MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 38.27,-97.42 Latitude: 38.27 Longitude: -97.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 205 SFC 971 459 23.6 14.0 55 9.5 17.4 127 7 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.7 10.43 2 950 649 19.8 12.5 63 7.3 15.2 127 7 297.3 299.1 290.4 325.4 9.65 3 900 1112 15.2 11.4 78 3.8 12.9 125 8 297.2 298.9 290.2 324.7 9.46 4 850 1593 12.2 4.1 58 8.1 7.8 99 13 298.9 300.0 287.7 316.9 6.06 5 800 2099 10.4 1.8 55 8.7 5.9 105 7 302.3 303.3 288.3 318.7 5.44 6 750 2634 7.1 4.0 81 3.1 5.4 6 6 304.2 305.5 290.2 324.7 6.80 7 700 3199 5.2 -4.4 50 9.6 0.7 325 14 308.2 309.0 288.9 320.5 3.95 8 650 3803 3.7 -16.3 22 20.0 -3.7 317 22 313.1 313.5 288.3 318.6 1.64 9 600 4448 0.1 -25.1 13 25.2 -7.3 314 25 316.3 316.4 288.5 319.1 0.83 10 550 5139 -3.5 -32.1 9 28.5 -10.5 313 25 319.9 320.0 289.2 321.6 0.47 11 500 5885 -7.8 -41.0 5 33.2 -14.1 313 24 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.21 12 450 6694 -13.6 -42.2 7 28.6 -18.3 316 25 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.21 13 400 7578 -19.6 -43.9 10 24.3 -23.0 314 35 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.20 14 350 8557 -25.7 -36.1 37 10.5 -27.3 309 46 334.1 334.3 293.3 336.0 0.50 15 300 9656 -34.1 -42.4 43 8.3 -35.0 308 56 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.5 0.30 16 250 10903 -44.9 -49.5 60 4.6 -45.2 302 65 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.17 17 200 12355 -55.3 -61.3 47 6.1 -55.4 297 74 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14168 -60.8 -83.7 3 22.9 -60.9 312 69 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16647 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -66.9 322 33 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.88 m Freezing level: 598.29 mb = 4471.19 m = 14669.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.34 mb = 3288.48 m = 10788.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.59 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.91 mb = 1653.21 m = 5423.87 ft T: 11.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.52 mb = 2324.91 m = 7627.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Cap Strength: 5.46 C Lifted Index: 6.03 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.85 C Showalter Index: 10.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.04 C Cross Totals Index: 11.98 C K Index: 14.62 Risk: None Sweat Index: 100.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.69 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7825.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.50 mb = 1667.18 m = 5469.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.6 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 352.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.7 neg: -42.3 tot: -6.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 76.98 m/s