MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 182 SFC 975 398 17.8 11.5 67 6.3 14.0 123 5 293.1 294.6 288.2 318.2 8.78 2 950 622 19.6 10.3 55 9.3 13.9 139 19 297.1 298.6 289.1 321.2 8.30 3 900 1086 16.5 11.0 70 5.6 13.1 173 14 298.5 300.2 290.4 325.3 9.17 4 850 1570 14.8 -1.1 33 15.9 6.8 186 12 301.6 302.4 286.8 314.2 4.14 5 800 2081 12.6 -5.2 29 17.8 4.3 180 11 304.6 305.2 287.0 314.7 3.25 6 750 2618 9.1 5.5 78 3.6 7.0 204 10 306.4 307.9 291.5 329.4 7.56 7 700 3190 7.3 7.2 99 0.2 7.2 258 16 310.6 312.3 294.0 338.6 9.12 8 650 3797 3.9 3.4 97 0.5 3.7 269 20 313.4 314.8 293.6 336.9 7.56 9 600 4444 0.2 -0.4 96 0.6 -0.1 274 23 316.4 317.6 293.3 336.1 6.22 10 550 5138 -3.0 -7.7 70 4.7 -5.1 289 26 320.5 321.3 292.6 333.3 3.91 11 500 5888 -6.8 -18.3 39 11.5 -10.8 292 26 324.8 325.2 292.0 331.0 1.81 12 450 6702 -12.3 -18.1 62 5.8 -14.3 299 27 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.8 2.04 13 400 7593 -17.4 -19.4 84 2.0 -18.0 290 36 332.4 332.8 294.2 339.6 2.05 14 350 8579 -24.1 -26.7 79 2.6 -24.8 285 39 336.2 336.5 294.5 340.7 1.23 15 300 9685 -32.5 -35.4 75 2.9 -33.0 298 40 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.62 16 250 10940 -44.2 -47.4 70 3.2 -44.4 299 46 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12389 -56.8 -61.2 57 4.4 -56.9 308 58 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.05 18 150 14198 -61.4 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 303 40 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16658 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 322 32 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.26 m Freezing level: 596.79 mb = 4488.74 m = 14726.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.30 mb = 4426.68 m = 14523.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.76 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.82 mb = 1201.23 m = 3940.98 ft T: 16.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.15 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.07 mb = 3523.58 m = 11560.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.73 C = 98.11 F Cap Strength: 7.23 C Lifted Index: 8.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.02 C Showalter Index: 12.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: 5.61 C K Index: 20.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 49.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8759.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.87 mb = 1822.97 m = 5980.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.8 neg: -8.0 tot: 142.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 106.50 m/s