MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 188 SFC 976 398 15.9 11.8 77 4.1 13.4 128 5 291.1 292.6 287.6 316.4 8.94 2 950 627 19.4 10.2 55 9.3 13.8 146 19 296.9 298.4 289.0 320.9 8.24 3 900 1090 16.3 10.8 70 5.5 12.9 180 13 298.3 300.0 290.2 324.8 9.06 4 850 1574 14.1 -1.4 34 15.5 6.3 195 10 300.9 301.6 286.5 313.2 4.06 5 800 2084 12.6 0.1 42 12.5 6.1 156 11 304.6 305.5 288.5 319.2 4.80 6 750 2622 9.7 -5.6 34 15.2 2.5 199 7 307.1 307.7 287.9 317.6 3.36 7 700 3192 7.1 -1.3 55 8.4 2.7 264 12 310.3 311.2 290.5 325.8 4.95 8 650 3798 3.9 -2.1 65 6.0 0.8 271 18 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.4 5.06 9 600 4444 0.4 -3.2 77 3.6 -1.4 280 19 316.5 317.5 292.4 332.6 5.04 10 550 5138 -3.4 -14.9 40 11.5 -7.7 282 20 320.1 320.5 291.0 327.4 2.18 11 500 5885 -7.4 -16.7 47 9.3 -10.7 281 21 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.1 2.06 12 450 6699 -11.7 -17.9 60 6.2 -13.9 286 23 328.5 328.9 293.2 335.7 2.08 13 400 7592 -17.4 -20.7 75 3.3 -18.4 287 25 332.4 332.8 294.0 338.9 1.84 14 350 8576 -25.0 -28.0 76 3.0 -25.6 310 22 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.1 1.09 15 300 9682 -32.2 -35.0 76 2.8 -32.6 299 37 340.0 340.2 294.9 342.5 0.65 16 250 10938 -44.0 -47.3 70 3.2 -44.2 294 44 340.6 340.6 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12388 -56.8 -61.0 59 4.1 -56.9 307 54 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14194 -61.6 -80.2 7 18.6 -61.7 316 47 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16654 -68.0 -87.2 5 19.2 -68.1 325 33 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.98 m Freezing level: 595.22 mb = 4510.76 m = 14798.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.62 mb = 4029.74 m = 13220.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.17 mb = 919.22 m = 3015.76 ft T: 17.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 11.63 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 672.46 mb = 3520.23 m = 11549.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.65 C = 97.97 F Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.05 C Showalter Index: 12.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.45 C Cross Totals Index: 5.99 C K Index: 11.64 Risk: None Sweat Index: 40.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8485.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.46 mb = 1780.01 m = 5839.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.4 neg: -24.1 tot: 94.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 76.12 m/s