MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 164 SFC 973 398 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 76 7 294.8 297.0 291.9 330.7 12.55 2 950 604 16.8 15.9 95 0.9 16.3 78 9 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.8 12.07 3 900 1064 15.7 12.3 80 3.4 13.6 91 6 297.7 299.5 290.8 326.8 10.01 4 850 1548 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 184 7 299.2 301.1 291.7 330.2 10.62 5 800 2059 13.9 5.9 58 8.1 9.2 102 7 306.0 307.4 291.2 328.0 7.27 6 750 2601 11.3 3.4 58 7.8 6.9 70 4 308.8 310.1 291.4 328.9 6.55 7 700 3174 8.2 4.2 76 3.9 5.9 336 3 311.5 312.9 292.9 334.5 7.42 8 650 3783 5.0 0.6 73 4.5 2.6 318 11 314.7 315.9 292.8 334.1 6.15 9 600 4433 1.8 -7.2 51 8.9 -2.4 315 17 318.1 318.9 291.7 330.2 3.71 10 550 5130 -1.6 -11.3 48 9.7 -5.7 316 22 322.2 322.7 292.2 331.9 2.93 11 500 5881 -7.5 -9.7 84 2.2 -8.4 304 27 323.9 324.7 293.4 336.2 3.68 12 450 6696 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.8 290 31 328.5 328.9 293.3 335.8 2.12 13 400 7587 -17.6 -23.8 58 6.2 -19.3 297 33 332.2 332.5 293.6 337.2 1.40 14 350 8573 -24.7 -30.5 59 5.8 -25.9 303 40 335.4 335.6 294.0 338.6 0.86 15 300 9677 -32.9 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.3 299 46 339.1 339.2 294.7 341.4 0.60 16 250 10930 -43.2 -46.6 69 3.4 -43.5 302 56 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 17 200 12396 -54.6 -60.7 46 6.2 -54.7 308 61 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.05 18 150 14204 -61.7 -80.0 7 18.2 -61.9 319 67 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16666 -68.2 -84.9 7 16.7 -68.4 330 25 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.33 m Freezing level: 574.07 mb = 4794.36 m = 15729.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.92 mb = 4115.42 m = 13501.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.48 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.22 mb = 701.02 m = 2299.89 ft T: 16.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 3.91 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1447.12 m = 4747.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.39 C = 74.09 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.51 C Showalter Index: 3.66 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.74 C K Index: 28.23 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7090.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.63 mb = 1124.40 m = 3688.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.6 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 346.6 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -41.2 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 47.91 m/s