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: 37.62,-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 165 SFC 973 399 19.3 16.9 86 2.4 17.7 76 7 294.7 297.0 291.9 330.6 12.53 2 950 604 16.8 15.9 95 0.9 16.3 78 9 294.2 296.4 291.3 328.7 12.06 3 900 1064 15.6 12.3 80 3.4 13.5 92 6 297.6 299.4 290.8 326.7 10.01 4 850 1547 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 181 7 299.0 300.9 291.6 329.7 10.50 5 800 2059 13.9 5.7 58 8.1 9.1 103 7 305.9 307.3 291.1 327.8 7.21 6 750 2601 11.3 2.9 56 8.4 6.6 65 4 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.3 6.31 7 700 3174 8.1 4.1 76 4.0 5.8 336 3 311.4 312.8 292.9 334.3 7.38 8 650 3783 5.0 0.7 74 4.2 2.7 317 11 314.6 315.8 292.9 334.2 6.22 9 600 4432 1.7 -7.1 52 8.8 -2.4 315 17 318.1 318.8 291.8 330.3 3.74 10 550 5130 -1.6 -11.5 47 9.9 -5.8 316 22 322.2 322.7 292.2 331.8 2.89 11 500 5880 -7.6 -9.3 87 1.8 -8.4 304 28 323.8 324.6 293.4 336.3 3.77 12 450 6696 -11.7 -17.7 61 6.0 -13.8 290 31 328.5 328.9 293.3 335.8 2.11 13 400 7586 -17.6 -24.1 57 6.6 -19.4 297 33 332.2 332.4 293.6 337.0 1.36 14 350 8572 -24.7 -30.9 56 6.2 -25.9 303 41 335.5 335.6 294.0 338.5 0.83 15 300 9676 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.4 300 46 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.59 16 250 10930 -43.3 -46.7 69 3.4 -43.5 302 56 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 17 200 12395 -54.5 -60.7 46 6.2 -54.7 308 61 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.6 0.05 18 150 14203 -61.8 -80.0 7 18.2 -61.9 319 67 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16665 -68.2 -85.2 7 17.0 -68.3 329 25 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.64 m Freezing level: 574.33 mb = 4790.47 m = 15716.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.64 mb = 4118.80 m = 13512.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.57 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.58 mb = 697.89 m = 2289.63 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 3.86 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1429.85 m = 4691.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.80 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: 4.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.44 C Showalter Index: 3.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 28.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7071.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.04 mb = 1120.66 m = 3676.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.3 at 13.1 knts Storm direction: 346.3 at 9.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.9 neg: -39.7 tot: 17.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 47.66 m/s