MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 37.60,-97.31 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 971 398 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 79 3 294.3 296.7 292.7 333.7 13.80 2 950 587 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 105 7 294.7 297.0 292.2 331.9 13.00 3 900 1048 15.4 15.2 99 0.2 15.3 129 13 297.4 299.6 292.4 332.7 12.19 4 850 1534 14.9 14.5 98 0.3 14.7 23 14 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.1 12.33 5 800 2047 12.9 12.3 96 0.6 12.5 53 12 304.9 307.0 294.0 338.7 11.30 6 750 2588 10.8 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 59 10 308.3 310.2 294.3 339.9 10.42 7 700 3162 8.3 7.8 97 0.5 8.0 31 7 311.7 313.5 294.6 341.0 9.53 8 650 3773 5.2 4.7 97 0.5 4.9 359 8 314.8 316.4 294.5 340.8 8.29 9 600 4425 1.9 1.6 98 0.3 1.7 342 9 318.3 319.7 294.6 341.1 7.18 10 550 5123 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -2.0 319 12 321.9 323.1 294.6 341.2 5.96 11 500 5876 -5.7 -6.2 96 0.5 -6.0 306 16 326.1 327.1 294.8 342.1 4.81 12 450 6695 -10.7 -13.1 83 2.3 -11.7 300 20 329.7 330.4 294.4 340.4 3.11 13 400 7590 -17.0 -23.0 60 6.0 -18.7 297 26 332.8 333.2 293.9 338.2 1.50 14 350 8577 -24.0 -51.3 6 27.3 -26.9 300 37 336.4 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.10 15 300 9683 -32.9 -50.6 15 17.7 -34.3 303 40 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.12 16 250 10935 -43.3 -55.7 24 12.4 -43.9 309 47 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.08 17 200 12412 -50.4 -71.3 7 20.9 -50.8 304 63 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14233 -63.2 -78.1 12 14.9 -63.3 301 51 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16685 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 336 29 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.69 m Freezing level: 574.66 mb = 4778.59 m = 15677.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 576.72 mb = 4742.36 m = 15558.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.02 mb = 434.70 m = 1426.16 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.81 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 850.23 m = 2789.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.60 C = 69.07 F Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.79 mb = 880.83 m = 2889.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.79 mb = 927.39 m = 3042.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 902.79 mb = 1021.29 m = 3350.64 ft B at Equ Level: 22.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 832.79 mb = 1706.71 m = 5599.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.7 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 30.7 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -60.4 tot: -47.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: -2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 30.35 m/s