MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 157 SFC 972 399 21.0 17.1 78 3.9 18.4 94 5 296.5 298.8 292.5 333.0 12.67 2 950 599 18.3 16.1 87 2.3 16.8 91 5 295.8 298.0 291.9 330.8 12.17 3 900 1061 15.5 12.4 82 3.1 13.6 54 5 297.4 299.3 290.8 326.8 10.10 4 850 1544 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 267 5 300.4 302.4 292.8 334.0 11.45 5 800 2056 14.0 6.0 58 8.1 9.3 125 4 306.1 307.5 291.2 328.3 7.33 6 750 2598 11.4 1.5 50 9.9 6.1 42 1 309.0 310.1 290.7 326.6 5.70 7 700 3172 8.0 4.5 79 3.5 6.0 305 5 311.4 312.8 293.0 334.8 7.59 8 650 3780 5.0 0.1 71 4.9 2.4 319 12 314.7 315.8 292.6 333.4 5.96 9 600 4430 2.1 -4.6 61 6.6 -1.2 320 17 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.2 4.54 10 550 5128 -1.9 -6.9 68 5.0 -4.3 313 24 321.9 322.7 293.2 335.4 4.14 11 500 5878 -8.0 -9.5 89 1.5 -8.7 302 26 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.6 3.72 12 450 6692 -12.1 -18.5 59 6.4 -14.3 292 32 328.0 328.4 293.0 334.8 1.97 13 400 7583 -17.6 -22.4 66 4.8 -19.0 296 36 332.2 332.5 293.8 337.8 1.59 14 350 8568 -24.7 -29.5 64 4.8 -25.6 305 44 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.0 0.95 15 300 9672 -33.3 -37.1 68 3.8 -33.8 304 48 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.53 16 250 10927 -42.3 -46.7 62 4.4 -42.6 296 54 343.2 343.3 295.3 344.2 0.23 17 200 12395 -53.8 -61.0 41 7.2 -54.0 303 70 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.05 18 150 14210 -61.3 -82.7 4 21.4 -61.5 323 67 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16668 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.3 324 24 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.66 m Freezing level: 573.84 mb = 4795.33 m = 15732.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.94 mb = 4204.16 m = 13793.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.66 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.89 mb = 892.85 m = 2929.25 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 7.34 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.73 mb = 2656.84 m = 8716.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.64 C = 92.55 F Cap Strength: 4.90 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.90 C Showalter Index: 1.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.41 C K Index: 31.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6536.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.52 mb = 1188.39 m = 3898.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.0 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 342.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.8 neg: -41.0 tot: -19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 35.74 m/s