MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 132 SFC 969 398 17.1 16.8 98 0.3 16.9 134 6 292.8 295.1 291.3 328.4 12.52 2 950 571 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 163 14 294.9 297.3 292.3 332.1 12.95 3 900 1040 20.8 19.4 92 1.4 19.8 243 26 302.9 305.9 296.7 350.1 15.92 4 850 1533 17.8 16.3 91 1.5 16.8 252 23 304.8 307.4 295.8 346.2 13.87 5 800 2050 14.7 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 273 21 306.8 309.0 294.9 342.5 11.87 6 750 2594 11.5 9.7 89 1.8 10.3 279 19 309.1 311.0 294.3 339.9 10.12 7 700 3169 8.3 6.5 88 1.8 7.2 277 20 311.6 313.3 293.9 338.4 8.68 8 650 3778 4.5 2.8 89 1.7 3.5 276 20 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.6 7.21 9 600 4426 0.7 0.2 96 0.6 0.4 276 22 317.0 318.2 293.7 337.5 6.47 10 550 5121 -2.4 -3.0 96 0.6 -2.7 281 23 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.3 5.58 11 500 5874 -5.7 -6.7 93 1.0 -6.2 287 24 326.1 327.0 294.7 341.4 4.64 12 450 6694 -10.2 -11.5 90 1.3 -10.8 291 22 330.4 331.1 294.9 342.4 3.52 13 400 7592 -15.8 -17.6 86 1.8 -16.4 298 20 334.5 335.0 295.0 343.0 2.40 14 350 8585 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.5 305 20 338.0 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.39 15 300 9696 -31.5 -34.3 76 2.8 -32.0 310 23 341.0 341.1 295.2 343.6 0.69 16 250 10957 -42.5 -45.8 70 3.3 -42.8 305 30 342.9 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.25 17 200 12416 -56.5 -60.5 61 3.9 -56.6 302 42 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14207 -62.1 -82.4 5 20.3 -62.3 318 59 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16663 -68.7 -86.1 6 17.4 -68.8 325 35 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.34 m Freezing level: 588.44 mb = 4586.77 m = 15048.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.21 mb = 4516.94 m = 14819.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.70 mb = 430.28 m = 1411.67 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 13.56 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.37 mb = 397.78 m = 1305.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.00 C = 66.21 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: -1.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 38.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 106.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.70 mb = 985.03 m = 3231.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.70 mb = 3278.76 m = 10756.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 510.70 mb = 5706.76 m = 18722.74 ft B at Equ Level: 97.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 360.70 mb = 8360.88 m = 27430.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 269.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 268.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.20 Bulk Shear: 82.61 m/s