MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 203 SFC 978 397 17.0 15.8 92 1.3 16.2 58 5 292.0 294.1 290.2 324.9 11.59 2 950 645 20.8 11.6 56 9.2 15.0 111 17 298.3 299.9 290.2 324.7 9.05 3 900 1110 17.4 13.1 76 4.2 14.7 137 8 299.4 301.3 291.9 330.5 10.61 4 850 1596 14.4 12.8 90 1.5 13.4 318 4 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.7 11.02 5 800 2109 14.6 1.0 39 13.6 7.3 60 3 306.8 307.7 289.5 322.6 5.14 6 750 2652 11.7 2.5 53 9.3 6.6 328 4 309.3 310.5 291.2 328.2 6.11 7 700 3226 9.3 -4.3 38 13.6 2.6 320 10 312.7 313.5 290.4 325.3 3.97 8 650 3836 5.4 -3.3 53 8.7 1.0 315 11 315.1 315.9 291.6 329.7 4.60 9 600 4484 0.5 -4.6 68 5.1 -2.0 318 11 316.8 317.6 292.1 331.3 4.54 10 550 5177 -3.6 -14.5 43 10.9 -7.8 312 10 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.3 2.26 11 500 5922 -8.3 -24.3 26 16.0 -12.9 306 12 322.9 323.1 290.7 326.6 1.07 12 450 6732 -13.6 -29.8 24 16.1 -17.4 290 15 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.7 0.72 13 400 7617 -18.3 -41.2 11 22.9 -22.0 276 26 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.2 0.26 14 350 8601 -24.9 -35.7 36 10.8 -26.7 255 18 335.2 335.3 293.6 337.2 0.52 15 300 9704 -33.4 -36.4 74 3.0 -33.8 284 32 338.3 338.5 294.4 340.5 0.57 16 250 10954 -44.5 -48.3 65 3.9 -44.7 283 43 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.19 17 200 12421 -50.8 -62.2 25 11.4 -51.1 266 48 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.6 0.04 18 150 14258 -60.5 -78.5 8 18.0 -60.7 271 41 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16732 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 320 12 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.79 m Freezing level: 593.43 mb = 4575.26 m = 15010.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.00 mb = 4050.36 m = 13288.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.81 mb = 556.36 m = 1825.29 ft T: 19.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 11.15 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.04 mb = 3343.91 m = 10970.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.02 C = 100.44 F Cap Strength: 5.79 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.79 C Showalter Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 21.99 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7553.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.02 mb = 1566.21 m = 5138.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.1 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 350.1 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.4 neg: -28.0 tot: 35.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.41 Bulk Shear: 58.89 m/s