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 the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 126 SFC 969 399 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 61 11 297.0 299.3 293.0 334.8 13.11 2 950 566 18.1 16.1 88 2.0 16.8 62 12 295.5 297.7 291.9 330.6 12.20 3 900 1026 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 50 15 296.1 298.0 291.0 327.5 10.87 4 850 1511 15.8 12.8 82 3.1 13.8 65 23 302.7 304.8 293.2 335.3 10.99 5 800 2026 15.0 10.5 75 4.4 12.1 66 21 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.4 10.03 6 750 2572 13.6 7.6 67 5.9 9.9 47 16 311.3 313.0 293.9 338.3 8.78 7 700 3151 10.9 4.1 63 6.8 6.9 12 15 314.5 315.9 293.7 337.6 7.35 8 650 3765 6.8 1.3 68 5.5 3.7 355 16 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.49 9 600 4419 2.9 -0.8 76 3.8 0.9 340 18 319.5 320.7 294.0 338.9 6.02 10 550 5119 -1.1 -3.5 84 2.4 -2.4 319 25 322.7 323.8 294.4 340.3 5.38 11 500 5873 -5.2 -12.6 56 7.4 -8.2 311 33 326.7 327.3 293.4 336.6 2.91 12 450 6693 -11.0 -22.9 37 11.9 -14.6 301 37 329.4 329.6 292.8 334.2 1.35 13 400 7584 -17.0 -45.0 7 28.0 -21.2 295 41 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.17 14 350 8575 -23.3 -53.9 4 30.6 -26.5 296 41 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.07 15 300 9682 -32.6 -57.0 7 24.4 -34.3 284 37 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.06 16 250 10936 -42.9 -61.1 12 18.2 -43.7 298 44 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.04 17 200 12410 -51.6 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 304 55 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14225 -63.5 -80.4 8 17.0 -63.6 303 51 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16674 -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: 5747.32 m Freezing level: 564.03 mb = 4922.89 m = 16151.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.31 mb = 4604.85 m = 15107.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.78 mb = 850.29 m = 2789.65 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 7.37 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 987.41 m = 3239.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.21 C = 68.38 F Cap Strength: 6.58 C Lifted Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.58 C Showalter Index: 3.60 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.02 C Cross Totals Index: 17.96 C K Index: 27.02 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.28 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6736.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.44 mb = 1059.74 m = 3476.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.3 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 27.3 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -19.0 tot: -13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 44.59 m/s