MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 155 SFC 972 400 17.7 17.2 97 0.5 17.4 130 10 293.2 295.5 291.6 329.7 12.83 2 950 595 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.4 138 20 293.9 296.2 291.6 329.4 12.42 3 900 1057 18.1 18.0 99 0.1 18.1 189 25 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.9 14.57 4 850 1547 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 227 24 303.0 305.4 295.0 342.9 13.49 5 800 2063 14.7 12.9 89 1.7 13.5 262 21 306.8 309.0 294.8 342.3 11.79 6 750 2609 12.7 8.6 76 4.1 10.1 256 26 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.1 9.38 7 700 3186 9.6 6.0 78 3.7 7.4 262 30 313.1 314.7 294.1 339.2 8.38 8 650 3798 6.0 3.4 83 2.6 4.5 278 28 315.7 317.2 294.1 339.4 7.52 9 600 4449 1.4 0.8 96 0.6 1.0 289 25 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.2 6.77 10 550 5145 -3.0 -3.4 98 0.3 -3.2 296 26 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.1 5.44 11 500 5894 -7.3 -8.2 94 0.8 -7.7 300 32 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.8 4.13 12 450 6709 -11.3 -16.9 63 5.6 -13.3 295 32 329.0 329.5 293.5 336.8 2.26 13 400 7603 -17.2 -21.3 70 4.1 -18.4 293 34 332.6 333.0 294.0 338.8 1.74 14 350 8589 -24.8 -27.7 76 2.9 -25.5 295 40 335.3 335.6 294.1 339.4 1.12 15 300 9688 -34.4 -38.2 68 3.8 -34.8 282 42 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.47 16 250 10943 -41.6 -63.0 8 21.4 -42.5 296 49 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 17 200 12420 -51.8 -70.8 8 19.0 -52.2 305 64 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14234 -63.4 -80.4 8 17.0 -63.5 308 52 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16689 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 321 28 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.57 m Freezing level: 584.56 mb = 4663.64 m = 15300.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.96 mb = 4610.85 m = 15127.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.38 mb = 457.19 m = 1499.94 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 3.89 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.81 mb = 400.37 m = 1313.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.09 C = 64.55 F Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lifted Index: 0.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.98 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4152.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.90 mb = 879.18 m = 2884.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 411.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 204.56 m/s