MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 155 SFC 972 398 17.0 15.9 93 1.1 16.3 31 8 292.5 294.6 290.6 326.0 11.79 2 950 593 15.3 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 40 15 292.7 294.8 290.4 325.5 11.51 3 900 1050 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 71 25 295.0 296.8 290.3 325.0 10.44 4 850 1533 14.0 11.6 86 2.4 12.5 79 20 300.8 302.7 291.9 330.7 10.16 5 800 2045 14.0 4.8 54 9.2 8.8 41 12 306.1 307.4 290.7 326.6 6.75 6 750 2587 12.2 -1.0 40 13.2 5.3 37 12 309.8 310.7 290.2 324.6 4.75 7 700 3162 10.5 -17.8 12 28.2 -0.2 351 10 314.1 314.4 288.3 318.6 1.35 8 650 3775 7.4 -12.2 23 19.5 -0.9 338 12 317.3 317.8 290.3 325.0 2.31 9 600 4428 2.5 -3.9 63 6.4 -0.7 331 13 319.0 320.0 292.9 334.5 4.79 10 550 5127 -0.5 -13.2 38 12.7 -5.7 325 21 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.9 2.51 11 500 5882 -5.6 -23.6 23 18.0 -11.1 320 26 326.2 326.4 291.7 330.2 1.13 12 450 6697 -12.0 -29.7 22 17.6 -16.3 306 29 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.8 0.73 13 400 7588 -17.1 -54.0 2 36.9 -21.5 310 39 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.06 14 350 8574 -24.8 -30.5 59 5.7 -25.9 313 58 335.4 335.5 294.0 338.5 0.86 15 300 9678 -33.0 -39.4 53 6.3 -33.8 313 58 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.4 0.42 16 250 10934 -43.3 -55.1 26 11.8 -43.9 306 56 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.09 17 200 12395 -54.2 -59.2 54 5.0 -54.4 299 79 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14209 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.0 313 50 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16678 -67.3 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 323 27 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.44 m Freezing level: 558.90 mb = 5002.97 m = 16413.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.43 mb = 3145.11 m = 10318.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.73 mb = 532.51 m = 1747.04 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.10 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.34 mb = 870.29 m = 2855.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.54 C = 65.38 F Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lifted Index: 7.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.77 C Showalter Index: 5.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.62 C Cross Totals Index: 17.24 C K Index: 2.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 205.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.43 mb = 906.28 m = 2973.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.43 mb = 952.63 m = 3125.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 890.43 mb = 1140.39 m = 3741.39 ft B at Equ Level: 19.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 850.43 mb = 1528.41 m = 5014.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 358.5 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 28.5 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 24.15 m/s