MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.23,-97.99 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -97.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 979 364 21.9 15.4 67 6.5 17.6 51 6 296.9 298.9 291.6 329.6 11.31 2 950 618 17.7 14.2 80 3.5 15.5 54 6 295.2 297.1 290.6 326.2 10.79 3 900 1077 13.2 12.9 98 0.2 13.0 72 7 295.1 297.0 290.3 325.2 10.48 4 850 1557 12.2 9.4 83 2.8 10.5 98 13 298.9 300.5 290.2 324.6 8.75 5 800 2068 12.6 1.3 46 11.3 6.6 71 6 304.6 305.6 288.9 320.6 5.26 6 750 2606 10.3 -8.1 27 18.4 2.1 52 6 307.7 308.2 287.6 316.4 2.76 7 700 3178 9.7 -31.3 4 41.0 -1.9 346 8 313.2 313.3 286.9 314.6 0.40 8 650 3788 5.9 -10.4 30 16.2 -1.2 324 12 315.6 316.1 290.0 324.3 2.67 9 600 4438 1.6 -4.7 63 6.3 -1.4 321 17 318.0 318.9 292.4 332.6 4.51 10 550 5134 -2.5 -12.6 46 10.0 -6.6 320 20 321.1 321.6 291.7 329.9 2.65 11 500 5882 -7.2 -16.4 48 9.2 -10.5 311 22 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.6 2.13 12 450 6697 -12.2 -15.6 76 3.4 -13.5 309 21 327.9 328.4 293.4 336.5 2.53 13 400 7587 -17.5 -26.3 46 8.7 -19.7 320 27 332.2 332.5 293.4 336.3 1.12 14 350 8572 -24.4 -32.2 49 7.8 -25.9 316 44 335.8 336.0 294.0 338.6 0.73 15 300 9676 -33.5 -40.2 51 6.6 -34.3 316 53 338.1 338.2 294.2 339.6 0.39 16 250 10925 -44.9 -48.6 66 3.7 -45.1 309 43 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.18 17 200 12376 -55.2 -63.5 35 8.2 -55.4 308 49 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14177 -62.2 -78.9 9 16.7 -62.4 321 58 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16645 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 330 25 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.66 m Freezing level: 580.49 mb = 4709.15 m = 15449.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 724.02 mb = 2898.18 m = 9508.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.55 mb = 1175.38 m = 3856.20 ft T: 12.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 14.94 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.62 mb = 1165.26 m = 3822.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.82 C = 69.48 F Cap Strength: 6.79 C Lifted Index: 5.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.79 C Showalter Index: 6.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.37 C Cross Totals Index: 16.56 C K Index: -12.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 159.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7507.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.11 mb = 1132.48 m = 3715.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.3 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 7.3 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.8 neg: -6.8 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 22.76 m/s