MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.6,-96.81 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -96.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 970 420 17.3 16.8 96 0.6 17.0 83 6 293.0 295.2 291.3 328.5 12.48 2 950 601 16.1 15.4 95 0.7 15.6 95 11 293.5 295.6 290.7 326.7 11.62 3 900 1061 14.9 12.8 88 2.0 13.6 102 10 296.8 298.7 290.8 326.9 10.38 4 850 1543 11.3 11.0 98 0.3 11.1 133 9 297.9 299.7 290.6 326.3 9.73 5 800 2053 13.5 6.6 63 6.8 9.4 111 7 305.5 306.9 291.3 328.7 7.68 6 750 2595 11.2 0.2 46 11.1 5.4 39 4 308.8 309.7 290.2 324.7 5.16 7 700 3168 7.8 3.9 77 3.8 5.6 338 4 311.1 312.5 292.7 333.6 7.27 8 650 3776 4.6 0.5 75 4.1 2.4 315 8 314.2 315.3 292.6 333.4 6.13 9 600 4425 2.1 -6.3 54 8.3 -1.9 310 16 318.5 319.3 292.1 331.5 3.99 10 550 5122 -1.9 -14.5 37 12.6 -6.8 303 19 321.9 322.3 291.6 329.5 2.26 11 500 5873 -6.1 -24.4 22 18.3 -11.5 307 23 325.6 325.9 291.5 329.4 1.06 12 450 6689 -11.1 -29.9 20 18.8 -15.7 304 27 329.3 329.4 292.2 331.9 0.71 13 400 7582 -17.3 -25.4 49 8.1 -19.4 308 32 332.5 332.7 293.6 336.9 1.22 14 350 8569 -24.2 -35.6 34 11.3 -26.2 307 45 336.1 336.2 293.9 338.1 0.53 15 300 9673 -33.3 -41.4 44 8.1 -34.3 304 49 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.8 0.34 16 250 10924 -44.4 -50.2 52 5.8 -44.7 301 55 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.7 0.15 17 200 12382 -54.4 -66.8 20 12.4 -54.7 313 70 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.02 18 150 14191 -61.7 -80.4 7 18.7 -61.9 303 54 363.7 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16654 -68.6 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 328 26 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.20 m Freezing level: 573.65 mb = 4792.56 m = 15723.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.84 mb = 4135.11 m = 13566.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.61 C = 79.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.47 mb = 489.72 m = 1606.68 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 3.95 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1279.43 m = 4197.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.64 C = 70.95 F Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lifted Index: 6.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.58 C Showalter Index: 6.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.33 C Cross Totals Index: 17.05 C K Index: 24.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7618.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.08 mb = 1041.18 m = 3415.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.5 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 348.5 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -21.7 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 55.43 m/s