MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 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 157 SFC 972 398 16.5 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 134 11 292.0 294.0 290.3 325.0 11.65 2 950 594 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.9 138 22 292.4 294.4 290.0 324.3 11.23 3 900 1057 17.5 17.5 99 0.1 17.5 178 21 299.6 302.2 294.5 340.7 14.08 4 850 1546 16.9 16.7 99 0.2 16.8 229 14 303.9 306.5 295.8 346.2 14.23 5 800 2064 14.8 13.9 94 0.9 14.3 263 13 306.9 309.3 295.5 345.0 12.62 6 750 2608 11.8 11.1 95 0.7 11.3 256 17 309.4 311.5 295.1 343.2 11.11 7 700 3184 8.9 6.9 87 2.0 7.7 262 24 312.4 314.1 294.3 340.0 8.96 8 650 3795 5.3 4.4 94 0.8 4.8 272 25 314.9 316.5 294.4 340.3 8.12 9 600 4445 1.6 -0.3 87 2.0 0.5 289 22 318.0 319.2 293.8 337.9 6.23 10 550 5142 -2.2 -4.1 86 2.0 -3.1 302 23 321.5 322.5 293.9 338.2 5.13 11 500 5894 -6.6 -7.4 94 0.8 -7.0 299 25 324.9 325.8 294.2 339.5 4.38 12 450 6710 -11.4 -15.2 73 3.8 -12.8 302 34 328.9 329.4 293.8 337.8 2.60 13 400 7603 -17.1 -22.2 65 5.1 -18.6 293 35 332.7 333.0 293.9 338.4 1.61 14 350 8590 -24.6 -28.3 72 3.6 -25.4 292 36 335.6 335.8 294.2 339.5 1.06 15 300 9692 -33.6 -39.6 55 5.9 -34.4 292 44 338.0 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.41 16 250 10947 -41.8 -56.2 19 14.4 -42.6 303 50 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.08 17 200 12423 -51.6 -69.8 10 18.2 -52.0 304 65 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14241 -62.8 -80.9 7 18.1 -62.9 311 53 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16696 -68.2 -86.5 6 18.3 -68.3 319 27 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.70 m Freezing level: 578.45 mb = 4745.64 m = 15569.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.59 mb = 4544.67 m = 14910.16 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.17 mb = 486.06 m = 1594.66 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 6.15 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 972.20 mb = 397.81 m = 1305.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.25 C = 63.04 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 2.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 38.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5194.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.39 mb = 874.37 m = 2868.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 253.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 171.65 m/s