MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 154 SFC 972 398 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 29 8 292.5 294.5 290.5 325.7 11.70 2 950 591 15.3 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 39 14 292.8 294.8 290.4 325.4 11.49 3 900 1049 13.9 13.3 96 0.6 13.5 77 24 295.8 297.7 290.7 326.7 10.71 4 850 1531 13.4 12.7 95 0.7 13.0 93 18 300.2 302.2 292.3 332.3 10.91 5 800 2042 13.4 5.8 60 7.6 9.0 41 13 305.5 306.8 291.0 327.4 7.26 6 750 2584 11.5 -2.2 38 13.7 4.5 15 12 309.1 309.9 289.5 322.6 4.34 7 700 3158 10.6 -28.7 5 39.3 -1.3 353 13 314.2 314.3 287.4 316.0 0.51 8 650 3771 7.2 -24.4 8 31.6 -3.1 338 14 317.1 317.2 288.7 319.9 0.81 9 600 4423 2.2 -4.5 61 6.6 -1.1 327 17 318.6 319.5 292.6 333.5 4.58 10 550 5122 -0.8 -15.9 31 15.1 -6.5 327 22 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.0 2.01 11 500 5874 -7.0 -16.3 48 9.3 -10.4 314 23 324.5 324.9 292.2 331.8 2.15 12 450 6687 -11.9 -32.2 17 20.3 -16.5 303 29 328.2 328.4 291.8 330.3 0.57 13 400 7579 -17.0 -36.4 17 19.4 -20.7 311 40 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.43 14 350 8566 -24.7 -27.9 74 3.2 -25.4 308 54 335.4 335.7 294.2 339.5 1.10 15 300 9670 -33.0 -42.5 38 9.5 -34.1 306 56 338.9 338.9 294.3 340.0 0.30 16 250 10923 -44.0 -51.9 41 7.9 -44.5 300 55 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.13 17 200 12382 -53.9 -67.3 18 13.5 -54.1 300 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14197 -61.5 -79.8 7 18.3 -61.7 305 51 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16670 -67.3 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 320 25 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.56 m Freezing level: 563.25 mb = 4936.27 m = 16194.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.33 mb = 3024.24 m = 9921.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.99 mb = 537.65 m = 1763.92 ft T: 15.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 16.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.89 mb = 3302.19 m = 10833.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.14 C = 102.46 F Cap Strength: 7.49 C Lifted Index: 5.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.49 C Showalter Index: 3.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: -6.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 210.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7849.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.72 mb = 921.01 m = 3021.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.8 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 23.8 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.4 neg: -17.5 tot: 32.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 29.66 m/s