MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.63,-97.31 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 193 SFC 976 400 12.8 10.9 88 1.9 11.7 99 4 287.9 289.4 285.8 311.5 8.42 2 950 629 18.5 8.7 53 9.9 12.7 135 14 296.0 297.3 287.9 317.6 7.43 3 900 1092 17.1 6.7 50 10.4 11.1 168 8 299.1 300.4 288.5 319.4 6.84 4 850 1576 13.5 1.7 45 11.8 7.3 174 9 300.2 301.2 287.2 315.5 5.09 5 800 2085 13.0 -23.5 6 36.5 1.1 167 11 305.0 305.1 284.4 307.4 0.72 6 750 2623 10.1 -12.9 18 23.0 0.8 208 7 307.5 307.9 286.6 313.6 1.88 7 700 3194 8.4 -2.3 47 10.6 2.9 267 12 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.3 4.62 8 650 3802 4.2 2.8 90 1.5 3.4 281 16 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.3 7.21 9 600 4449 0.1 -4.9 69 5.1 -2.3 296 17 316.3 317.1 291.8 330.5 4.42 10 550 5144 -2.3 -16.6 33 14.2 -7.5 291 19 321.3 321.7 291.1 327.8 1.90 11 500 5893 -6.9 -23.0 26 16.1 -11.8 298 18 324.6 324.9 291.4 328.8 1.20 12 450 6707 -11.8 -21.8 43 10.0 -14.8 307 21 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.7 1.49 13 400 7600 -17.1 -25.7 47 8.6 -19.4 307 32 332.7 332.9 293.6 336.9 1.17 14 350 8586 -24.6 -31.7 51 7.2 -25.9 308 33 335.7 335.8 294.0 338.5 0.77 15 300 9688 -33.4 -38.3 62 4.9 -34.1 312 39 338.2 338.3 294.3 340.0 0.47 16 250 10939 -44.4 -47.8 68 3.5 -44.6 301 52 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.20 17 200 12395 -55.1 -59.9 55 4.8 -55.3 306 69 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.06 18 150 14203 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.3 -62.4 317 45 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16661 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 318 26 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.46 m Freezing level: 597.08 mb = 4489.90 m = 14730.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.24 mb = 4181.24 m = 13717.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.09 mb = 637.64 m = 2091.95 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 11.95 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 622.66 mb = 4149.77 m = 13614.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.77 C = 103.58 F Cap Strength: 10.31 C Lifted Index: 10.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.98 C Showalter Index: 12.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.35 C Cross Totals Index: 8.59 C K Index: 11.41 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10315.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 805.52 mb = 2027.27 m = 6651.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.9 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 299.9 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 98.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 65.97 m/s