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: 37.60,-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 161 SFC 973 398 18.3 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 75 6 293.8 296.1 292.0 331.2 13.12 2 950 600 16.7 16.3 98 0.4 16.5 88 11 294.1 296.3 291.6 329.5 12.38 3 900 1061 14.9 13.3 90 1.6 13.8 110 12 296.9 298.8 291.1 327.9 10.71 4 850 1543 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 139 10 297.9 299.7 290.6 326.3 9.75 5 800 2053 13.8 6.8 62 7.0 9.7 83 6 305.9 307.4 291.5 329.4 7.77 6 750 2595 10.9 5.4 69 5.5 7.7 56 4 308.4 309.9 292.1 331.4 7.51 7 700 3168 8.0 4.4 78 3.6 5.9 336 5 311.3 312.7 292.9 334.5 7.52 8 650 3777 4.9 1.2 77 3.7 2.8 314 10 314.5 315.7 293.0 334.7 6.43 9 600 4427 2.3 -7.9 47 10.2 -2.3 305 17 318.8 319.5 291.8 330.3 3.53 10 550 5124 -1.8 -15.1 35 13.3 -6.9 303 20 322.0 322.4 291.5 329.2 2.15 11 500 5876 -5.8 -23.3 24 17.5 -11.2 310 25 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.2 1.18 12 450 6693 -11.3 -23.5 36 12.2 -14.9 305 27 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.6 1.28 13 400 7586 -17.2 -24.9 51 7.7 -19.3 309 34 332.7 333.0 293.6 337.3 1.27 14 350 8573 -24.0 -35.4 34 11.5 -25.9 303 42 336.5 336.6 294.0 338.5 0.53 15 300 9678 -33.2 -43.2 36 10.1 -34.3 300 48 338.6 338.7 294.3 339.7 0.28 16 250 10930 -43.9 -50.3 49 6.4 -44.2 301 55 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.15 17 200 12389 -54.7 -64.7 28 10.0 -54.9 313 70 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14198 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 307 54 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16658 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.7 327 26 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.88 m Freezing level: 571.63 mb = 4822.83 m = 15822.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.54 mb = 4127.54 m = 13541.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.98 mb = 484.30 m = 1588.89 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 4.88 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.04 mb = 1154.65 m = 3788.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.58 C = 70.85 F Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lifted Index: 6.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.13 C Showalter Index: 7.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.98 C Cross Totals Index: 16.77 C K Index: 24.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.18 mb = 974.45 m = 3196.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.18 mb = 1403.14 m = 4603.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.18 mb = 1700.78 m = 5579.92 ft B at Equ Level: 16.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.18 mb = 1905.16 m = 6250.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.6 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 348.6 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.2 neg: -26.3 tot: 25.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 59.84 m/s