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 the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 154 SFC 972 398 17.1 16.4 96 0.7 16.7 130 11 292.7 294.8 290.9 327.2 12.17 2 950 593 15.7 15.5 99 0.1 15.6 134 22 293.1 295.2 290.7 326.5 11.75 3 900 1053 16.9 16.9 100 0.1 16.9 177 18 299.0 301.4 294.0 338.5 13.57 4 850 1541 16.8 15.6 93 1.1 16.0 244 17 303.7 306.2 295.1 343.2 13.27 5 800 2057 14.2 13.6 96 0.6 13.8 268 18 306.3 308.6 295.1 343.3 12.33 6 750 2602 12.0 10.3 89 1.7 10.9 276 24 309.6 311.6 294.7 341.8 10.54 7 700 3178 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 279 29 311.9 313.8 294.7 341.5 9.60 8 650 3788 5.1 4.8 97 0.4 4.9 282 31 314.8 316.4 294.5 340.8 8.31 9 600 4438 1.3 0.4 94 0.9 0.8 283 34 317.7 318.9 294.0 338.6 6.59 10 550 5135 -2.7 -3.3 95 0.6 -3.0 293 30 320.9 322.0 294.0 338.6 5.45 11 500 5885 -6.2 -8.8 81 2.7 -7.4 307 30 325.5 326.3 294.0 338.6 3.92 12 450 6703 -11.0 -14.5 75 3.5 -12.4 302 33 329.4 329.9 294.0 338.8 2.76 13 400 7598 -16.4 -22.2 61 5.8 -18.1 302 37 333.7 334.0 294.1 339.4 1.61 14 350 8588 -23.7 -28.4 65 4.8 -24.8 298 36 336.8 337.0 294.5 340.7 1.05 15 300 9694 -32.9 -34.6 85 1.7 -33.1 284 42 339.0 339.2 294.7 341.6 0.68 16 250 10949 -42.7 -54.5 26 11.8 -43.3 289 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.09 17 200 12420 -52.4 -68.9 12 16.5 -52.7 298 58 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14232 -63.5 -78.3 12 14.8 -63.7 310 53 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16682 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 319 27 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.31 m Freezing level: 583.46 mb = 4668.76 m = 15317.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.14 mb = 4584.57 m = 15041.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.00 mb = 485.50 m = 1592.82 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 4.76 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.94 mb = 397.74 m = 1304.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.16 C = 62.89 F Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 37.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5260.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.85 mb = 885.79 m = 2906.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 320.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 320.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 235.59 m/s