MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: KIAB 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 199 SFC 977 399 24.9 13.2 48 11.7 17.4 103 9 300.0 301.8 291.4 328.9 9.82 2 950 645 20.7 11.5 56 9.2 15.0 102 10 298.2 299.8 290.1 324.5 9.00 3 900 1108 16.1 10.3 69 5.7 12.6 101 10 298.1 299.6 289.9 323.7 8.79 4 850 1591 12.9 2.6 49 10.3 7.5 75 13 299.7 300.7 287.4 315.9 5.45 5 800 2098 10.9 -3.1 37 13.9 4.2 69 8 302.7 303.4 286.9 314.4 3.81 6 750 2633 8.7 -4.7 39 13.3 2.4 15 3 306.0 306.6 287.8 317.2 3.60 7 700 3200 5.7 1.3 74 4.4 3.4 322 13 308.8 309.9 291.0 327.4 6.03 8 650 3806 4.2 -5.9 48 10.0 -0.6 319 19 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.8 3.79 9 600 4452 1.2 -25.1 12 26.3 -6.7 319 20 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.4 0.83 10 550 5146 -3.1 -19.1 28 16.0 -8.5 310 23 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.6 1.54 11 500 5893 -7.5 -26.1 21 18.7 -12.6 306 28 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.91 12 450 6706 -12.3 -37.2 11 24.8 -17.2 300 31 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.1 0.35 13 400 7594 -18.6 -33.7 25 15.1 -21.5 304 34 330.8 330.9 292.5 332.9 0.55 14 350 8575 -25.7 -38.5 29 12.8 -27.6 309 39 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.39 15 300 9675 -33.7 -46.2 27 12.5 -34.9 313 53 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.7 0.20 16 250 10924 -44.2 -48.5 62 4.3 -44.5 297 62 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.19 17 200 12377 -56.3 -61.8 50 5.5 -56.3 298 70 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14183 -62.2 -79.3 8 17.1 -62.3 314 62 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16654 -67.6 -86.0 6 18.4 -67.7 319 35 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.16 m Freezing level: 585.96 mb = 4647.25 m = 15246.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.21 mb = 3715.45 m = 12189.65 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.46 mb = 1856.00 m = 6089.18 ft T: 11.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.88 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 724.22 mb = 2920.66 m = 9582.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.24 C = 90.04 F Cap Strength: 6.18 C Lifted Index: 6.64 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.56 C Showalter Index: 11.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.41 C Cross Totals Index: 10.10 C K Index: 18.69 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8053.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.85 mb = 1872.30 m = 6142.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.9 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 355.9 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -28.8 tot: 8.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 77.97 m/s