MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 134 SFC 969 401 18.7 17.4 93 1.2 17.9 62 7 294.4 296.8 292.2 331.7 13.04 2 950 575 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.5 66 10 294.1 296.3 291.6 329.8 12.50 3 900 1034 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.0 117 12 297.1 299.3 292.2 331.8 11.98 4 850 1521 15.7 15.2 97 0.5 15.4 75 15 302.6 305.0 294.5 340.7 12.87 5 800 2037 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.5 54 9 307.7 309.8 294.8 342.2 11.41 6 750 2584 13.8 7.5 66 6.3 9.9 32 10 311.5 313.2 293.9 338.4 8.72 7 700 3162 10.0 4.9 71 5.1 7.0 10 9 313.5 315.0 293.8 337.8 7.79 8 650 3774 5.9 2.4 78 3.5 3.9 11 9 315.7 317.0 293.8 337.8 7.03 9 600 4426 2.4 -1.6 75 3.9 0.3 344 13 318.9 320.0 293.6 337.2 5.70 10 550 5125 -1.6 -6.3 70 4.7 -3.8 326 21 322.2 323.1 293.4 336.5 4.34 11 500 5877 -6.5 -10.2 75 3.8 -8.1 319 27 325.1 325.8 293.6 336.9 3.51 12 450 6692 -12.3 -21.3 47 9.0 -15.0 312 29 327.8 328.1 292.6 333.2 1.55 13 400 7581 -18.0 -33.8 24 15.8 -21.2 307 35 331.6 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.55 14 350 8565 -24.5 -55.5 4 31.0 -27.4 302 42 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 15 300 9666 -34.0 -54.2 11 20.1 -35.4 300 37 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.8 0.08 16 250 10917 -43.0 -64.4 8 21.4 -43.7 303 41 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.03 17 200 12392 -50.9 -75.1 4 24.2 -51.3 301 62 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14212 -62.1 -79.5 8 17.4 -62.3 313 57 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16672 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 329 24 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.40 m Freezing level: 569.82 mb = 4848.02 m = 15905.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.24 mb = 4476.79 m = 14687.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.21 mb = 554.66 m = 1819.73 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 4.41 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 819.22 m = 2687.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.92 C = 67.86 F Cap Strength: 5.92 C Lifted Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.96 C Showalter Index: 0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.43 mb = 898.94 m = 2949.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.43 mb = 945.55 m = 3102.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 899.43 mb = 1039.56 m = 3410.59 ft B at Equ Level: 24.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 849.43 mb = 1526.36 m = 5007.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 355.7 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 25.7 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -37.3 tot: -20.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 37.14 m/s