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: 37.62,-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 972 399 18.6 18.1 97 0.5 18.3 69 5 294.1 296.6 292.5 333.0 13.60 2 950 597 17.1 17.0 99 0.2 17.1 90 11 294.6 296.9 292.2 331.6 12.93 3 900 1058 14.9 13.6 92 1.2 14.1 110 19 296.8 298.8 291.3 328.5 10.94 4 850 1541 11.9 11.7 98 0.2 11.7 118 13 298.6 300.5 291.2 328.4 10.19 5 800 2052 14.2 6.4 59 7.8 9.6 98 6 306.3 307.7 291.5 329.2 7.55 6 750 2595 11.2 5.8 69 5.4 8.0 91 1 308.8 310.2 292.4 332.5 7.75 7 700 3168 8.3 4.5 77 3.9 6.1 294 4 311.7 313.2 293.1 335.1 7.55 8 650 3777 4.8 0.3 72 4.5 2.4 300 9 314.4 315.6 292.6 333.4 6.03 9 600 4427 2.5 -5.1 57 7.5 -1.2 308 16 319.0 319.8 292.6 333.1 4.37 10 550 5126 -1.6 -12.1 44 10.6 -6.0 307 17 322.2 322.7 292.1 331.4 2.74 11 500 5877 -6.0 -24.7 21 18.7 -11.5 310 20 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.03 12 450 6695 -10.5 -35.4 11 24.9 -15.9 304 26 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.42 13 400 7589 -16.9 -29.9 31 13.1 -19.9 312 32 333.1 333.2 293.3 336.0 0.80 14 350 8576 -24.0 -33.9 40 9.9 -25.8 308 47 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.7 0.62 15 300 9681 -33.0 -45.5 28 12.5 -34.2 303 49 338.9 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.22 16 250 10934 -44.4 -51.8 44 7.3 -44.9 293 44 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.13 17 200 12388 -53.9 -66.0 21 12.1 -54.2 307 62 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.03 18 150 14200 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.9 301 48 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16664 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 318 30 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.97 m Freezing level: 569.61 mb = 4852.26 m = 15919.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.21 mb = 4197.70 m = 13771.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.89 mb = 455.61 m = 1494.76 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 4.61 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.00 mb = 1058.16 m = 3471.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.29 C = 70.33 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 5.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: 6.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.91 C Cross Totals Index: 17.68 C K Index: 25.70 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.65 mb = 939.24 m = 3081.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.65 mb = 1270.38 m = 4167.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.65 mb = 1663.99 m = 5459.21 ft B at Equ Level: 14.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 817.65 mb = 1867.84 m = 6128.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.5 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 350.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.6 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.7 neg: -12.1 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 60.51 m/s