MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 157 SFC 972 398 18.6 17.7 94 1.0 18.0 85 7 294.1 296.5 292.2 331.8 13.19 2 950 597 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.8 98 13 294.4 296.6 291.9 330.9 12.77 3 900 1057 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 128 22 296.4 298.4 291.5 329.4 11.44 4 850 1543 16.1 11.2 72 4.9 13.0 102 17 303.0 304.9 292.4 332.4 9.87 5 800 2058 14.5 11.0 79 3.6 12.3 99 11 306.6 308.5 293.7 337.8 10.33 6 750 2602 12.4 7.1 70 5.3 9.2 123 7 310.1 311.7 293.3 336.0 8.46 7 700 3179 9.9 3.2 63 6.7 6.1 178 2 313.5 314.8 293.1 335.1 6.92 8 650 3791 6.3 -1.7 56 8.0 2.1 290 7 316.1 317.1 292.4 332.6 5.18 9 600 4443 2.6 -6.5 51 9.1 -1.7 286 13 319.1 319.9 292.2 331.9 3.92 10 550 5141 -1.4 -12.9 41 11.5 -6.1 296 18 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.1 2.57 11 500 5893 -6.0 -19.4 34 13.4 -10.5 308 21 325.8 326.1 292.1 331.5 1.65 12 450 6710 -11.1 -31.4 17 20.3 -15.9 307 22 329.3 329.5 292.2 331.6 0.62 13 400 7604 -16.7 -38.7 13 22.1 -20.6 312 32 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.33 14 350 8590 -24.6 -37.1 30 12.5 -26.6 312 46 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.3 0.45 15 300 9692 -33.1 -37.0 68 3.9 -33.7 305 55 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.53 16 250 10946 -44.2 -47.5 70 3.3 -44.5 310 59 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12405 -52.8 -69.0 12 16.2 -53.2 309 70 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14225 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.3 311 47 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16688 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 314 27 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.28 m Freezing level: 567.42 mb = 4897.91 m = 16069.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.82 mb = 4138.75 m = 13578.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.77 mb = 518.59 m = 1701.40 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 900.01 m = 2952.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.17 C = 68.30 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.46 C Showalter Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 17.16 C K Index: 26.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.65 mb = 929.31 m = 3048.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.65 mb = 976.01 m = 3202.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 898.65 mb = 1070.15 m = 3510.94 ft B at Equ Level: 20.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 858.65 mb = 1456.73 m = 4779.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 339.4 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.6 neg: -51.6 tot: 45.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 91.55 m/s