MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 156 SFC 972 399 22.6 16.4 68 6.2 18.5 52 8 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.6 12.17 2 950 598 18.9 15.0 78 4.0 16.4 53 8 296.4 298.5 291.5 329.1 11.32 3 900 1059 14.7 13.0 89 1.8 13.6 74 8 296.7 298.6 290.9 327.0 10.49 4 850 1543 14.2 9.3 72 4.9 11.2 82 7 301.1 302.6 290.7 326.7 8.67 5 800 2053 11.1 7.8 80 3.4 9.2 95 10 303.0 304.6 291.1 327.8 8.31 6 750 2592 11.5 -5.6 30 17.2 3.4 80 9 309.1 309.7 288.6 319.6 3.34 7 700 3165 10.0 -25.4 6 35.4 -1.3 24 4 313.6 313.7 287.4 315.9 0.69 8 650 3777 6.4 -25.4 8 31.8 -3.6 321 8 316.2 316.4 288.3 318.8 0.74 9 600 4427 2.2 -6.2 54 8.3 -1.8 319 16 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.7 4.02 10 550 5125 -2.2 -9.5 57 7.3 -5.4 314 23 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.38 11 500 5874 -7.5 -16.8 47 9.4 -10.8 312 28 323.9 324.4 292.0 330.9 2.05 12 450 6686 -12.4 -30.9 20 18.5 -16.7 314 31 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.65 13 400 7576 -17.6 -24.4 55 6.9 -19.4 309 39 332.2 332.4 293.6 336.9 1.32 14 350 8563 -23.9 -28.2 68 4.3 -24.9 304 45 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.5 1.07 15 300 9667 -33.7 -40.0 53 6.3 -34.4 308 53 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.39 16 250 10917 -44.3 -49.8 54 5.5 -44.6 304 60 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.16 17 200 12378 -53.3 -70.1 11 16.9 -53.5 307 65 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14193 -61.9 -79.3 8 17.4 -62.0 317 66 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16662 -67.5 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 327 28 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.05 m Freezing level: 575.23 mb = 4772.69 m = 15658.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.99 mb = 3000.94 m = 9845.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.38 mb = 1179.03 m = 3868.17 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 11.88 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1936.43 m = 6353.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.01 C = 80.62 F Cap Strength: 6.23 C Lifted Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.23 C Showalter Index: 5.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: -4.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 153.03 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6707.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.76 mb = 1271.30 m = 4170.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.8 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 5.8 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -6.8 tot: 10.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 29.39 m/s