MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 166 SFC 973 399 18.6 16.2 86 2.3 17.0 46 9 294.0 296.1 291.2 328.3 12.00 2 950 604 15.8 15.2 96 0.6 15.4 49 11 293.2 295.2 290.6 325.9 11.50 3 900 1062 14.3 12.1 87 2.2 12.9 89 13 296.2 298.0 290.2 324.8 9.88 4 850 1545 13.5 11.5 87 2.0 12.3 97 12 300.3 302.2 291.7 329.9 10.07 5 800 2053 10.3 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 84 11 302.1 303.8 291.2 328.2 8.77 6 750 2591 11.1 -6.1 29 17.3 3.1 55 10 308.7 309.3 288.3 318.8 3.22 7 700 3164 10.3 -28.5 5 38.8 -1.4 20 8 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.7 0.52 8 650 3776 6.6 -23.2 10 29.8 -3.2 340 9 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.90 9 600 4427 2.4 -8.6 44 11.0 -2.6 329 18 318.9 319.5 291.6 329.7 3.32 10 550 5125 -2.1 -12.6 44 10.5 -6.4 316 24 321.6 322.1 291.8 330.4 2.63 11 500 5873 -7.8 -12.2 71 4.4 -9.6 312 26 323.5 324.1 292.7 333.5 3.00 12 450 6685 -12.6 -28.0 26 15.4 -16.5 313 32 327.3 327.5 291.8 330.4 0.85 13 400 7575 -17.0 -36.8 16 19.8 -20.7 308 39 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.41 14 350 8562 -24.5 -29.2 65 4.7 -25.5 311 48 335.8 336.0 294.1 339.4 0.98 15 300 9666 -33.3 -36.3 75 3.0 -33.7 309 56 338.5 338.6 294.5 340.6 0.57 16 250 10915 -44.6 -48.8 63 4.1 -44.9 302 62 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.18 17 200 12375 -53.7 -71.1 10 17.3 -54.0 312 63 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14189 -62.0 -78.7 9 16.7 -62.1 312 66 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.01 19 100 16660 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 326 30 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.08 m Freezing level: 573.38 mb = 4798.47 m = 15742.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.01 mb = 2976.43 m = 9765.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.73 % Est. max temperature: 25.80 C = 78.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.16 mb = 691.71 m = 2269.36 ft T: 15.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.24 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1790.96 m = 5875.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.72 C = 78.30 F Cap Strength: 7.45 C Lifted Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.45 C Showalter Index: 3.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.33 C K Index: -5.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 189.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8113.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.57 mb = 1056.31 m = 3465.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.3 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 17.3 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.7 neg: -9.2 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.56 Bulk Shear: 32.94 m/s