MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 189 SFC 976 398 16.2 11.8 75 4.4 13.5 137 4 291.4 293.0 287.6 316.7 8.91 2 950 628 19.6 12.0 62 7.6 14.8 171 16 297.1 298.7 290.0 324.1 9.32 3 900 1092 16.4 12.3 77 4.0 13.8 187 14 298.4 300.2 291.0 327.7 10.06 4 850 1576 13.3 7.0 66 6.3 9.7 204 12 300.1 301.5 289.4 322.1 7.43 5 800 2085 12.3 -3.9 32 16.2 4.5 179 13 304.3 305.0 287.2 315.3 3.58 6 750 2622 8.9 -4.0 40 12.9 2.7 200 11 306.2 306.9 288.1 318.0 3.80 7 700 3190 6.1 2.9 80 3.2 4.4 241 10 309.3 310.5 291.7 330.1 6.77 8 650 3796 3.7 3.1 96 0.6 3.4 273 15 313.1 314.5 293.3 336.1 7.39 9 600 4443 -0.2 -0.8 95 0.7 -0.5 283 18 315.9 317.1 293.0 335.0 6.01 10 550 5135 -4.0 -4.8 95 0.7 -4.4 278 20 319.3 320.2 293.1 335.0 4.88 11 500 5882 -7.8 -8.7 93 0.9 -8.2 278 21 323.6 324.4 293.5 336.7 3.96 12 450 6696 -11.8 -13.2 90 1.4 -12.4 287 24 328.4 329.0 294.0 338.8 3.07 13 400 7589 -17.2 -19.1 85 1.9 -17.8 289 28 332.6 333.0 294.3 340.0 2.11 14 350 8575 -24.3 -26.8 79 2.5 -24.9 281 33 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.4 1.21 15 300 9681 -32.6 -35.7 74 3.1 -33.1 299 34 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.7 0.61 16 250 10935 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.6 302 37 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.20 17 200 12388 -53.9 -66.9 19 13.0 -54.2 311 63 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14199 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 314 48 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16663 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 326 32 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.54 m Freezing level: 602.09 mb = 4415.61 m = 14486.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.56 mb = 4354.73 m = 14287.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.15 mb = 967.39 m = 3173.82 ft T: 17.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 12.38 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.73 mb = 2680.10 m = 8792.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.27 F Cap Strength: 4.96 C Lifted Index: 6.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: 7.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.08 C Cross Totals Index: 14.79 C K Index: 24.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.95 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.91 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8369.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.56 mb = 1560.12 m = 5118.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.7 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 280.7 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.1 neg: -15.0 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 44.83 m/s