MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.15,-95.48 Latitude: 37.15 Longitude: -95.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 202 SFC 994 252 16.3 16.1 98 0.3 16.1 199 5 290.0 292.0 289.5 322.6 11.62 2 950 639 15.3 14.9 98 0.3 15.1 175 23 292.7 294.7 290.2 324.9 11.31 3 900 1095 11.7 10.6 93 1.1 11.0 147 17 293.6 295.2 288.5 319.2 8.94 4 850 1571 8.4 6.6 88 1.8 7.3 126 18 294.9 296.2 287.3 315.8 7.19 5 800 2074 10.8 9.8 93 1.0 10.2 122 8 302.7 304.5 292.0 331.1 9.56 6 750 2615 11.5 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 244 10 309.1 311.1 294.8 342.0 10.83 7 700 3189 7.8 7.0 94 0.8 7.3 258 13 311.1 312.8 294.0 338.8 9.00 8 650 3798 4.0 3.2 94 0.8 3.5 260 18 313.5 314.9 293.5 336.7 7.42 9 600 4444 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 260 24 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.4 6.34 10 550 5139 -2.8 -3.3 97 0.5 -3.0 264 31 320.8 321.8 294.0 338.5 5.48 11 500 5890 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 268 36 325.3 326.2 294.3 340.1 4.46 12 450 6707 -11.3 -12.5 91 1.2 -11.8 277 38 329.0 329.7 294.3 340.1 3.25 13 400 7601 -17.0 -18.6 87 1.7 -17.5 282 38 332.9 333.4 294.5 340.6 2.20 14 350 8588 -24.5 -28.1 72 3.6 -25.3 290 37 335.7 335.9 294.2 339.7 1.08 15 300 9693 -32.7 -37.8 60 5.1 -33.4 292 34 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.2 0.49 16 250 10947 -44.2 -49.4 56 5.2 -44.6 291 34 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.17 17 200 12399 -54.8 -64.3 30 9.6 -55.0 309 48 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14200 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -63.0 315 55 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16657 -67.6 -85.8 6 18.3 -67.7 331 32 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.16 m Freezing level: 597.05 mb = 4485.21 m = 14715.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.68 mb = 4448.50 m = 14594.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.73 % Est. max temperature: 22.17 C = 71.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.38 mb = 284.27 m = 932.63 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 857.07 m = 2811.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.49 C = 67.09 F Cap Strength: 7.20 C Lifted Index: 8.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.32 C Showalter Index: 12.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 14.77 C Cross Totals Index: 12.94 C K Index: 20.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.90 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.02 mb = 764.26 m = 2507.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.02 mb = 992.69 m = 3256.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 831.02 mb = 1758.34 m = 5768.76 ft B at Equ Level: 33.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 791.02 mb = 2168.43 m = 7114.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.0 neg: -155.9 tot: -60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 54.87 m/s