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: 37.62,-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 144 SFC 971 398 19.8 18.4 92 1.4 18.9 83 8 295.4 297.9 293.1 335.2 13.86 2 950 585 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 85 12 295.4 297.8 292.9 334.2 13.50 3 900 1046 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 94 14 296.7 298.9 291.9 330.5 11.69 4 850 1532 16.5 12.9 79 3.6 14.1 103 16 303.4 305.4 293.4 336.3 11.06 5 800 2048 14.7 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 97 12 306.8 308.9 294.3 339.9 10.95 6 750 2593 12.4 7.5 72 4.9 9.4 103 9 310.0 311.7 293.5 336.7 8.70 7 700 3170 10.1 3.2 62 7.0 6.1 82 4 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.2 6.88 8 650 3783 6.6 0.9 67 5.7 3.5 316 8 316.4 317.7 293.4 336.5 6.32 9 600 4435 2.5 -4.5 60 7.0 -0.9 316 13 319.1 320.0 292.7 333.9 4.58 10 550 5133 -2.1 -7.9 64 5.9 -4.7 310 18 321.6 322.4 292.9 334.2 3.83 11 500 5884 -6.4 -13.4 57 7.1 -9.2 315 21 325.3 325.8 292.9 334.5 2.72 12 450 6700 -11.3 -24.8 32 13.5 -15.1 314 25 329.1 329.3 292.6 333.1 1.13 13 400 7593 -16.9 -42.7 9 25.8 -21.0 310 32 333.1 333.1 292.8 333.9 0.22 14 350 8580 -24.4 -36.1 33 11.7 -26.4 311 47 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.7 0.50 15 300 9682 -33.6 -39.7 55 6.0 -34.4 304 53 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.5 0.40 16 250 10932 -44.2 -51.3 45 7.2 -44.6 304 51 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.14 17 200 12400 -51.9 -68.1 13 16.2 -52.3 308 66 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.02 18 150 14223 -61.9 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.0 307 47 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16686 -68.4 -85.9 6 17.5 -68.5 319 24 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.46 m Freezing level: 572.37 mb = 4820.89 m = 15816.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.44 mb = 4294.56 m = 14089.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.93 mb = 567.86 m = 1863.04 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 883.28 m = 2897.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.64 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lifted Index: 3.57 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.84 C Showalter Index: 1.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.84 C Cross Totals Index: 19.27 C K Index: 28.75 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.75 mb = 935.77 m = 3070.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.75 mb = 982.67 m = 3223.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 886.75 mb = 1172.43 m = 3846.50 ft B at Equ Level: 17.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 856.75 mb = 1464.88 m = 4805.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 353.0 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 23.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.6 neg: -10.0 tot: 21.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 43.00 m/s