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: 37.62,-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 184 SFC 975 398 16.3 16.0 98 0.4 16.1 93 8 291.5 293.6 290.2 324.8 11.77 2 950 621 15.9 15.9 100 0.1 15.9 121 19 293.4 295.5 291.0 327.6 12.03 3 900 1081 14.7 14.6 100 0.0 14.7 149 24 296.6 298.7 291.8 330.4 11.71 4 850 1564 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 163 23 299.2 301.2 291.9 330.5 10.69 5 800 2072 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 199 23 302.7 304.6 292.5 332.9 10.17 6 750 2610 10.0 9.8 99 0.1 9.9 245 30 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.2 10.21 7 700 3184 8.6 8.4 99 0.1 8.5 271 41 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.6 9.95 8 650 3795 5.3 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 283 43 315.0 316.7 294.7 341.8 8.57 9 600 4446 1.4 1.2 99 0.2 1.3 285 41 317.7 319.0 294.3 339.8 6.98 10 550 5142 -2.7 -3.0 97 0.3 -2.9 290 39 320.9 322.0 294.1 339.0 5.58 11 500 5893 -6.6 -7.5 94 0.9 -7.0 293 35 325.0 325.8 294.2 339.5 4.37 12 450 6709 -11.7 -13.8 84 2.1 -12.5 295 34 328.6 329.2 294.0 338.6 2.94 13 400 7601 -17.0 -27.4 40 10.4 -19.6 296 35 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.6 1.01 14 350 8589 -24.1 -36.4 31 12.2 -26.2 295 34 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.1 0.49 15 300 9692 -32.8 -37.4 64 4.6 -33.4 298 37 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.1 0.51 16 250 10949 -43.5 -46.8 70 3.3 -43.7 290 35 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.3 0.23 17 200 12405 -54.5 -64.3 29 9.9 -54.7 303 52 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14215 -62.6 -80.0 8 17.3 -62.8 314 52 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16667 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 334 30 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.55 m Freezing level: 583.17 mb = 4680.03 m = 15354.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.76 mb = 4651.54 m = 15260.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.50 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.24 mb = 441.47 m = 1448.36 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 1022.06 m = 3353.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.93 C = 69.67 F Cap Strength: 4.74 C Lifted Index: 5.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.68 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.12 C Cross Totals Index: 18.98 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6870.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.95 mb = 866.70 m = 2843.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.9 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 297.9 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 665.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 665.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 222.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.4 stream: 12.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 307.07 m/s