MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 150 SFC 971 398 17.1 16.5 96 0.6 16.7 131 12 292.6 294.8 291.0 327.3 12.22 2 950 588 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 134 22 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.1 11.88 3 900 1049 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 173 22 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.4 13.52 4 850 1540 17.2 16.9 98 0.4 17.0 235 20 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.0 14.36 5 800 2057 14.7 13.5 92 1.2 13.9 263 22 306.8 309.1 295.2 343.6 12.22 6 750 2601 11.8 10.0 89 1.8 10.7 263 19 309.4 311.3 294.6 340.9 10.35 7 700 3177 8.9 6.8 87 2.0 7.6 268 23 312.3 314.0 294.3 339.8 8.91 8 650 3788 5.5 3.2 85 2.3 4.2 282 25 315.2 316.6 294.0 338.5 7.45 9 600 4439 1.6 -0.1 89 1.7 0.7 290 27 318.0 319.2 293.9 338.2 6.35 10 550 5135 -2.4 -3.8 90 1.5 -3.1 302 29 321.3 322.3 293.9 338.3 5.24 11 500 5887 -6.2 -8.2 85 2.1 -7.1 305 29 325.5 326.3 294.1 339.2 4.11 12 450 6704 -11.2 -15.3 72 4.0 -12.8 307 29 329.1 329.6 293.8 338.0 2.59 13 400 7598 -16.9 -22.4 62 5.6 -18.5 305 37 333.1 333.4 294.0 338.7 1.58 14 350 8586 -23.7 -27.2 73 3.5 -24.5 296 39 336.8 337.0 294.6 341.1 1.17 15 300 9693 -32.9 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.4 294 46 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.60 16 250 10944 -42.7 -52.1 35 9.4 -43.2 296 52 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.1 0.12 17 200 12420 -52.3 -70.4 9 18.2 -52.6 305 65 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14231 -63.1 -81.2 7 18.0 -63.3 306 55 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16689 -67.0 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.1 324 28 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.86 m Freezing level: 580.00 mb = 4717.21 m = 15476.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.28 mb = 4555.74 m = 14946.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.94 mb = 472.88 m = 1551.44 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.43 mb = 397.99 m = 1305.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.30 C = 63.15 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 38.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5209.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.64 mb = 883.80 m = 2899.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.3 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 306.3 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 370.4 neg: -11.8 tot: 358.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 223.43 m/s