MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 122 SFC 968 398 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 148 9 291.6 293.6 290.0 324.0 11.46 2 950 558 15.1 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 159 17 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.6 11.30 3 900 1022 20.1 19.7 97 0.4 19.8 234 34 302.3 305.2 296.7 350.3 16.27 4 850 1515 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 247 30 304.6 307.2 295.7 346.0 13.87 5 800 2032 14.7 12.9 89 1.7 13.6 267 27 306.8 309.0 294.9 342.3 11.81 6 750 2577 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.3 282 33 309.8 311.9 295.1 343.3 10.96 7 700 3153 8.8 7.7 93 1.1 8.1 291 30 312.2 314.0 294.7 341.5 9.47 8 650 3763 5.1 4.2 94 0.9 4.6 294 26 314.7 316.2 294.3 339.7 7.99 9 600 4413 1.0 0.5 96 0.6 0.7 299 23 317.3 318.6 293.9 338.3 6.62 10 550 5108 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 307 22 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.1 5.56 11 500 5863 -4.9 -5.7 95 0.7 -5.3 316 21 327.0 328.0 295.2 343.7 5.02 12 450 6685 -9.5 -10.6 91 1.1 -9.9 319 20 331.4 332.1 295.3 344.3 3.80 13 400 7586 -15.1 -16.7 87 1.6 -15.7 311 20 335.4 335.9 295.4 344.5 2.59 14 350 8582 -21.8 -24.3 80 2.5 -22.4 298 22 339.4 339.7 295.5 345.0 1.53 15 300 9699 -30.5 -33.7 73 3.3 -31.0 295 24 342.4 342.6 295.6 345.2 0.74 16 250 10965 -41.7 -45.3 68 3.6 -42.0 301 26 344.0 344.1 295.6 345.1 0.27 17 200 12429 -55.7 -59.7 61 3.9 -55.8 312 36 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.06 18 150 14217 -65.0 -78.9 13 14.0 -65.1 313 65 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16672 -68.6 -86.1 6 17.5 -68.7 319 28 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.80 m Freezing level: 585.38 mb = 4616.59 m = 15146.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.72 mb = 4551.36 m = 14932.10 ft Precipitable water: 2.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.13 mb = 432.81 m = 1419.96 ft T: 15.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 7.99 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 968.10 mb = 397.85 m = 1305.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.48 C = 65.26 F Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lifted Index: 2.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.52 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 37.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3916.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.07 mb = 888.90 m = 2916.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 282.2 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 312.2 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 516.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 515.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 154.33 m/s