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: 37.62,-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 158 SFC 972 398 18.6 18.0 96 0.6 18.2 77 5 294.0 296.4 292.4 332.4 13.43 2 950 598 17.3 17.1 99 0.2 17.2 97 13 294.7 297.0 292.2 332.0 13.01 3 900 1059 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 121 21 296.9 299.0 292.0 331.1 11.82 4 850 1543 14.6 11.8 83 2.8 12.9 114 16 301.5 303.3 292.2 331.9 10.31 5 800 2057 14.7 8.5 66 6.2 10.9 119 10 306.8 308.4 292.6 333.2 8.74 6 750 2601 11.9 6.3 68 5.7 8.6 148 3 309.5 311.1 292.8 334.1 8.00 7 700 3176 9.2 3.9 69 5.3 6.1 242 4 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.1 7.23 8 650 3786 5.5 -0.8 64 6.3 2.1 278 9 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.7 5.56 9 600 4437 2.3 -4.2 62 6.5 -0.9 289 15 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.9 4.68 10 550 5136 -1.5 -10.2 51 8.8 -5.3 305 19 322.3 322.9 292.5 332.9 3.19 11 500 5887 -6.4 -21.7 29 15.3 -11.2 305 19 325.3 325.5 291.7 330.0 1.35 12 450 6703 -10.6 -38.8 8 28.2 -16.2 300 22 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.29 13 400 7598 -16.8 -40.9 10 24.2 -20.8 311 31 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.27 14 350 8584 -24.6 -31.8 51 7.2 -26.1 311 48 335.5 335.7 293.9 338.4 0.76 15 300 9688 -32.8 -41.0 44 8.1 -33.8 303 51 339.1 339.2 294.4 340.5 0.35 16 250 10941 -44.3 -49.2 58 4.8 -44.6 310 52 340.2 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.17 17 200 12397 -53.4 -70.0 12 16.6 -53.7 302 64 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14214 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 308 47 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16676 -67.5 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.6 312 27 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.19 m Freezing level: 569.55 mb = 4862.34 m = 15952.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.06 mb = 4235.31 m = 13895.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.14 mb = 471.70 m = 1547.55 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 1.32 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.43 mb = 914.07 m = 2998.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.68 C = 69.23 F Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.27 C Showalter Index: 3.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.99 C Cross Totals Index: 18.22 C K Index: 27.54 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.19 mb = 906.98 m = 2975.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.19 mb = 953.60 m = 3128.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 891.19 mb = 1142.15 m = 3747.17 ft B at Equ Level: 18.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 841.19 mb = 1631.02 m = 5351.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.8 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 324.8 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: -12.8 tot: 77.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 92.16 m/s