MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 31 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 137 SFC 970 398 23.3 19.4 79 3.9 20.5 154 2 299.0 301.7 294.8 341.9 14.72 2 950 584 21.8 17.5 77 4.3 18.8 152 3 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.2 13.35 3 900 1051 17.9 16.5 92 1.3 17.0 126 9 299.9 302.3 294.0 338.7 13.26 4 850 1538 14.6 11.4 81 3.2 12.6 136 9 301.5 303.3 292.0 331.1 10.03 5 800 2050 14.6 6.2 57 8.3 9.6 317 1 306.7 308.1 291.5 329.3 7.46 6 750 2595 12.8 3.3 52 9.5 7.3 324 7 310.4 311.6 291.8 330.4 6.47 7 700 3170 8.5 3.1 69 5.4 5.5 317 6 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.2 6.87 8 650 3779 4.8 -1.7 63 6.4 1.4 325 11 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.9 5.22 9 600 4426 0.4 -3.2 76 3.7 -1.4 330 17 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.7 5.03 10 550 5119 -3.9 -6.3 84 2.3 -5.0 307 16 319.4 320.3 292.7 333.5 4.36 11 500 5866 -8.1 -9.5 89 1.4 -8.7 295 18 323.2 323.9 293.2 335.5 3.71 12 450 6677 -13.2 -14.5 90 1.3 -13.7 296 25 326.6 327.2 293.3 336.0 2.77 13 400 7563 -19.5 -30.5 37 11.0 -21.8 289 34 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.76 14 350 8542 -25.8 -38.0 31 12.2 -27.6 291 52 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 15 300 9643 -33.1 -37.2 67 4.0 -33.7 286 61 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.52 16 250 10900 -42.6 -49.3 48 6.7 -43.1 284 70 342.7 342.7 295.1 343.4 0.17 17 200 12372 -51.6 -69.8 10 18.2 -52.0 289 58 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.02 18 150 14192 -61.6 -75.9 13 14.3 -61.7 282 47 363.9 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16656 -68.2 -85.3 7 17.1 -68.3 316 22 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.39 m Freezing level: 595.14 mb = 4493.70 m = 14742.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.65 mb = 4100.68 m = 13453.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.55 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.39 mb = 894.83 m = 2935.77 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.37 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1359.72 m = 4460.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 2.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.75 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 86.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.97 mb = 1213.66 m = 3981.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 607.97 mb = 4319.69 m = 14172.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.97 mb = 8376.68 m = 27482.21 ft B at Equ Level: 85.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 287.97 mb = 9924.91 m = 32561.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.7 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 341.7 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -37.3 tot: -19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.78 Bulk Shear: 31.12 m/s