MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 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 188 SFC 976 398 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 120 6 292.1 294.2 290.6 326.1 12.01 2 950 626 16.5 16.3 99 0.2 16.4 145 19 293.9 296.1 291.5 329.1 12.35 3 900 1086 14.2 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 141 17 296.2 298.2 291.2 328.2 11.10 4 850 1567 11.8 11.2 96 0.7 11.4 152 15 298.5 300.3 290.9 327.3 9.85 5 800 2076 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 200 15 303.4 305.3 293.0 334.7 10.51 6 750 2615 9.9 9.8 99 0.1 9.9 242 20 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.2 10.20 7 700 3188 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.7 272 26 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.1 9.42 8 650 3796 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 288 29 314.3 315.8 294.2 339.5 8.10 9 600 4446 1.0 0.5 97 0.4 0.7 289 27 317.3 318.5 293.9 338.4 6.65 10 550 5141 -2.5 -3.7 92 1.1 -3.1 283 29 321.1 322.1 293.9 338.3 5.31 11 500 5893 -6.4 -9.0 82 2.6 -7.6 281 30 325.2 326.0 293.9 338.1 3.87 12 450 6710 -11.2 -15.1 73 3.9 -12.6 283 29 329.2 329.7 293.9 338.2 2.63 13 400 7603 -17.3 -27.6 41 10.2 -19.8 290 32 332.4 332.6 293.3 336.0 0.99 14 350 8588 -24.7 -39.6 24 14.9 -26.9 286 41 335.5 335.5 293.5 336.8 0.35 15 300 9690 -33.5 -44.6 32 11.0 -34.6 280 44 338.2 338.2 294.1 339.1 0.24 16 250 10941 -43.9 -48.1 63 4.2 -44.2 288 45 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.20 17 200 12397 -54.9 -61.1 46 6.1 -55.1 295 53 345.7 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.05 18 150 14206 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 308 46 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16662 -68.3 -86.1 6 17.8 -68.4 330 30 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.01 m Freezing level: 586.04 mb = 4639.94 m = 15222.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.65 mb = 4571.26 m = 14997.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.85 % Est. max temperature: 25.60 C = 78.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.12 mb = 473.64 m = 1553.91 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 1.85 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 997.95 m = 3274.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.52 C = 68.93 F Cap Strength: 4.76 C Lifted Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.07 C Showalter Index: 6.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.27 C Cross Totals Index: 17.59 C K Index: 29.28 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 2.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6269.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.91 mb = 899.90 m = 2952.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.5 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 295.5 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 277.7 neg: -11.8 tot: 265.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 159.22 m/s