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: 37.62,-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 162 SFC 973 399 18.2 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 76 6 293.7 296.0 292.0 331.0 13.10 2 950 600 16.7 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 90 10 294.1 296.3 291.5 329.3 12.30 3 900 1061 14.8 13.3 90 1.6 13.8 110 12 296.8 298.7 291.1 327.8 10.71 4 850 1543 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 139 10 297.9 299.6 290.6 326.2 9.74 5 800 2053 13.8 6.8 63 7.0 9.6 87 6 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.4 7.77 6 750 2595 10.9 5.0 67 5.9 7.5 56 4 308.5 309.8 292.0 330.9 7.34 7 700 3168 7.9 4.4 78 3.5 5.9 337 4 311.3 312.7 292.9 334.5 7.52 8 650 3776 4.8 1.2 77 3.6 2.8 314 10 314.4 315.6 293.0 334.7 6.44 9 600 4427 2.3 -7.9 47 10.2 -2.4 306 17 318.8 319.5 291.8 330.2 3.51 10 550 5124 -1.8 -14.7 37 12.8 -6.8 302 20 321.9 322.4 291.6 329.4 2.23 11 500 5876 -5.8 -23.5 23 17.8 -11.2 310 25 326.0 326.2 291.7 330.1 1.15 12 450 6692 -11.3 -23.9 34 12.7 -14.9 304 27 329.1 329.3 292.6 333.4 1.23 13 400 7585 -17.2 -24.9 51 7.7 -19.3 309 34 332.7 332.9 293.6 337.2 1.27 14 350 8573 -24.0 -36.0 32 12.0 -26.1 303 43 336.4 336.5 293.9 338.4 0.51 15 300 9677 -33.2 -43.0 37 9.8 -34.3 300 49 338.6 338.6 294.3 339.7 0.29 16 250 10929 -43.9 -50.4 49 6.5 -44.3 301 55 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.15 17 200 12388 -54.7 -65.1 27 10.4 -54.9 313 70 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14197 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 307 55 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16657 -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: 5714.17 m Freezing level: 572.02 mb = 4817.00 m = 15803.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.84 mb = 4123.25 m = 13527.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.55 mb = 479.51 m = 1573.17 ft T: 17.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 4.81 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1152.94 m = 3782.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.53 C = 70.75 F Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lifted Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.11 C Showalter Index: 7.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 16.96 C Cross Totals Index: 16.76 C K Index: 24.43 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.08 mb = 975.55 m = 3200.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.08 mb = 1404.20 m = 4606.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 834.08 mb = 1701.86 m = 5583.46 ft B at Equ Level: 15.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 814.08 mb = 1906.28 m = 6254.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.1 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 348.1 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.3 neg: -24.1 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 59.00 m/s