MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 158 SFC 972 398 18.6 17.9 96 0.7 18.1 78 6 294.1 296.5 292.3 332.3 13.39 2 950 598 17.3 17.1 99 0.2 17.1 97 14 294.7 297.0 292.2 331.9 12.99 3 900 1059 15.0 14.9 99 0.1 14.9 122 21 296.9 299.1 292.1 331.3 11.89 4 850 1542 14.8 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 115 16 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.0 10.29 5 800 2057 14.7 8.9 69 5.7 11.1 119 10 306.8 308.5 292.8 334.0 9.00 6 750 2600 11.9 6.4 69 5.5 8.6 150 4 309.5 311.1 292.9 334.2 8.06 7 700 3176 9.2 3.9 69 5.3 6.1 249 4 312.7 314.1 293.1 335.2 7.25 8 650 3786 5.5 -0.8 64 6.3 2.2 279 9 315.2 316.3 292.4 332.8 5.56 9 600 4437 2.4 -4.5 60 6.9 -1.0 290 16 318.9 319.8 292.7 333.7 4.58 10 550 5136 -1.5 -10.7 49 9.2 -5.4 305 19 322.3 323.0 292.4 332.6 3.08 11 500 5887 -6.4 -21.2 30 14.8 -11.2 305 19 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.1 1.41 12 450 6703 -10.6 -39.6 7 29.0 -16.2 300 23 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 13 400 7598 -16.7 -41.2 10 24.4 -20.8 311 31 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.26 14 350 8585 -24.6 -31.7 52 7.1 -26.0 311 47 335.5 335.7 293.9 338.4 0.77 15 300 9688 -32.8 -41.7 40 9.0 -33.8 302 51 339.2 339.2 294.4 340.4 0.33 16 250 10942 -44.3 -49.6 55 5.3 -44.6 310 52 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.16 17 200 12397 -53.4 -70.0 11 16.6 -53.7 302 64 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 14215 -61.6 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 308 47 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16676 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 312 27 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.71 m Freezing level: 568.80 mb = 4873.11 m = 15987.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.57 mb = 4228.76 m = 13873.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.96 mb = 481.95 m = 1581.18 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 1.01 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 913.84 m = 2998.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.71 C = 69.28 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 4.01 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 27.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.16 mb = 907.09 m = 2975.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.16 mb = 953.72 m = 3128.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 901.16 mb = 1047.74 m = 3437.44 ft B at Equ Level: 19.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.16 mb = 1631.22 m = 5351.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.2 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 325.2 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -15.0 tot: 78.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 95.18 m/s