MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 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 192 SFC 976 397 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 11 1 289.9 291.8 288.6 319.7 10.60 2 950 628 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 161 8 292.6 294.7 290.3 325.0 11.38 3 900 1086 13.1 12.6 97 0.5 12.8 146 11 295.0 296.8 290.1 324.5 10.26 4 850 1565 10.5 9.8 96 0.7 10.1 150 12 297.1 298.8 289.8 323.3 8.99 5 800 2071 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 187 13 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.6 10.48 6 750 2611 10.3 10.1 99 0.1 10.2 228 21 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.4 10.44 7 700 3184 7.6 7.5 99 0.1 7.6 241 26 310.9 312.7 294.2 339.6 9.34 8 650 3793 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 250 29 314.4 315.9 294.3 339.8 8.15 9 600 4443 1.0 0.8 99 0.2 0.9 255 30 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.8 6.80 10 550 5139 -2.5 -3.0 97 0.4 -2.7 261 30 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.2 5.60 11 500 5891 -6.3 -7.1 93 0.9 -6.7 264 29 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.3 4.48 12 450 6709 -10.5 -11.8 90 1.3 -11.1 266 27 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.7 3.43 13 400 7606 -16.6 -18.9 82 2.3 -17.3 277 30 333.5 333.9 294.6 341.1 2.15 14 350 8595 -24.2 -27.4 75 3.2 -24.9 286 32 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.4 1.16 15 300 9700 -32.9 -35.9 75 3.0 -33.4 290 35 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.59 16 250 10952 -44.5 -47.8 70 3.3 -44.7 296 40 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12403 -55.2 -63.0 37 7.8 -55.4 303 54 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14208 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.8 314 47 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 323 31 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.74 m Freezing level: 585.83 mb = 4640.55 m = 15224.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.63 mb = 4609.99 m = 15124.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.57 % Est. max temperature: 24.85 C = 76.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.57 mb = 445.94 m = 1463.03 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 1.70 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 1047.34 m = 3436.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.62 C = 67.31 F Cap Strength: 6.78 C Lifted Index: 7.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.57 C Showalter Index: 8.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.74 C Cross Totals Index: 16.06 C K Index: 26.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8701.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.33 mb = 896.66 m = 2941.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 120.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 196.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 70.61 m/s