MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 136 SFC 970 398 22.2 18.0 77 4.2 19.4 165 3 297.9 300.4 293.6 337.2 13.54 2 950 581 20.4 17.1 81 3.3 18.1 160 3 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.5 12.99 3 900 1045 16.8 15.4 92 1.4 15.9 92 4 298.8 301.0 293.0 334.7 12.31 4 850 1531 14.4 11.5 83 2.9 12.6 61 10 301.2 303.0 292.0 330.9 10.07 5 800 2044 15.2 2.5 42 12.7 8.1 69 4 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.9 5.71 6 750 2587 11.8 3.9 58 7.9 7.3 326 4 309.4 310.7 291.7 330.2 6.76 7 700 3162 9.3 2.0 60 7.3 5.2 324 12 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.6 6.32 8 650 3774 6.3 -2.4 54 8.7 1.8 326 18 316.1 317.1 292.2 331.8 4.93 9 600 4425 1.9 -3.5 67 5.4 -0.9 320 22 318.3 319.2 292.8 334.1 4.92 10 550 5122 -2.2 -9.4 58 7.2 -5.4 318 25 321.5 322.2 292.4 332.8 3.41 11 500 5872 -6.7 -17.4 42 10.7 -10.5 317 31 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.6 1.95 12 450 6686 -12.1 -17.4 65 5.3 -14.0 307 37 328.0 328.4 293.2 335.5 2.17 13 400 7576 -18.3 -21.5 76 3.2 -19.2 302 41 331.2 331.6 293.6 337.3 1.72 14 350 8558 -25.2 -29.3 68 4.1 -26.1 301 45 334.8 335.0 293.9 338.3 0.96 15 300 9659 -33.1 -48.0 21 14.9 -34.4 300 54 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.4 0.16 16 250 10918 -41.7 -57.6 16 15.8 -42.5 299 69 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.3 0.06 17 200 12397 -51.1 -72.5 6 21.4 -51.5 307 66 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14214 -63.5 -77.6 13 14.1 -63.6 323 69 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16672 -67.6 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.7 310 25 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.12 m Freezing level: 576.84 mb = 4747.55 m = 15575.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.29 mb = 4206.86 m = 13801.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.94 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.76 mb = 924.17 m = 3032.02 ft T: 17.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 12.31 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1422.46 m = 4666.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.82 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 2.31 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.18 C K Index: 25.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4912.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.92 mb = 1169.61 m = 3837.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 354.2 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.9 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.9 neg: -35.9 tot: 6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 48.26 m/s