MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.60,-97.20 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 SFC 969 395 21.0 17.6 81 3.4 18.7 64 11 296.8 299.2 293.0 334.9 13.18 2 950 565 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 64 12 295.4 297.6 291.9 330.6 12.25 3 900 1026 14.1 13.4 95 0.7 13.7 50 15 296.1 298.0 290.9 327.2 10.78 4 850 1510 15.8 12.8 82 3.0 13.9 64 22 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.4 11.01 5 800 2025 14.9 10.6 76 4.3 12.1 66 21 307.0 308.9 293.7 337.5 10.09 6 750 2571 13.5 7.9 69 5.6 10.0 47 16 311.2 312.9 294.0 338.7 8.93 7 700 3150 11.0 4.2 63 6.7 7.0 11 15 314.6 316.0 293.8 337.9 7.43 8 650 3765 6.8 1.4 68 5.5 3.8 353 17 316.7 318.0 293.7 337.3 6.51 9 600 4419 3.0 -0.8 76 3.8 0.9 339 18 319.6 320.7 294.0 338.9 6.01 10 550 5119 -1.1 -3.5 84 2.4 -2.4 320 25 322.7 323.8 294.4 340.3 5.37 11 500 5873 -5.2 -12.1 58 6.9 -8.1 312 33 326.7 327.3 293.6 336.9 3.03 12 450 6692 -11.0 -22.3 39 11.2 -14.5 302 38 329.4 329.6 292.9 334.4 1.43 13 400 7584 -17.0 -42.3 9 25.3 -21.1 295 41 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.7 0.23 14 350 8574 -23.3 -53.7 4 30.5 -26.4 296 41 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.07 15 300 9682 -32.5 -57.0 7 24.4 -34.3 283 37 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 16 250 10936 -42.9 -61.1 12 18.2 -43.6 297 43 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 17 200 12410 -51.6 -74.7 5 23.0 -52.0 304 54 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14225 -63.5 -80.0 9 16.5 -63.6 303 51 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16673 -68.5 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 334 32 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.16 m Freezing level: 563.75 mb = 4926.45 m = 16162.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.18 mb = 4606.12 m = 15111.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.55 mb = 824.16 m = 2703.91 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 7.73 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.39 mb = 984.15 m = 3228.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.22 C = 68.39 F Cap Strength: 6.68 C Lifted Index: 6.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.68 C Showalter Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 27.14 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6699.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.37 mb = 1050.43 m = 3446.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.0 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 27.0 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: -19.0 tot: -13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 46.86 m/s