MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 26 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 217 SFC 979 398 15.5 14.3 92 1.2 14.7 70 4 290.4 292.2 288.7 320.0 10.50 2 950 653 16.7 12.2 75 4.4 13.9 115 14 294.1 295.8 289.1 321.2 9.46 3 900 1112 14.5 8.0 65 6.5 10.7 91 15 296.4 297.8 288.2 318.2 7.48 4 850 1593 12.3 2.8 52 9.5 7.3 82 15 299.1 300.1 287.2 315.5 5.52 5 800 2100 10.7 -5.5 32 16.2 3.2 84 11 302.5 303.1 286.1 312.3 3.16 6 750 2634 7.6 2.5 70 5.0 4.9 11 8 304.8 306.0 289.8 323.4 6.14 7 700 3200 5.0 1.6 79 3.4 3.2 317 19 308.0 309.2 290.9 327.0 6.17 8 650 3803 3.5 -15.7 23 19.2 -3.6 314 24 313.0 313.3 288.3 318.7 1.73 9 600 4448 0.0 -19.0 22 19.0 -6.5 308 28 316.2 316.4 289.0 320.9 1.42 10 550 5140 -3.6 -26.9 14 23.3 -10.1 307 31 319.8 320.0 289.5 322.5 0.77 11 500 5885 -8.0 -38.1 7 30.0 -14.1 303 31 323.2 323.3 290.0 324.3 0.29 12 450 6694 -13.4 -41.4 8 28.0 -18.1 308 34 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.3 0.23 13 400 7580 -19.2 -37.2 19 18.1 -22.3 315 40 330.0 330.1 292.1 331.5 0.39 14 350 8559 -25.5 -37.8 31 12.3 -27.4 315 53 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.42 15 300 9660 -33.3 -48.9 19 15.6 -34.7 310 64 338.4 338.5 294.1 339.0 0.15 16 250 10911 -44.0 -48.5 61 4.5 -44.3 304 70 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.4 0.19 17 200 12366 -56.7 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.8 289 79 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14166 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 311 67 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16643 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.1 324 34 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.91 m Freezing level: 599.57 mb = 4454.15 m = 14613.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.58 mb = 3477.26 m = 11408.21 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.90 % Est. max temperature: 25.52 C = 77.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.61 mb = 549.95 m = 1804.27 ft T: 16.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.86 C/km ThetaE index: 8.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.65 mb = 2748.36 m = 9016.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lifted Index: 8.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.76 C Showalter Index: 10.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.38 C Cross Totals Index: 10.88 C K Index: 19.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 95.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9686.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.28 mb = 1482.52 m = 4863.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 321.8 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 351.8 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 5.8 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.5 neg: -68.0 tot: -27.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 131.67 m/s