MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 161 SFC 973 398 16.6 15.7 94 0.9 16.1 122 13 292.1 294.1 290.3 325.0 11.62 2 950 598 14.8 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 125 22 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.7 11.09 3 900 1055 14.5 14.5 100 0.1 14.5 154 26 296.5 298.6 291.7 329.9 11.59 4 850 1541 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 247 15 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.4 13.14 5 800 2057 14.8 14.3 96 0.6 14.4 291 24 307.0 309.4 295.7 345.8 12.89 6 750 2602 12.3 10.9 91 1.5 11.4 292 26 310.0 312.0 295.1 343.5 10.96 7 700 3179 9.6 7.2 85 2.4 8.2 290 28 313.1 314.9 294.7 341.6 9.17 8 650 3792 6.5 2.6 76 3.9 4.3 287 34 316.3 317.7 294.0 338.9 7.14 9 600 4444 1.9 -0.6 83 2.5 0.6 282 40 318.4 319.6 293.8 338.0 6.14 10 550 5141 -2.5 -5.7 78 3.2 -4.1 282 44 321.1 322.0 293.3 335.9 4.54 11 500 5891 -7.1 -9.6 82 2.5 -8.2 283 40 324.4 325.2 293.5 336.7 3.69 12 450 6706 -12.1 -15.2 78 3.1 -13.2 286 34 328.0 328.6 293.6 337.0 2.62 13 400 7597 -17.3 -19.3 85 2.0 -18.0 284 29 332.5 332.9 294.3 339.8 2.08 14 350 8585 -23.6 -27.5 70 3.9 -24.5 284 28 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.1 1.14 15 300 9693 -32.5 -40.6 44 8.1 -33.5 290 36 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.0 0.37 16 250 10949 -43.3 -48.2 58 4.9 -43.6 282 35 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.19 17 200 12413 -53.0 -68.4 14 15.4 -53.4 306 51 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14219 -64.4 -79.6 11 15.2 -64.4 313 55 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.00 19 100 16672 -67.0 -85.5 6 18.5 -67.1 327 26 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.41 m Freezing level: 578.14 mb = 4748.87 m = 15580.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.54 mb = 4530.91 m = 14865.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.97 mb = 509.65 m = 1672.06 ft T: 15.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.08 mb = 535.31 m = 1756.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.70 C = 62.06 F Cap Strength: 6.15 C Lifted Index: 5.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.03 C Showalter Index: -0.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6766.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.10 mb = 878.00 m = 2880.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 399.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 399.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 133.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 338.68 m/s