MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 131 SFC 969 398 15.8 15.5 98 0.3 15.6 137 9 291.5 293.6 290.0 324.1 11.49 2 950 568 15.0 15.0 99 0.1 15.0 147 19 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.6 11.32 3 900 1030 19.1 18.1 94 1.0 18.4 202 33 301.2 303.9 295.4 344.3 14.68 4 850 1523 18.5 17.8 96 0.7 18.0 223 38 305.5 308.4 296.9 351.3 15.28 5 800 2041 15.0 14.5 96 0.6 14.7 233 37 307.2 309.6 295.8 346.6 13.06 6 750 2587 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 243 36 309.5 311.6 295.3 344.1 11.36 7 700 3162 8.8 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 256 27 312.2 314.1 295.0 342.6 9.86 8 650 3773 5.6 4.9 95 0.7 5.2 275 23 315.3 316.9 294.7 341.5 8.38 9 600 4425 1.4 0.6 95 0.8 1.0 283 23 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.0 6.69 10 550 5121 -2.2 -2.8 96 0.5 -2.5 287 23 321.5 322.6 294.3 339.9 5.69 11 500 5875 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.6 292 24 326.7 327.7 295.0 343.0 4.89 12 450 6697 -9.6 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 293 24 331.2 331.9 295.3 343.9 3.73 13 400 7597 -15.1 -16.9 87 1.7 -15.7 296 24 335.3 335.8 295.3 344.3 2.55 14 350 8593 -22.1 -24.5 81 2.4 -22.8 299 25 338.9 339.2 295.4 344.4 1.50 15 300 9706 -31.1 -33.9 77 2.8 -31.6 300 27 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.3 0.73 16 250 10970 -42.2 -45.5 71 3.2 -42.5 303 34 343.3 343.3 295.4 344.3 0.26 17 200 12430 -56.4 -60.3 61 3.9 -56.5 304 50 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14224 -62.3 -83.3 4 21.1 -62.4 318 62 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16682 -68.7 -86.1 6 17.4 -68.8 321 32 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.07 m Freezing level: 580.83 mb = 4692.18 m = 15394.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.15 mb = 4611.99 m = 15131.03 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.11 mb = 433.29 m = 1421.55 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.15 mb = 397.83 m = 1305.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.77 C = 63.99 F Cap Strength: 4.34 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.27 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.01 C K Index: 41.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 455.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5039.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.64 mb = 920.00 m = 3018.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 540.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 539.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 179.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.9 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 151.73 m/s