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: 37.62,-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 157 SFC 972 398 18.6 17.7 94 0.9 18.0 85 7 294.1 296.5 292.2 331.8 13.22 2 950 598 17.0 16.8 99 0.1 16.9 100 13 294.4 296.7 292.0 331.0 12.81 3 900 1058 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 130 23 296.4 298.4 291.5 329.4 11.43 4 850 1543 16.0 11.2 73 4.8 13.0 100 16 302.9 304.8 292.3 332.3 9.89 5 800 2058 14.5 11.1 80 3.4 12.3 99 11 306.6 308.5 293.8 337.9 10.42 6 750 2602 12.4 7.1 70 5.3 9.2 121 7 310.0 311.6 293.3 335.9 8.44 7 700 3178 9.9 3.3 64 6.5 6.1 173 3 313.4 314.7 293.1 335.2 6.96 8 650 3791 6.2 -1.3 58 7.5 2.2 288 7 316.0 317.0 292.6 333.1 5.36 9 600 4443 2.5 -6.4 52 8.9 -1.7 287 13 319.0 319.8 292.2 331.9 3.95 10 550 5141 -1.4 -12.8 42 11.3 -6.1 296 18 322.4 322.9 292.0 331.1 2.60 11 500 5893 -6.0 -19.8 33 13.8 -10.6 308 20 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.3 1.59 12 450 6710 -11.1 -31.8 16 20.7 -15.9 308 22 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.59 13 400 7604 -16.7 -39.2 12 22.6 -20.7 312 32 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.5 0.32 14 350 8590 -24.6 -38.5 26 13.9 -26.8 312 46 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.39 15 300 9691 -33.2 -37.1 68 3.9 -33.7 306 55 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.6 0.53 16 250 10945 -44.2 -47.7 68 3.5 -44.5 310 59 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.20 17 200 12404 -52.8 -69.3 12 16.5 -53.1 309 70 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14224 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 311 47 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16688 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.3 314 27 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.70 m Freezing level: 567.95 mb = 4890.27 m = 16044.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.81 mb = 4151.73 m = 13620.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.69 mb = 510.60 m = 1675.18 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 6.81 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 898.43 m = 2947.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.17 C = 68.31 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 5.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.39 C Showalter Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.20 C K Index: 26.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.90 mb = 927.20 m = 3041.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.90 mb = 973.88 m = 3195.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 888.90 mb = 1162.97 m = 3815.47 ft B at Equ Level: 18.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 858.90 mb = 1454.40 m = 4771.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 338.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.7 neg: -57.4 tot: 40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 92.49 m/s