MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 187 SFC 976 399 27.1 17.1 54 10.1 20.2 120 5 302.3 304.7 294.3 339.7 12.63 2 950 637 23.1 15.3 62 7.8 17.9 123 5 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.8 11.61 3 900 1105 18.4 14.4 77 4.1 15.8 126 5 300.5 302.6 292.9 334.3 11.51 4 850 1592 14.6 10.9 79 3.7 12.3 158 6 301.5 303.2 291.7 330.1 9.70 5 800 2106 15.1 -3.5 28 18.5 5.9 172 5 307.2 307.9 288.3 318.7 3.69 6 750 2648 11.6 2.2 52 9.4 6.3 153 3 309.1 310.2 291.0 327.6 5.97 7 700 3222 7.9 2.9 71 5.0 5.1 99 1 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.3 6.77 8 650 3829 4.5 -2.1 62 6.6 1.1 297 6 314.0 315.0 291.7 330.0 5.05 9 600 4476 0.4 -6.2 61 6.6 -2.7 277 15 316.6 317.4 291.6 329.5 4.02 10 550 5168 -5.1 -7.6 83 2.5 -6.2 275 17 318.0 318.8 291.9 330.7 3.92 11 500 5909 -10.5 -14.4 73 4.0 -11.9 281 18 320.3 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.50 12 450 6713 -14.5 -22.2 52 7.7 -16.7 295 27 325.0 325.3 291.7 330.0 1.43 13 400 7596 -19.7 -43.3 10 23.6 -23.1 301 35 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.2 0.21 14 350 8574 -25.7 -61.9 2 36.2 -28.5 299 42 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.2 0.03 15 300 9671 -34.1 -62.8 4 28.8 -35.6 298 51 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.03 16 250 10924 -43.3 -66.2 6 22.9 -44.1 289 50 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.7 0.02 17 200 12392 -51.2 -71.6 7 20.4 -51.5 286 52 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14237 -59.2 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 275 34 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16724 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.6 5 7 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.64 m Freezing level: 596.39 mb = 4526.32 m = 14849.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.13 mb = 4016.43 m = 13177.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.00 mb = 1662.10 m = 5453.01 ft T: 14.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 20.97 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.34 mb = 2622.05 m = 8602.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.76 C = 92.77 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.91 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: 31.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 67.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.62 mb = 1645.85 m = 5399.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.62 mb = 4889.25 m = 16040.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.62 mb = 7060.59 m = 23164.39 ft B at Equ Level: 66.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 349.62 mb = 8581.41 m = 28153.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.8 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 298.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -17.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.9 neg: -15.0 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.81 Bulk Shear: 23.87 m/s