MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 204 SFC 978 397 16.0 15.0 94 1.0 15.4 66 6 291.0 293.0 289.4 322.1 11.01 2 950 644 20.6 10.9 54 9.7 14.6 117 16 298.1 299.6 289.8 323.3 8.63 3 900 1109 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 15.0 120 4 299.5 301.5 292.2 331.6 10.97 4 850 1595 15.3 8.2 63 7.0 11.0 51 6 302.1 303.6 290.6 326.2 8.07 5 800 2109 15.2 -1.1 33 16.3 6.8 78 4 307.4 308.2 289.0 321.0 4.41 6 750 2653 11.8 2.9 54 8.9 6.8 352 6 309.4 310.5 291.3 328.8 6.29 7 700 3226 8.6 -1.2 50 9.7 3.5 343 11 312.0 312.9 291.0 327.7 5.02 8 650 3835 4.7 -2.5 60 7.2 1.1 311 10 314.3 315.2 291.7 329.9 4.90 9 600 4482 0.1 -4.3 72 4.4 -2.1 289 12 316.2 317.1 292.0 331.0 4.63 10 550 5174 -4.3 -13.7 48 9.4 -7.9 283 13 318.9 319.4 290.8 326.9 2.41 11 500 5917 -9.1 -19.5 43 10.4 -12.5 287 13 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.5 1.63 12 450 6724 -14.5 -25.5 38 11.1 -17.3 278 17 325.1 325.3 291.4 328.8 1.06 13 400 7605 -19.9 -29.1 44 9.1 -22.0 276 25 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.2 0.87 14 350 8586 -25.1 -29.3 68 4.2 -26.0 262 25 334.9 335.1 293.9 338.4 0.96 15 300 9686 -34.2 -37.4 73 3.1 -34.7 257 25 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.51 16 250 10935 -43.7 -58.0 19 14.4 -44.3 279 49 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.06 17 200 12399 -52.4 -69.5 11 17.2 -52.7 290 55 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14241 -59.6 -82.7 3 23.1 -59.9 270 29 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16719 -66.4 -88.3 3 21.9 -66.5 326 14 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.16 m Freezing level: 599.08 mb = 4494.80 m = 14746.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.02 mb = 4048.72 m = 13283.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.95 mb = 527.30 m = 1729.95 ft T: 18.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 10.56 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.68 mb = 3265.48 m = 10713.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.94 C = 98.49 F Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lifted Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.37 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 17.37 C K Index: 22.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 123.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8014.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.18 mb = 1593.51 m = 5227.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 341.1 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -162.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.2 neg: -25.5 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 62.14 m/s