MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 37.96,-99.37 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -99.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 209 1 950 650 SFC 948 665 18.0 14.4 80 3.5 15.7 152 6 295.6 297.5 290.9 327.1 10.97 3 900 1110 14.0 10.1 77 4.0 11.6 151 13 296.0 297.5 289.0 320.9 8.63 4 850 1590 12.4 4.0 57 8.4 7.8 143 18 299.2 300.3 287.8 317.0 6.02 5 800 2098 10.5 7.3 81 3.2 8.6 142 12 302.3 303.8 290.6 326.3 8.06 6 750 2633 8.4 7.8 95 0.7 8.0 159 5 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.5 8.87 7 700 3204 7.1 5.0 86 2.2 5.8 275 8 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.4 7.81 8 650 3811 4.3 -1.0 69 5.3 1.5 297 11 313.8 314.9 292.0 331.1 5.48 9 600 4458 -0.2 -3.0 81 2.8 -1.6 297 15 315.9 316.9 292.3 332.2 5.12 10 550 5150 -3.0 -6.3 78 3.3 -4.6 293 15 320.5 321.4 293.0 334.7 4.33 11 500 5899 -7.3 -16.5 48 9.2 -10.6 295 16 324.1 324.5 292.1 331.3 2.11 12 450 6712 -12.4 -20.1 53 7.7 -14.9 304 19 327.6 327.9 292.7 333.6 1.72 13 400 7601 -18.2 -26.0 50 7.8 -20.1 309 27 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.5 1.15 14 350 8585 -24.6 -30.6 58 5.9 -25.8 306 39 335.5 335.7 294.0 338.7 0.86 15 300 9688 -33.1 -38.7 57 5.6 -33.8 298 42 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.45 16 250 10941 -43.8 -49.9 51 6.0 -44.2 294 52 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.16 17 200 12397 -54.8 -60.3 50 5.5 -54.9 292 60 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.06 18 150 14205 -62.7 -81.0 7 18.3 -62.8 309 55 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16670 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.7 329 30 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.13 m Freezing level: 601.74 mb = 4435.79 m = 14552.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.15 mb = 4126.08 m = 13536.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.73 C = 76.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.20 mb = 1107.60 m = 3633.81 ft T: 14.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.11 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.12 mb = 3561.19 m = 11683.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.16 F Cap Strength: 7.66 C Lifted Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.12 C Showalter Index: 10.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.74 C Cross Totals Index: 11.34 C K Index: 21.62 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8884.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.79 mb = 1741.54 m = 5713.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 12.9 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 9.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -15.5 tot: 21.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 53.10 m/s