MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 199 SFC 977 398 23.2 16.0 64 7.2 18.4 106 7 298.3 300.4 292.4 332.6 11.79 2 950 644 20.0 13.2 65 6.8 15.7 116 10 297.5 299.3 290.8 326.9 10.11 3 900 1109 17.5 13.5 78 3.9 14.9 115 5 299.5 301.5 292.1 331.4 10.90 4 850 1595 15.4 6.3 55 9.0 10.1 108 8 302.3 303.6 289.8 323.4 7.07 5 800 2109 15.3 -3.7 27 19.0 5.9 109 4 307.5 308.1 288.3 318.8 3.63 6 750 2652 11.7 2.5 53 9.1 6.6 37 6 309.3 310.4 291.2 328.2 6.14 7 700 3226 8.2 2.6 68 5.6 5.0 15 8 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.0 6.58 8 650 3834 5.0 -4.3 51 9.3 0.4 313 10 314.6 315.4 291.2 328.3 4.28 9 600 4482 0.7 -6.9 57 7.6 -2.9 291 16 316.9 317.6 291.5 329.1 3.79 10 550 5175 -4.8 -9.3 71 4.5 -6.7 284 17 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.7 3.44 11 500 5916 -9.5 -21.9 36 12.3 -13.2 280 18 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.0 1.33 12 450 6721 -15.7 -22.4 57 6.6 -17.6 264 19 323.5 323.7 291.2 328.4 1.41 13 400 7600 -19.9 -29.6 42 9.7 -22.0 280 24 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.1 0.82 14 350 8578 -26.0 -59.9 3 33.9 -28.6 289 35 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.03 15 300 9677 -33.7 -59.2 6 25.4 -35.3 290 42 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 16 250 10930 -42.8 -61.4 11 18.6 -43.6 289 50 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.04 17 200 12399 -52.0 -70.0 10 18.0 -52.3 287 54 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14239 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.6 267 44 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16719 -65.9 -87.9 3 22.0 -66.0 336 16 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.08 m Freezing level: 593.89 mb = 4566.96 m = 14983.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.45 mb = 3916.08 m = 12847.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.70 mb = 1303.01 m = 4274.91 ft T: 16.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2992.60 m = 9818.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.44 C = 95.79 F Cap Strength: 5.68 C Lifted Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: 5.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 15.87 C K Index: 25.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 110.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6994.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.42 mb = 1580.89 m = 5186.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.1 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 329.1 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -59.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -28.5 tot: -15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 50.41 m/s