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: 38.70,-101.46 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 1 950 585 SFC 902 1029 17.5 15.6 89 1.9 16.2 173 7 299.3 301.6 293.2 335.6 12.43 3 900 1049 16.6 15.5 93 1.1 15.9 174 8 298.6 300.9 293.0 334.7 12.40 4 850 1535 16.6 15.2 91 1.4 15.6 247 21 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.7 12.84 5 800 2054 16.2 11.5 74 4.7 13.1 259 24 308.4 310.5 294.6 341.0 10.73 6 750 2602 13.6 7.8 68 5.9 10.0 269 23 311.4 313.1 294.0 338.8 8.88 7 700 3180 9.8 4.8 71 5.0 6.8 271 22 313.3 314.8 293.7 337.4 7.74 8 650 3792 6.4 2.7 77 3.7 4.2 269 21 316.1 317.5 294.0 338.7 7.16 9 600 4444 2.0 -1.1 79 3.2 0.3 266 20 318.5 319.6 293.6 337.3 5.87 10 550 5141 -2.1 -6.4 73 4.2 -4.1 266 21 321.6 322.4 293.3 335.7 4.33 11 500 5893 -6.5 -10.8 71 4.3 -8.4 268 20 325.1 325.7 293.4 336.3 3.35 12 450 6709 -11.0 -26.0 28 15.1 -15.1 270 20 329.5 329.7 292.6 333.1 1.02 13 400 7601 -17.5 -31.5 28 14.0 -20.5 280 20 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.8 0.69 14 350 8588 -24.2 -28.1 70 3.9 -25.1 289 25 336.1 336.4 294.3 340.1 1.08 15 300 9694 -33.0 -35.9 75 2.9 -33.4 273 33 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.2 0.60 16 250 10945 -43.2 -50.3 45 7.1 -43.6 279 43 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.15 17 200 12421 -51.5 -71.3 8 19.9 -51.8 298 53 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14238 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.6 301 42 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16688 -68.2 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 327 24 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.35 m Freezing level: 575.61 mb = 4784.13 m = 15695.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.49 mb = 4491.13 m = 14734.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.19 mb = 1267.29 m = 4157.71 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 4.25 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.91 mb = 2840.63 m = 9319.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 0.36 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.21 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 33.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 40.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3751.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.51 mb = 1795.85 m = 5891.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.3 neg: -5.5 tot: 134.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 21.91 m/s