MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 155 SFC 972 398 15.6 14.9 96 0.6 15.2 126 12 291.1 293.0 289.5 322.3 11.06 2 950 591 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 129 22 291.6 293.5 289.3 321.8 10.67 3 900 1050 16.8 16.7 100 0.1 16.7 178 14 298.8 301.2 293.8 337.8 13.41 4 850 1538 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 245 5 302.8 305.3 294.9 342.5 13.39 5 800 2055 15.8 13.7 88 2.1 14.4 277 9 308.0 310.3 295.7 345.6 12.44 6 750 2603 13.4 10.1 80 3.3 11.3 273 21 311.1 313.0 295.0 342.9 10.39 7 700 3180 9.3 7.5 88 1.8 8.2 275 28 312.8 314.6 294.7 341.8 9.36 8 650 3791 5.4 3.6 88 1.8 4.4 282 33 315.1 316.6 294.1 339.2 7.67 9 600 4442 1.4 0.5 94 0.9 0.9 288 36 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.8 6.63 10 550 5138 -2.7 -3.6 93 1.0 -3.2 287 38 320.9 321.9 293.9 338.1 5.32 11 500 5888 -7.1 -7.8 95 0.7 -7.4 287 37 324.4 325.2 293.9 338.5 4.26 12 450 6704 -11.6 -13.4 86 1.8 -12.3 286 35 328.7 329.3 294.1 339.0 3.03 13 400 7597 -17.0 -20.7 73 3.7 -18.1 286 32 332.9 333.3 294.1 339.4 1.84 14 350 8586 -23.5 -27.4 71 3.8 -24.4 287 33 337.0 337.3 294.6 341.3 1.16 15 300 9692 -33.1 -37.5 64 4.5 -33.7 291 31 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.7 0.51 16 250 10942 -43.5 -51.5 41 8.0 -43.9 302 42 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.13 17 200 12415 -52.0 -69.7 10 17.7 -52.4 308 60 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14227 -63.4 -79.9 9 16.5 -63.5 308 50 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16683 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.4 -67.1 320 26 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.37 m Freezing level: 583.14 mb = 4676.68 m = 15343.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.97 mb = 4590.40 m = 15060.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.30 mb = 472.81 m = 1551.21 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 7.48 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.86 mb = 397.72 m = 1304.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.46 C = 61.63 F Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lifted Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.70 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 37.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5975.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.77 mb = 865.24 m = 2838.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 308.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.5 neg: -15.7 tot: 211.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 234.81 m/s