MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 18.7 18.1 97 0.5 18.3 68 5 294.2 296.6 292.5 333.0 13.59 2 950 597 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 88 11 294.6 296.9 292.2 331.7 12.94 3 900 1058 14.9 13.4 91 1.4 14.0 111 19 296.8 298.8 291.2 328.1 10.81 4 850 1540 11.8 11.7 99 0.2 11.7 118 14 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.2 10.18 5 800 2052 14.2 6.3 59 7.9 9.5 99 6 306.3 307.7 291.5 329.0 7.50 6 750 2594 11.2 5.9 70 5.3 8.1 90 1 308.8 310.3 292.4 332.7 7.81 7 700 3168 8.4 4.5 76 3.9 6.1 296 5 311.8 313.2 293.1 335.2 7.56 8 650 3777 4.9 0.2 72 4.6 2.4 301 9 314.5 315.6 292.6 333.4 6.00 9 600 4428 2.5 -5.5 55 8.0 -1.4 308 16 319.1 319.9 292.4 332.8 4.23 10 550 5127 -1.6 -12.2 44 10.6 -6.0 307 17 322.2 322.7 292.1 331.3 2.72 11 500 5877 -6.0 -24.4 22 18.4 -11.5 310 20 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.4 1.06 12 450 6695 -10.4 -35.4 11 24.9 -15.8 304 26 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.7 0.42 13 400 7590 -16.9 -29.2 34 12.3 -19.8 312 32 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.2 0.86 14 350 8577 -24.0 -34.7 37 10.7 -25.9 308 47 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.6 0.58 15 300 9682 -33.0 -45.6 27 12.6 -34.2 302 49 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.22 16 250 10934 -44.4 -51.8 44 7.3 -44.8 293 43 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.13 17 200 12389 -53.9 -66.0 21 12.1 -54.2 306 62 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14201 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.9 301 48 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16664 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 318 30 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.49 m Freezing level: 569.14 mb = 4859.08 m = 15941.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.24 mb = 4184.34 m = 13728.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.16 C = 80.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.23 mb = 461.32 m = 1513.49 ft T: 18.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 4.86 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1072.68 m = 3519.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.34 C = 70.42 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 5.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.08 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.85 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 25.60 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.64 mb = 948.49 m = 3111.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.64 mb = 1279.93 m = 4199.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.64 mb = 1674.03 m = 5492.16 ft B at Equ Level: 14.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 816.64 mb = 1878.13 m = 6161.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.8 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 350.8 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: -12.4 tot: 44.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 60.91 m/s