MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.47,-101.82 Latitude: 37.47 Longitude: -101.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 1 950 592 SFC 902 1040 18.8 16.5 87 2.3 17.2 197 14 300.7 303.1 294.2 339.5 13.22 3 900 1059 18.3 16.4 89 1.9 17.0 198 15 300.3 302.8 294.0 338.9 13.14 4 850 1546 14.6 14.5 99 0.2 14.5 219 33 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.6 12.27 5 800 2063 17.7 9.5 59 8.2 12.5 250 45 310.0 311.8 294.0 338.6 9.35 6 750 2613 14.3 8.7 69 5.6 10.8 262 33 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.3 9.47 7 700 3192 10.2 6.0 75 4.2 7.7 272 22 313.8 315.4 294.3 340.1 8.44 8 650 3804 5.7 3.3 85 2.4 4.3 251 18 315.4 316.8 294.0 338.8 7.47 9 600 4455 1.5 -0.7 85 2.2 0.4 246 24 317.9 319.1 293.6 337.3 6.08 10 550 5152 -2.1 -6.1 74 4.1 -4.0 249 23 321.6 322.5 293.3 336.0 4.40 11 500 5904 -6.4 -13.1 59 6.7 -9.1 252 19 325.2 325.7 293.0 334.6 2.79 12 450 6719 -11.6 -16.3 68 4.7 -13.3 255 16 328.7 329.1 293.6 336.9 2.39 13 400 7613 -16.7 -18.8 84 2.1 -17.4 260 14 333.3 333.7 294.6 340.9 2.17 14 350 8603 -23.5 -26.8 74 3.4 -24.2 268 19 337.1 337.4 294.7 341.6 1.22 15 300 9712 -32.2 -35.5 73 3.3 -32.7 275 22 339.9 340.1 294.8 342.3 0.62 16 250 10968 -42.9 -47.0 63 4.2 -43.2 287 30 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.22 17 200 12444 -51.4 -72.6 6 21.1 -51.8 301 44 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.01 18 150 14256 -63.3 -79.9 9 16.6 -63.4 296 37 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16696 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 332 19 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.64 m Freezing level: 578.67 mb = 4752.55 m = 15592.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.78 mb = 4511.73 m = 14802.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.12 mb = 1327.39 m = 4354.92 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 6.73 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.13 mb = 3059.51 m = 10037.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.08 F Cap Strength: 5.33 C Lifted Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.10 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.05 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 31.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4508.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.15 mb = 1851.10 m = 6073.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.0 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 279.0 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.1 neg: -11.1 tot: 342.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.22 Bulk Shear: 31.37 m/s