MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 140 SFC 970 398 18.0 16.2 89 1.8 16.8 40 10 293.7 295.9 291.2 328.0 12.03 2 950 579 16.1 15.5 96 0.6 15.7 43 14 293.5 295.6 290.9 327.0 11.74 3 900 1037 13.3 13.1 99 0.2 13.1 58 22 295.2 297.1 290.4 325.5 10.55 4 850 1521 16.1 11.1 72 5.0 12.9 77 26 303.0 304.8 292.3 332.1 9.81 5 800 2036 14.6 8.1 65 6.5 10.6 55 16 306.7 308.3 292.3 332.4 8.48 6 750 2580 12.8 5.1 60 7.7 8.3 22 14 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.2 7.36 7 700 3157 10.1 0.4 51 9.7 4.8 2 11 313.6 314.7 292.0 331.3 5.61 8 650 3770 6.9 -0.6 59 7.5 2.9 326 12 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.8 5.64 9 600 4423 2.8 -1.8 72 4.6 0.3 319 14 319.3 320.4 293.6 337.3 5.58 10 550 5124 -0.5 -7.2 61 6.6 -3.7 318 21 323.5 324.3 293.6 336.9 4.06 11 500 5878 -5.9 -10.7 69 4.8 -8.0 326 25 325.8 326.5 293.6 337.2 3.37 12 450 6695 -11.2 -26.4 27 15.2 -15.3 318 27 329.2 329.3 292.4 332.7 0.99 13 400 7586 -17.7 -42.2 10 24.5 -21.5 311 33 332.0 332.1 292.5 332.9 0.23 14 350 8571 -25.1 -51.2 7 26.1 -27.8 306 42 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.10 15 300 9673 -33.0 -53.9 11 20.9 -34.6 312 56 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.08 16 250 10929 -42.7 -60.1 13 17.4 -43.5 311 59 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 17 200 12404 -51.7 -68.1 12 16.4 -52.1 301 76 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.02 18 150 14224 -61.8 -81.1 6 19.3 -62.0 315 50 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16682 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 332 29 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.60 m Freezing level: 557.94 mb = 5012.40 m = 16444.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.08 mb = 4475.80 m = 14684.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.59 mb = 627.70 m = 2059.35 ft T: 15.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 2.51 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.33 mb = 931.24 m = 3055.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.14 C = 66.44 F Cap Strength: 7.43 C Lifted Index: 6.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.87 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 17.00 C K Index: 23.37 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.17 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.64 mb = 974.92 m = 3198.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.64 mb = 1021.75 m = 3352.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.64 mb = 1116.20 m = 3662.02 ft B at Equ Level: 20.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 861.64 mb = 1406.02 m = 4612.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 359.6 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 29.6 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.5 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.3 neg: -13.8 tot: 6.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 23.78 m/s