MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 175 SFC 974 398 16.9 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 115 13 292.3 294.4 290.8 326.8 12.18 2 950 612 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 119 24 293.0 295.1 290.7 326.3 11.71 3 900 1070 13.8 13.8 99 0.1 13.8 145 29 295.8 297.8 291.0 327.6 11.05 4 850 1553 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 192 22 300.4 302.5 292.9 334.2 11.51 5 800 2064 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.5 242 22 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.6 11.39 6 750 2607 11.6 11.5 99 0.1 11.5 267 32 309.2 311.3 295.3 343.9 11.43 7 700 3183 8.9 8.7 99 0.1 8.8 278 33 312.3 314.2 295.2 343.6 10.15 8 650 3794 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 283 32 315.3 317.0 294.9 342.5 8.71 9 600 4446 1.9 1.7 98 0.2 1.8 288 30 318.3 319.8 294.7 341.4 7.24 10 550 5143 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.5 291 30 321.3 322.4 294.3 339.9 5.74 11 500 5895 -6.2 -6.5 98 0.3 -6.4 289 32 325.4 326.4 294.6 341.0 4.71 12 450 6712 -11.9 -12.5 95 0.6 -12.1 284 32 328.3 329.0 294.1 339.4 3.25 13 400 7603 -17.7 -21.6 72 3.9 -18.8 287 31 332.0 332.3 293.9 338.0 1.70 14 350 8588 -24.3 -33.4 43 9.1 -26.0 293 31 336.0 336.2 293.9 338.5 0.65 15 300 9695 -32.6 -37.2 64 4.6 -33.2 298 37 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.5 0.52 16 250 10948 -44.2 -47.9 66 3.7 -44.4 290 40 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.20 17 200 12407 -53.5 -66.6 19 13.1 -53.8 304 54 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14215 -63.0 -80.0 8 17.0 -63.1 312 51 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16669 -67.2 -85.7 6 18.5 -67.4 334 28 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.48 m Freezing level: 577.42 mb = 4760.69 m = 15618.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.22 mb = 4728.27 m = 15512.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.86 mb = 453.31 m = 1487.21 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 4.04 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 830.83 m = 2725.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.97 C = 66.14 F Cap Strength: 5.45 C Lifted Index: 6.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.44 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 33.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.32 mb = 871.74 m = 2860.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.32 mb = 917.85 m = 3011.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 906.32 mb = 1010.83 m = 3316.33 ft B at Equ Level: 22.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 846.32 mb = 1589.51 m = 5214.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.5 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 299.5 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 557.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 557.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.2 stream: 10.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 323.25 m/s