MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 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 149 SFC 971 398 18.2 17.5 96 0.7 17.7 120 13 293.8 296.1 292.0 331.0 13.06 2 950 589 16.8 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 124 22 294.2 296.5 291.8 330.3 12.63 3 900 1049 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 152 21 297.3 299.5 292.4 332.5 12.13 4 850 1536 15.6 15.4 99 0.2 15.5 214 13 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.07 5 800 2051 14.8 12.7 87 2.1 13.4 273 18 306.9 309.1 294.8 342.0 11.65 6 750 2596 12.8 9.4 80 3.4 10.7 267 23 310.5 312.4 294.6 340.9 9.92 7 700 3175 10.5 5.8 73 4.7 7.6 274 30 314.1 315.6 294.3 339.9 8.29 8 650 3787 6.0 3.0 81 3.0 4.3 281 34 315.8 317.2 294.0 338.9 7.33 9 600 4439 1.7 -0.3 87 2.0 0.7 290 33 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.1 6.27 10 550 5135 -2.7 -5.3 83 2.5 -4.0 287 36 320.8 321.8 293.3 336.1 4.70 11 500 5884 -7.4 -11.4 73 4.0 -9.1 288 35 324.0 324.6 293.0 334.7 3.19 12 450 6699 -11.5 -16.4 67 4.9 -13.3 286 35 328.8 329.3 293.6 336.9 2.36 13 400 7593 -16.7 -21.0 69 4.3 -18.0 284 38 333.3 333.7 294.3 339.7 1.80 14 350 8584 -23.3 -31.0 49 7.6 -24.9 292 45 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.4 0.83 15 300 9693 -32.5 -38.7 54 6.2 -33.4 290 44 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.2 0.45 16 250 10947 -43.3 -48.0 60 4.7 -43.6 295 39 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.20 17 200 12413 -52.8 -67.2 16 14.3 -53.1 305 61 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14223 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.4 310 49 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16680 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -66.9 323 27 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.47 m Freezing level: 580.59 mb = 4709.11 m = 15449.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.82 mb = 4535.05 m = 14878.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.52 mb = 485.56 m = 1593.04 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 7.32 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 844.72 m = 2771.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.35 C = 68.63 F Cap Strength: 5.34 C Lifted Index: 2.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.34 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5714.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.27 mb = 887.35 m = 2911.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 281.16 m/s