MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 146 SFC 971 398 20.8 19.4 91 1.5 19.8 87 3 296.5 299.1 294.1 339.0 14.74 2 950 591 22.0 17.5 76 4.4 18.9 117 8 299.5 301.9 294.0 338.6 13.38 3 900 1059 18.0 16.0 88 2.0 16.7 122 12 300.0 302.4 293.7 337.5 12.79 4 850 1546 14.7 11.0 78 3.7 12.4 130 10 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.3 9.73 5 800 2057 14.0 5.0 55 8.9 8.8 65 4 306.0 307.3 290.8 326.9 6.87 6 750 2601 12.3 4.9 61 7.4 8.0 356 8 309.9 311.3 292.3 332.3 7.27 7 700 3176 8.1 4.0 76 4.0 5.8 328 7 311.4 312.8 292.8 334.1 7.32 8 650 3783 4.5 -2.0 63 6.5 1.1 310 10 314.0 315.0 291.7 330.1 5.09 9 600 4431 0.4 -4.6 69 5.0 -2.0 318 12 316.6 317.4 292.0 331.1 4.54 10 550 5123 -4.5 -7.2 81 2.7 -5.8 313 13 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.8 4.04 11 500 5867 -8.8 -9.3 96 0.5 -9.0 298 20 322.3 323.0 293.0 334.8 3.78 12 450 6677 -13.4 -31.1 21 17.6 -17.4 298 29 326.3 326.5 291.3 328.7 0.64 13 400 7560 -20.8 -23.6 78 2.8 -21.5 281 39 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.9 1.42 14 350 8532 -26.5 -41.8 22 15.4 -28.5 288 58 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.28 15 300 9632 -32.7 -46.5 24 13.8 -34.1 285 80 339.2 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 16 250 10892 -42.0 -51.4 35 9.4 -42.6 280 88 343.6 343.6 295.3 344.2 0.13 17 200 12367 -51.6 -71.0 8 19.4 -52.0 282 75 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14184 -61.8 -78.0 10 16.2 -62.0 288 54 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16651 -67.5 -85.1 6 17.6 -67.6 328 17 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.42 m Freezing level: 596.04 mb = 4485.60 m = 14716.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.10 mb = 4009.31 m = 13153.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.95 mb = 582.66 m = 1911.59 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.07 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1435.00 m = 4707.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 30.46 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.74 mb = 1233.43 m = 4046.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 596.74 mb = 4474.08 m = 14678.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 346.74 mb = 8598.91 m = 28211.31 ft B at Equ Level: 137.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.74 mb = 10189.47 m = 33429.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.9 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 347.9 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -20.1 tot: -8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 48.01 m/s