MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 143 SFC 971 398 19.9 18.4 91 1.4 18.9 82 8 295.5 298.0 293.2 335.4 13.89 2 950 585 18.1 17.8 98 0.3 17.9 84 12 295.5 298.0 293.0 334.6 13.60 3 900 1046 14.9 14.7 99 0.2 14.7 91 14 296.8 299.0 291.9 330.8 11.75 4 850 1532 16.4 13.1 81 3.3 14.3 101 15 303.4 305.4 293.5 336.7 11.21 5 800 2048 14.7 11.9 83 2.9 12.9 97 12 306.9 308.9 294.3 340.0 11.00 6 750 2593 12.4 7.3 71 5.1 9.3 103 9 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.4 8.60 7 700 3170 10.2 3.1 61 7.2 6.1 73 3 313.8 315.1 293.1 335.3 6.84 8 650 3783 6.6 0.8 66 5.9 3.4 315 8 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.3 6.24 9 600 4435 2.6 -4.8 58 7.4 -1.0 316 13 319.1 320.0 292.7 333.6 4.47 10 550 5133 -2.0 -7.8 65 5.7 -4.7 309 18 321.7 322.4 292.9 334.4 3.88 11 500 5884 -6.4 -13.5 57 7.1 -9.2 314 21 325.2 325.8 292.9 334.4 2.70 12 450 6701 -11.2 -25.0 31 13.8 -15.1 313 26 329.1 329.4 292.6 333.1 1.12 13 400 7594 -16.8 -43.2 8 26.4 -21.0 310 32 333.1 333.2 292.8 333.9 0.21 14 350 8581 -24.4 -36.2 33 11.8 -26.3 310 47 335.9 336.0 293.8 337.8 0.50 15 300 9683 -33.6 -39.1 58 5.5 -34.3 304 53 338.0 338.1 294.2 339.6 0.43 16 250 10933 -44.2 -51.0 46 6.9 -44.5 304 51 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.14 17 200 12400 -51.9 -68.2 13 16.3 -52.2 308 66 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14223 -61.9 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.1 307 47 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16687 -68.4 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 319 24 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.12 m Freezing level: 571.99 mb = 4826.52 m = 15834.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.62 mb = 4279.06 m = 14038.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.88 mb = 577.12 m = 1893.40 ft T: 18.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 4.78 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 881.31 m = 2891.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.73 C = 69.31 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 3.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.84 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 28.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.94 mb = 933.93 m = 3064.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.94 mb = 980.83 m = 3217.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 886.94 mb = 1170.57 m = 3840.41 ft B at Equ Level: 17.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 856.94 mb = 1462.95 m = 4799.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 351.7 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 21.7 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 42.46 m/s