MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.57,-100.04 Latitude: 38.57 Longitude: -100.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 932 751 18.5 16.5 88 2.0 17.2 134 10 297.6 299.9 293.0 334.6 12.77 3 900 1048 15.2 15.1 100 0.1 15.1 148 15 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.2 12.09 4 850 1534 17.8 15.6 87 2.2 16.3 250 16 304.8 307.3 295.3 344.3 13.23 5 800 2053 16.5 11.3 71 5.2 13.1 271 17 308.8 310.8 294.6 341.0 10.60 6 750 2600 13.1 8.4 73 4.7 10.2 271 18 310.8 312.5 294.1 339.2 9.25 7 700 3178 9.7 5.2 74 4.4 7.0 276 20 313.2 314.7 293.8 338.0 7.97 8 650 3790 6.6 2.4 74 4.2 4.2 273 21 316.4 317.7 294.0 338.5 7.00 9 600 4443 2.2 -0.6 81 2.9 0.7 266 23 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.3 6.11 10 550 5140 -2.1 -4.0 87 1.9 -3.1 262 25 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.4 5.18 11 500 5892 -6.5 -9.0 82 2.6 -7.6 263 28 325.2 325.9 293.9 338.1 3.87 12 450 6708 -11.7 -14.4 80 2.7 -12.7 267 28 328.6 329.1 293.9 338.1 2.79 13 400 7599 -17.7 -29.0 37 11.3 -20.3 276 26 332.0 332.2 293.1 335.2 0.87 14 350 8585 -23.9 -27.3 73 3.4 -24.6 289 24 336.6 336.8 294.5 340.9 1.17 15 300 9692 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.1 -33.3 280 31 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.59 16 250 10943 -43.7 -49.3 54 5.6 -44.0 287 42 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.8 0.17 17 200 12414 -51.7 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.1 301 54 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14230 -63.3 -79.9 9 16.6 -63.4 305 46 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16682 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 332 25 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.09 m Freezing level: 574.26 mb = 4801.62 m = 15753.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.51 mb = 4570.33 m = 14994.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.15 mb = 998.94 m = 3277.32 ft T: 15.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 6.34 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.59 mb = 985.31 m = 3232.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.16 C = 64.69 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.66 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.05 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4452.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.31 mb = 1411.40 m = 4630.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 110.75 m/s