MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 151 SFC 971 400 18.6 18.0 97 0.6 18.2 119 7 294.1 296.6 292.4 332.7 13.50 2 950 593 17.4 17.3 100 0.1 17.4 135 16 294.9 297.2 292.4 332.7 13.22 3 900 1055 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 172 24 298.2 300.5 293.0 334.7 12.55 4 850 1543 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 229 24 302.9 305.4 295.0 342.8 13.47 5 800 2059 15.1 11.2 78 3.8 12.6 262 28 307.2 309.2 294.1 339.0 10.53 6 750 2604 12.3 9.8 85 2.4 10.7 268 28 309.9 311.8 294.6 341.1 10.23 7 700 3180 8.9 7.1 89 1.8 7.8 270 29 312.3 314.1 294.4 340.5 9.11 8 650 3791 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 4.9 280 34 315.3 316.8 294.5 340.8 8.14 9 600 4441 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 289 39 317.6 318.9 294.0 338.6 6.59 10 550 5138 -2.4 -4.9 83 2.5 -3.6 302 38 321.3 322.2 293.6 337.0 4.84 11 500 5888 -6.8 -8.3 90 1.4 -7.5 302 38 324.7 325.5 293.9 338.4 4.11 12 450 6705 -11.0 -13.5 82 2.4 -12.0 300 37 329.4 330.0 294.2 339.6 3.01 13 400 7600 -16.6 -20.3 73 3.7 -17.7 297 37 333.4 333.8 294.4 340.2 1.91 14 350 8590 -23.5 -28.7 62 5.2 -24.6 294 36 337.1 337.3 294.6 340.9 1.02 15 300 9697 -32.7 -36.5 69 3.8 -33.3 280 43 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.4 0.56 16 250 10953 -42.7 -54.0 28 11.3 -43.3 288 41 342.6 342.7 295.0 343.1 0.10 17 200 12421 -53.2 -69.8 12 16.6 -53.5 300 57 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14230 -63.6 -81.5 7 18.0 -63.7 306 50 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16685 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 315 25 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.92 m Freezing level: 582.57 mb = 4684.35 m = 15368.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.84 mb = 4564.70 m = 14975.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.88 mb = 468.00 m = 1535.40 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 3.78 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2278.05 m = 7473.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 3.82 C Lifted Index: 2.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 36.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 421.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5066.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.00 mb = 904.01 m = 2965.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 498.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 498.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 256.05 m/s