MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.58,-97.28 Latitude: 37.58 Longitude: -97.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 973 395 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.3 86 5 294.3 296.7 292.5 333.0 13.54 2 950 598 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 100 9 294.5 296.8 292.0 331.2 12.85 3 900 1059 16.2 15.8 97 0.5 16.0 125 14 298.3 300.5 293.0 335.0 12.63 4 850 1544 13.3 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 136 12 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.2 11.28 5 800 2055 13.9 5.9 58 8.1 9.2 85 6 306.0 307.3 291.2 328.0 7.27 6 750 2597 11.2 5.2 67 5.9 7.7 25 5 308.7 310.1 292.1 331.5 7.44 7 700 3171 8.3 4.0 74 4.3 5.8 354 6 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.3 7.30 8 650 3780 5.5 -1.7 60 7.2 1.7 329 9 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.7 5.20 9 600 4430 1.8 -3.8 66 5.6 -1.0 312 11 318.2 319.2 292.7 333.8 4.82 10 550 5127 -2.1 -13.4 42 11.3 -6.6 315 18 321.6 322.1 291.7 329.9 2.48 11 500 5878 -6.3 -22.2 27 15.9 -11.3 312 22 325.4 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.29 12 450 6695 -11.3 -23.8 35 12.6 -14.9 309 28 329.1 329.3 292.7 333.5 1.24 13 400 7587 -17.2 -25.5 49 8.3 -19.4 311 39 332.6 332.9 293.6 337.0 1.20 14 350 8574 -24.4 -33.1 45 8.6 -26.1 307 47 335.8 336.0 293.9 338.3 0.67 15 300 9678 -32.9 -44.4 31 11.5 -34.1 306 53 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.9 0.25 16 250 10931 -44.0 -53.4 35 9.4 -44.5 303 55 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.11 17 200 12387 -54.7 -65.8 24 11.1 -54.9 307 64 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14200 -62.0 -79.3 8 17.3 -62.1 304 49 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16658 -68.1 -85.4 7 17.3 -68.2 323 26 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.47 m Freezing level: 576.76 mb = 4754.33 m = 15598.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.92 mb = 4191.41 m = 13751.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.81 mb = 483.01 m = 1584.65 ft T: 18.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.95 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.02 mb = 1144.32 m = 3754.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.08 C = 73.54 F Cap Strength: 3.15 C Lifted Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.09 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.61 C Cross Totals Index: 19.48 C K Index: 28.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5140.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.16 mb = 897.89 m = 2945.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 330.3 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 0.3 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.9 neg: -20.3 tot: 8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 49.82 m/s