MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 138 SFC 970 398 21.3 18.8 86 2.5 19.6 76 6 297.0 299.6 293.9 338.2 14.24 2 950 581 18.8 17.8 94 0.9 18.1 76 7 296.2 298.7 293.2 335.5 13.63 3 900 1043 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 95 7 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.4 12.57 4 850 1531 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.1 57 13 303.9 306.2 294.3 339.7 12.01 5 800 2047 15.0 10.0 72 5.0 11.8 76 10 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.4 9.67 6 750 2591 12.0 7.3 73 4.7 9.1 71 8 309.6 311.2 293.3 335.9 8.59 7 700 3167 9.7 3.5 65 6.2 6.1 8 6 313.2 314.6 293.1 335.2 7.04 8 650 3780 6.8 1.2 68 5.6 3.7 340 10 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.0 6.44 9 600 4432 1.7 -0.1 88 1.8 0.7 323 13 318.1 319.3 293.9 338.3 6.35 10 550 5129 -2.0 -7.2 68 5.2 -4.4 325 20 321.7 322.5 293.1 335.1 4.06 11 500 5879 -6.9 -12.6 64 5.7 -9.2 318 25 324.6 325.2 292.9 334.4 2.90 12 450 6695 -11.4 -20.3 48 8.8 -14.3 307 29 328.8 329.2 293.0 334.8 1.69 13 400 7587 -17.3 -37.1 16 19.8 -20.9 307 31 332.6 332.6 292.8 334.1 0.40 14 350 8574 -24.1 -49.7 8 25.5 -27.0 308 44 336.2 336.3 293.5 336.7 0.12 15 300 9678 -33.4 -42.3 40 8.9 -34.4 305 48 338.4 338.4 294.2 339.6 0.31 16 250 10928 -43.8 -49.8 51 6.0 -44.2 306 50 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.16 17 200 12401 -51.0 -75.8 4 24.8 -51.4 302 66 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14226 -62.6 -78.6 10 16.0 -62.7 305 49 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16678 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 331 27 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.01 m Freezing level: 576.81 mb = 4755.42 m = 15601.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.91 mb = 4527.27 m = 14853.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.39 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.45 mb = 712.59 m = 2337.86 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 4.51 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.18 mb = 956.08 m = 3136.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.90 C = 71.42 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.41 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.91 C Cross Totals Index: 21.06 C K Index: 31.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.00 mb = 976.64 m = 3204.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.00 mb = 1023.89 m = 3359.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 892.00 mb = 1119.12 m = 3671.59 ft B at Equ Level: 17.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 852.00 mb = 1510.90 m = 4956.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 347.2 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 17.2 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -20.5 tot: -1.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.58 Bulk Shear: 31.65 m/s