MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 16.9 16.5 97 0.4 16.7 129 8 292.5 294.7 290.9 327.2 12.22 2 950 587 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 137 18 293.3 295.4 291.0 327.3 11.94 3 900 1050 18.8 18.7 100 0.1 18.8 198 21 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.8 15.28 4 850 1542 18.2 17.0 93 1.2 17.4 244 24 305.2 307.9 296.3 348.4 14.46 5 800 2060 14.7 13.8 94 0.9 14.1 261 30 306.8 309.2 295.4 344.5 12.51 6 750 2605 11.5 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 272 29 309.1 311.2 294.8 342.2 10.86 7 700 3179 8.1 7.4 95 0.7 7.6 293 22 311.4 313.2 294.3 339.9 9.25 8 650 3788 4.5 3.9 95 0.7 4.2 295 26 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.5 7.81 9 600 4437 1.1 -0.0 92 1.1 0.4 304 27 317.3 318.6 293.7 337.6 6.37 10 550 5132 -2.9 -4.5 88 1.6 -3.7 318 31 320.7 321.7 293.6 336.9 4.98 11 500 5883 -6.7 -7.8 92 1.0 -7.2 326 31 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.0 4.27 12 450 6699 -11.1 -11.7 95 0.6 -11.3 314 24 329.3 330.0 294.6 341.1 3.48 13 400 7595 -16.7 -20.1 75 3.3 -17.8 306 35 333.2 333.6 294.3 340.1 1.94 14 350 8582 -24.4 -27.2 77 2.8 -25.1 292 46 335.8 336.1 294.3 340.1 1.17 15 300 9687 -33.3 -37.3 67 4.0 -33.8 281 48 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.52 16 250 10942 -41.9 -61.4 10 19.5 -42.8 291 53 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 17 200 12416 -52.5 -69.8 11 17.3 -52.8 301 68 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14225 -63.1 -78.8 10 15.7 -63.3 308 56 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16684 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 320 31 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.54 m Freezing level: 586.55 mb = 4624.03 m = 15170.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.76 mb = 4507.14 m = 14787.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.44 C = 86.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.08 mb = 452.59 m = 1484.86 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 11.57 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.28 mb = 398.07 m = 1305.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.30 C = 64.93 F Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -3.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 41.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3954.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.37 mb = 876.82 m = 2876.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 319.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 453.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 452.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 150.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 217.60 m/s