.6 17.4 56 5 293.4 295.6 291.3 328.6 12.38 2 950 655 21.0 13.4 62 7.6 16.1 102 20 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.3 10.22 3 900 1121 17.2 13.5 78 3.8 14.8 118 14 299.3 301.2 292.0 331.0 10.84 4 850 1607 14.8 12.2 84 2.6 13.2 221 2 301.7 303.6 292.5 333.0 10.59 5 800 2120 14.8 2.5 43 12.3 8.0 99 2 307.0 308.1 290.2 324.6 5.75 6 750 2663 12.1 2.1 51 10.0 6.6 282 1 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.1 5.95 7 700 3238 9.8 -4.7 36 14.4 2.7 291 7 313.3 314.0 290.5 325.6 3.87 8 650 3849 6.0 -7.8 36 13.8 -0.3 307 11 315.8 316.4 290.7 326.4 3.27 9 600 4498 0.5 -4.3 70 4.7 -1.9 326 14 316.7 317.6 292.2 331.6 4.65 10 550 5191 -3.8 -10.7 59 6.8 -6.7 333 11 319.5 320.1 291.6 329.7 3.09 11 500 5936 -9.0 -13.5 70 4.6 -10.7 322 13 322.1 322.6 292.0 331.1 2.69 12 450 6744 -13.9 -26.3 34 12.4 -17.1 307 17 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.3 0.99 13 400 7627 -19.6 -41.7 12 22.0 -22.9 293 23 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 14 350 8607 -25.5 -47.8 11 22.4 -27.9 298 19 334.4 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.14 15 300 9705 -34.0 -44.3 35 10.2 -35.1 313 29 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.25 16 250 10958 -42.7 -51.7 37 9.0 -43.2 303 58 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.2 0.13 17 200 12429 -51.6 -61.9 28 10.3 -51.9 299 48 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.3 0.05 18 150 14268 -59.7 -81.4 4 21.6 -59.9 263 37 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16748 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 324 16 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.23 m Freezing level: 594.54 mb = 4573.68 m = 15005.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3778.96 m = 12398.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.90 mb = 601.58 m = 1973.67 ft T: 20.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 8.40 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.07 mb = 3272.56 m = 10736.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.04 F Cap Strength: 5.51 C Lifted Index: 2.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.51 C Showalter Index: 0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 21.65 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6969.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.59 mb = 1481.68 m = 4861.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 1.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.5 neg: -17.6 tot: 110.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 69.40 m/s