MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 157 SFC 972 399 16.9 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 34 7 292.4 294.5 290.5 325.7 11.73 2 950 594 15.3 15.1 99 0.2 15.2 47 14 292.7 294.8 290.4 325.3 11.47 3 900 1052 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 82 19 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.2 10.94 4 850 1534 12.9 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 104 17 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.8 10.97 5 800 2043 11.7 9.2 84 2.6 10.2 70 12 303.7 305.4 292.0 331.0 9.15 6 750 2583 11.5 -10.0 21 21.5 2.2 30 11 309.0 309.5 287.6 316.6 2.38 7 700 3157 10.7 -31.8 3 42.5 -1.4 4 12 314.4 314.4 287.3 315.7 0.38 8 650 3769 6.7 -18.3 15 25.0 -2.4 344 14 316.6 316.9 289.2 321.3 1.39 9 600 4421 2.7 -6.7 50 9.4 -1.7 330 19 319.3 320.0 292.2 331.8 3.85 10 550 5121 -1.2 -15.6 33 14.4 -6.7 318 24 322.6 323.0 291.6 329.6 2.06 11 500 5870 -7.6 -16.2 50 8.6 -10.7 302 26 323.8 324.2 292.0 331.1 2.15 12 450 6684 -11.9 -30.7 19 18.8 -16.3 308 33 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.66 13 400 7575 -17.2 -41.6 10 24.4 -21.1 308 40 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.6 0.25 14 350 8561 -24.4 -34.3 39 9.9 -26.2 309 49 335.8 336.0 293.9 338.1 0.59 15 300 9666 -33.1 -43.1 36 10.1 -34.1 308 58 338.8 338.8 294.3 339.9 0.28 16 250 10916 -44.7 -50.9 49 6.3 -45.0 307 62 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.14 17 200 12376 -53.3 -71.4 9 18.1 -53.6 303 67 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14191 -62.0 -79.1 8 17.1 -62.1 306 59 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.01 19 100 16660 -68.3 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.4 319 27 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.85 m Freezing level: 565.61 mb = 4902.16 m = 16083.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.89 mb = 2923.50 m = 9591.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.50 mb = 526.74 m = 1728.14 ft T: 15.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 913.17 m = 2995.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.26 C = 66.68 F Cap Strength: 7.61 C Lifted Index: 5.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.61 C Showalter Index: 2.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: -9.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 213.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7303.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.44 mb = 889.18 m = 2917.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.7 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 18.7 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.3 neg: -16.6 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 41.25 m/s