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: 37.63,-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 149 SFC 971 400 17.3 16.7 97 0.6 16.9 142 8 292.9 295.1 291.2 328.2 12.42 2 950 588 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 151 18 293.7 295.9 291.3 328.6 12.23 3 900 1052 19.6 19.3 99 0.2 19.4 212 30 301.7 304.6 296.3 348.4 15.87 4 850 1544 17.1 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 232 31 304.0 306.6 295.7 345.9 14.07 5 800 2061 15.2 12.9 86 2.2 13.7 266 26 307.3 309.5 295.0 342.8 11.78 6 750 2606 12.2 8.9 80 3.3 10.2 266 25 309.9 311.7 294.1 339.2 9.60 7 700 3182 8.9 6.1 82 2.9 7.2 266 27 312.4 314.0 294.0 338.5 8.44 8 650 3792 5.3 2.5 82 2.8 3.7 283 26 315.0 316.3 293.6 337.2 7.09 9 600 4442 1.1 -0.5 89 1.6 0.3 288 21 317.4 318.6 293.6 337.1 6.17 10 550 5137 -3.0 -4.2 91 1.2 -3.6 296 22 320.5 321.5 293.6 337.0 5.08 11 500 5887 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.1 307 25 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.1 4.33 12 450 6704 -11.4 -12.5 92 1.1 -11.8 316 30 328.9 329.6 294.3 340.0 3.27 13 400 7598 -17.2 -19.5 82 2.4 -17.9 311 33 332.7 333.1 294.3 339.8 2.04 14 350 8583 -24.2 -28.7 66 4.5 -25.2 300 33 336.1 336.3 294.3 339.8 1.02 15 300 9688 -33.1 -37.9 62 4.8 -33.7 292 42 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.6 0.49 16 250 10942 -42.9 -52.0 36 9.1 -43.5 294 53 342.3 342.3 295.0 342.8 0.12 17 200 12416 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.1 304 72 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14232 -62.5 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.6 308 54 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16694 -68.0 -86.4 5 18.5 -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: 5738.62 m Freezing level: 586.17 mb = 4634.56 m = 15205.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.71 mb = 4486.14 m = 14718.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.26 mb = 469.17 m = 1539.26 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.05 mb = 400.26 m = 1313.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.70 C = 65.65 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: 0.38 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.54 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 37.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.77 mb = 884.08 m = 2900.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 572.77 mb = 4813.32 m = 15791.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 522.77 mb = 5536.84 m = 18165.27 ft B at Equ Level: 52.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.77 mb = 7545.27 m = 24754.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.5 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 300.5 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 455.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 454.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 151.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 155.58 m/s