MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 145 SFC 971 398 22.2 17.4 74 4.7 18.9 154 3 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.6 13.02 2 950 589 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.6 148 3 297.3 299.5 292.6 333.5 12.51 3 900 1052 16.0 13.9 87 2.1 14.7 90 4 298.0 300.0 291.8 330.4 11.15 4 850 1537 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 351 6 300.4 302.5 292.7 333.6 11.33 5 800 2049 14.4 5.7 56 8.7 9.3 100 2 306.6 307.9 291.3 328.5 7.21 6 750 2592 11.7 2.0 52 9.6 6.3 297 3 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.5 5.92 7 700 3166 8.4 4.6 77 3.8 6.2 308 8 311.8 313.2 293.2 335.3 7.60 8 650 3776 5.6 -0.8 63 6.4 2.2 320 14 315.3 316.4 292.5 332.9 5.55 9 600 4427 2.3 -4.7 60 7.0 -1.2 316 20 318.8 319.6 292.6 333.3 4.48 10 550 5124 -2.5 -8.5 64 5.9 -5.2 311 25 321.1 321.8 292.6 333.2 3.67 11 500 5873 -6.3 -22.9 25 16.7 -11.4 314 31 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.7 1.21 12 450 6689 -12.4 -19.6 55 7.2 -14.7 304 35 327.6 328.0 292.7 333.8 1.79 13 400 7578 -17.5 -23.9 58 6.4 -19.3 306 43 332.3 332.6 293.6 337.3 1.39 14 350 8564 -24.7 -29.0 67 4.3 -25.6 299 46 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.1 0.99 15 300 9666 -33.5 -37.3 68 3.9 -34.0 299 49 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.2 0.52 16 250 10920 -42.7 -48.7 52 5.9 -43.1 296 58 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.3 0.18 17 200 12392 -51.7 -70.3 9 18.6 -52.1 304 72 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14213 -61.8 -81.9 5 20.1 -62.0 329 69 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16670 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 314 21 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.71 m Freezing level: 576.18 mb = 4758.90 m = 15612.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.53 mb = 4192.41 m = 13754.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.82 mb = 997.22 m = 3271.68 ft T: 16.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 6.13 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1436.37 m = 4712.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.25 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: 3.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 3.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.37 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 29.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5895.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.00 mb = 1194.96 m = 3920.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.2 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 345.2 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.3 neg: -18.1 tot: 11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 38.87 m/s