MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 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 17.2 16.8 97 0.5 17.0 52 8 292.8 295.1 291.2 328.2 12.46 2 950 587 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 60 17 293.3 295.5 291.0 327.5 11.97 3 900 1048 16.5 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 103 14 298.6 300.9 293.5 336.8 13.15 4 850 1535 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 78 11 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.6 12.49 5 800 2047 12.6 11.6 93 1.0 11.9 79 7 304.6 306.6 293.5 336.7 10.76 6 750 2592 13.9 2.5 46 11.4 7.4 46 7 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.6 6.11 7 700 3170 10.7 -0.8 45 11.5 4.5 0 5 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.7 5.16 8 650 3783 6.6 -6.4 39 13.0 0.4 345 7 316.4 317.1 291.2 328.2 3.65 9 600 4435 2.6 -5.9 53 8.6 -1.5 326 12 319.2 319.9 292.4 332.4 4.09 10 550 5133 -1.7 -6.9 68 5.1 -4.1 324 20 322.1 322.9 293.3 335.7 4.16 11 500 5885 -6.4 -13.6 56 7.3 -9.2 326 27 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.3 2.67 12 450 6701 -12.1 -23.7 38 11.6 -15.4 324 29 328.0 328.2 292.4 332.4 1.25 13 400 7590 -17.7 -54.8 2 37.1 -22.0 320 34 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.06 14 350 8574 -24.9 -55.6 4 30.8 -27.7 315 44 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.06 15 300 9676 -33.5 -42.6 39 9.1 -34.5 319 58 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.3 0.30 16 250 10928 -44.1 -49.6 54 5.5 -44.5 322 69 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.17 17 200 12388 -52.4 -71.0 9 18.6 -52.7 305 73 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14208 -61.3 -79.9 7 18.6 -61.4 323 49 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16676 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 325 30 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.68 m Freezing level: 569.76 mb = 4857.38 m = 15936.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.88 mb = 3923.64 m = 12872.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.24 % Est. max temperature: 27.66 C = 81.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.55 mb = 457.63 m = 1501.38 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 965.12 mb = 452.64 m = 1485.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.38 C = 63.28 F Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lifted Index: 3.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.40 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 24.47 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5566.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.79 mb = 881.08 m = 2890.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.8 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 23.8 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.2 neg: -13.5 tot: 34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.91 Bulk Shear: 38.29 m/s