MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 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 17.2 16.7 97 0.6 16.9 142 8 292.8 295.0 291.2 328.0 12.39 2 950 588 16.2 16.1 99 0.2 16.1 151 18 293.7 295.9 291.3 328.4 12.17 3 900 1052 19.5 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 212 30 301.6 304.5 296.3 348.2 15.83 4 850 1544 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 232 31 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.1 14.14 5 800 2061 15.2 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 266 26 307.3 309.5 295.0 343.0 11.82 6 750 2606 12.2 8.8 79 3.4 10.0 267 25 309.8 311.6 294.0 338.9 9.50 7 700 3182 8.9 6.1 82 2.8 7.2 266 27 312.4 314.0 294.0 338.6 8.48 8 650 3792 5.3 2.6 83 2.7 3.8 283 26 315.0 316.3 293.6 337.3 7.12 9 600 4442 1.1 -0.4 89 1.6 0.3 288 22 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.2 6.20 10 550 5137 -3.0 -4.2 91 1.2 -3.6 296 22 320.5 321.5 293.6 336.9 5.08 11 500 5887 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 307 25 324.8 325.6 294.1 339.1 4.32 12 450 6703 -11.4 -12.4 92 1.0 -11.8 316 30 328.9 329.6 294.3 340.1 3.28 13 400 7597 -17.2 -19.3 84 2.1 -17.9 311 33 332.7 333.1 294.3 340.0 2.08 14 350 8583 -24.2 -28.3 69 4.1 -25.1 300 33 336.1 336.3 294.3 340.0 1.06 15 300 9688 -33.1 -37.7 63 4.6 -33.7 293 42 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.6 0.50 16 250 10942 -43.0 -51.9 37 8.9 -43.5 294 53 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.7 0.13 17 200 12415 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.1 304 73 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14232 -62.4 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.6 308 53 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16693 -68.0 -86.4 6 18.4 -68.1 317 28 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.20 m Freezing level: 586.30 mb = 4632.65 m = 15198.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.05 mb = 4495.06 m = 14747.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.20 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.61 mb = 466.28 m = 1529.76 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.26 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.37 mb = 397.71 m = 1304.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.66 C = 65.58 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.60 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 432.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.30 mb = 879.31 m = 2884.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 573.30 mb = 4805.88 m = 15767.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 533.30 mb = 5379.87 m = 17650.28 ft B at Equ Level: 51.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 413.30 mb = 7349.15 m = 24111.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.3 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 300.3 at 18.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.2 neg: -0.2 tot: 458.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 156.92 m/s