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: 37.62,-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 146 SFC 971 398 18.7 18.4 98 0.4 18.5 90 3 294.3 296.8 292.7 333.8 13.81 2 950 586 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 109 8 294.6 297.0 292.2 331.8 12.98 3 900 1047 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 128 13 297.5 299.7 292.5 333.0 12.27 4 850 1534 15.0 14.6 98 0.4 14.7 22 14 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.4 12.40 5 800 2047 13.0 12.2 94 0.9 12.5 60 11 305.0 307.1 294.0 338.6 11.21 6 750 2588 10.8 9.9 94 1.0 10.2 61 9 308.3 310.3 294.2 339.5 10.26 7 700 3162 8.3 7.5 95 0.8 7.8 21 7 311.7 313.5 294.4 340.5 9.33 8 650 3773 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.6 356 9 314.7 316.3 294.3 339.9 8.04 9 600 4424 1.7 1.3 97 0.4 1.5 346 10 318.1 319.4 294.4 340.5 7.04 10 550 5122 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 324 12 321.9 323.1 294.6 341.2 5.95 11 500 5876 -5.6 -6.1 96 0.5 -5.9 307 16 326.2 327.1 294.8 342.2 4.84 12 450 6695 -10.7 -12.7 85 2.0 -11.5 299 20 329.8 330.4 294.5 340.7 3.20 13 400 7590 -17.1 -22.7 62 5.6 -18.7 296 26 332.8 333.1 293.9 338.3 1.55 14 350 8577 -24.0 -50.7 7 26.7 -26.9 299 37 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 15 300 9682 -32.9 -52.0 13 19.1 -34.4 302 40 339.0 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.10 16 250 10934 -43.3 -56.6 22 13.3 -43.9 308 45 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.07 17 200 12411 -50.4 -71.0 7 20.6 -50.8 304 63 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 14232 -63.2 -78.3 11 15.1 -63.3 301 51 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16684 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.7 336 29 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.19 m Freezing level: 576.09 mb = 4757.98 m = 15609.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.89 mb = 4711.58 m = 15457.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.31 mb = 440.62 m = 1445.58 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 1.98 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.09 mb = 849.85 m = 2788.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.64 C = 69.14 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 4.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.91 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.63 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.59 mb = 882.32 m = 2894.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.59 mb = 928.90 m = 3047.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 902.59 mb = 1022.81 m = 3355.64 ft B at Equ Level: 22.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 832.59 mb = 1708.74 m = 5606.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 0.3 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 30.3 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -61.8 tot: -48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.65 Bulk Shear: 35.05 m/s