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: 37.62,-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 139 SFC 970 399 21.1 18.8 86 2.4 19.5 76 6 296.8 299.4 293.8 337.8 14.18 2 950 581 18.6 17.8 95 0.8 18.1 77 7 296.1 298.5 293.1 335.2 13.59 3 900 1043 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 96 8 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.4 12.59 4 850 1531 16.9 14.4 85 2.5 15.3 57 13 303.9 306.1 294.4 340.3 12.24 5 800 2047 15.0 10.1 73 4.9 11.9 75 10 307.1 308.9 293.4 336.5 9.73 6 750 2591 11.9 7.3 73 4.6 9.1 74 9 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.7 8.56 7 700 3167 9.6 3.5 66 6.1 6.1 18 6 313.1 314.5 293.1 335.0 7.03 8 650 3779 6.7 1.0 67 5.8 3.5 343 10 316.6 317.8 293.5 336.7 6.34 9 600 4432 1.7 -0.1 88 1.8 0.8 324 14 318.1 319.4 293.9 338.4 6.35 10 550 5129 -2.1 -6.7 71 4.6 -4.3 325 20 321.6 322.4 293.2 335.4 4.21 11 500 5879 -6.9 -12.4 65 5.5 -9.2 318 26 324.6 325.2 292.9 334.5 2.95 12 450 6695 -11.5 -20.2 48 8.8 -14.3 307 29 328.8 329.2 293.0 334.8 1.70 13 400 7587 -17.3 -37.0 16 19.7 -20.9 307 31 332.5 332.6 292.8 334.1 0.40 14 350 8574 -24.2 -50.3 7 26.1 -27.1 308 44 336.1 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.11 15 300 9677 -33.4 -43.1 37 9.7 -34.4 305 48 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.28 16 250 10927 -43.9 -50.1 50 6.3 -44.2 306 49 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.16 17 200 12400 -51.0 -75.8 4 24.8 -51.4 302 66 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14225 -62.6 -78.6 10 16.0 -62.7 305 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16677 -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: 5740.22 m Freezing level: 577.14 mb = 4750.48 m = 15585.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.49 mb = 4532.58 m = 14870.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.32 mb = 695.77 m = 2282.69 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 5.25 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.74 mb = 941.58 m = 3089.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.80 C = 71.24 F Cap Strength: 3.56 C Lifted Index: 1.70 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 21.37 C K Index: 32.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.39 mb = 963.70 m = 3161.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.39 mb = 1010.86 m = 3316.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 893.39 mb = 1105.93 m = 3628.34 ft B at Equ Level: 18.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 853.39 mb = 1497.03 m = 4911.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 348.8 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 18.8 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -20.3 tot: -1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 31.15 m/s