MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-96.77 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -96.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 SFC 969 426 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 130 12 292.7 294.9 291.0 327.7 12.34 2 950 597 15.9 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 134 22 293.3 295.4 290.9 327.2 11.90 3 900 1056 15.6 15.5 100 0.1 15.5 156 21 297.5 299.8 292.7 333.5 12.40 4 850 1543 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 225 12 302.7 305.1 294.8 342.0 13.28 5 800 2058 13.9 13.7 99 0.1 13.8 260 17 306.0 308.3 295.1 343.3 12.45 6 750 2601 11.3 10.7 96 0.6 10.9 267 20 308.8 310.9 294.7 341.8 10.85 7 700 3175 8.2 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 273 23 311.6 313.4 294.6 341.2 9.63 8 650 3786 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.8 277 27 314.6 316.2 294.4 340.5 8.27 9 600 4437 1.6 1.4 99 0.2 1.5 282 28 317.9 319.3 294.4 340.4 7.08 10 550 5134 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 287 29 321.4 322.5 294.4 340.1 5.78 11 500 5886 -6.4 -6.7 98 0.3 -6.5 292 28 325.3 326.2 294.5 340.7 4.65 12 450 6703 -11.4 -12.9 89 1.5 -12.1 300 30 328.9 329.5 294.2 339.6 3.14 13 400 7596 -16.6 -20.6 71 4.0 -17.9 304 36 333.4 333.7 294.3 339.9 1.85 14 350 8586 -23.5 -28.0 66 4.5 -24.5 300 39 337.1 337.4 294.6 341.2 1.09 15 300 9693 -32.7 -36.5 69 3.8 -33.2 292 45 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.5 0.56 16 250 10947 -43.2 -52.3 36 9.2 -43.7 290 46 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.12 17 200 12415 -52.7 -67.8 14 15.1 -53.1 299 60 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14226 -63.3 -78.7 11 15.3 -63.4 310 55 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16680 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 316 28 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.98 m Freezing level: 579.55 mb = 4721.82 m = 15491.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 580.80 mb = 4697.20 m = 15410.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.81 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.63 mb = 466.68 m = 1531.08 ft T: 16.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 3.16 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.93 mb = 508.37 m = 1667.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.21 C = 62.98 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.34 C Showalter Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 37.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5873.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.52 mb = 901.70 m = 2958.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 246.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 246.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 208.70 m/s