MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 154 SFC 972 401 17.7 17.3 97 0.4 17.4 48 7 293.3 295.6 291.7 329.9 12.87 2 950 592 16.6 16.4 99 0.2 16.5 64 16 294.0 296.2 291.6 329.5 12.44 3 900 1053 15.7 15.6 99 0.1 15.7 66 14 297.7 300.0 292.8 333.9 12.48 4 850 1539 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 75 9 301.2 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.07 5 800 2049 11.5 10.2 92 1.3 10.7 59 8 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.6 9.81 6 750 2594 13.2 2.4 48 10.9 7.1 28 6 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.8 6.06 7 700 3171 10.6 -4.8 33 15.4 3.0 324 8 314.2 314.9 290.7 326.4 3.82 8 650 3783 6.4 -9.8 30 16.2 -0.7 322 10 316.2 316.7 290.3 325.3 2.78 9 600 4434 2.4 -8.2 46 10.5 -2.4 327 11 318.9 319.5 291.7 330.1 3.45 10 550 5132 -1.7 -9.1 57 7.4 -5.0 329 19 322.0 322.7 292.7 333.6 3.49 11 500 5884 -6.5 -13.4 58 6.9 -9.2 327 23 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.3 2.72 12 450 6698 -12.6 -31.7 19 19.1 -16.9 314 24 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.6 0.60 13 400 7587 -17.2 -39.5 13 22.2 -21.1 318 33 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.31 14 350 8573 -24.8 -30.3 61 5.4 -25.9 309 47 335.3 335.4 294.0 338.5 0.88 15 300 9676 -32.9 -36.2 73 3.2 -33.4 312 60 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.1 0.58 16 250 10929 -44.1 -47.9 66 3.8 -44.4 317 63 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.20 17 200 12384 -52.9 -66.0 19 13.1 -53.1 303 75 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.03 18 150 14204 -61.6 -81.6 5 20.0 -61.7 323 47 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16673 -67.1 -86.3 5 19.2 -67.2 332 27 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.22 m Freezing level: 571.00 mb = 4838.71 m = 15874.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.89 mb = 3658.15 m = 12001.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.63 mb = 452.83 m = 1485.65 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1186.83 m = 3893.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.52 F Cap Strength: 5.48 C Lifted Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.48 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.71 C K Index: 19.66 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5659.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.00 mb = 884.31 m = 2901.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 19.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.3 neg: -10.2 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 33.48 m/s