MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 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 133 SFC 970 398 18.2 17.8 98 0.4 17.9 121 9 293.9 296.3 292.3 332.0 13.35 2 950 572 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 126 17 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.0 12.79 3 900 1037 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 88 17 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.2 14.42 4 850 1527 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 286 10 304.4 307.1 296.0 347.4 14.41 5 800 2044 14.9 13.8 93 1.1 14.1 279 20 307.0 309.3 295.4 344.6 12.48 6 750 2589 11.5 10.7 94 0.9 11.0 300 12 309.1 311.1 294.8 342.0 10.81 7 700 3163 8.0 7.3 96 0.6 7.6 343 6 311.3 313.0 294.3 339.7 9.22 8 650 3772 4.6 3.8 94 0.8 4.2 302 8 314.2 315.7 293.9 338.5 7.77 9 600 4420 0.6 0.1 96 0.6 0.3 290 15 316.9 318.1 293.6 337.3 6.43 10 550 5115 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.6 -2.8 295 18 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.1 5.55 11 500 5868 -5.7 -6.5 94 0.7 -6.1 300 18 326.1 327.0 294.7 341.7 4.72 12 450 6688 -10.2 -11.5 91 1.2 -10.8 303 18 330.4 331.1 294.9 342.4 3.54 13 400 7586 -15.8 -17.7 86 1.9 -16.4 303 20 334.4 334.9 295.0 342.8 2.39 14 350 8579 -22.7 -25.1 81 2.4 -23.3 301 23 338.2 338.5 295.1 343.4 1.43 15 300 9691 -31.6 -34.5 75 3.0 -32.0 294 26 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.5 0.68 16 250 10950 -43.1 -46.4 70 3.3 -43.3 270 28 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.24 17 200 12417 -52.8 -81.5 2 28.8 -53.2 294 56 349.2 349.2 296.4 349.2 0.00 18 150 14224 -63.9 -79.8 10 15.9 -64.0 303 59 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16676 -68.4 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 332 34 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.91 m Freezing level: 589.78 mb = 4562.35 m = 14968.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.96 mb = 4487.53 m = 14722.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.26 mb = 445.00 m = 1459.95 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.09 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.54 mb = 398.36 m = 1306.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.30 C = 64.95 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.97 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.64 C K Index: 39.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4056.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.11 mb = 884.34 m = 2901.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 328.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 14.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.5 neg: -155.5 tot: -137.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -45.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.5 stream: -6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 115.67 m/s