MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.65,-101.76 Latitude: 37.65 Longitude: -101.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 1 950 559 SFC 902 1020 26.1 17.4 59 8.7 20.0 220 14 308.3 310.9 296.8 350.7 14.01 3 900 1036 24.5 16.9 63 7.6 19.2 220 14 306.7 309.2 296.1 347.5 13.58 4 850 1532 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.8 230 19 306.1 308.5 295.8 346.1 13.35 5 800 2051 16.9 12.5 76 4.3 14.0 272 22 309.1 311.3 295.3 344.1 11.50 6 750 2600 14.4 9.0 70 5.4 11.0 280 16 312.2 314.0 294.8 341.9 9.63 7 700 3180 10.9 6.2 73 4.7 8.0 270 16 314.5 316.2 294.6 341.1 8.52 8 650 3795 6.6 2.8 77 3.8 4.4 256 20 316.4 317.8 294.1 339.3 7.23 9 600 4447 2.1 -0.6 83 2.7 0.7 260 24 318.6 319.7 293.9 338.2 6.14 10 550 5145 -1.8 -4.4 82 2.6 -3.1 268 25 322.0 322.9 293.9 338.4 5.03 11 500 5898 -6.2 -9.1 80 2.8 -7.5 271 25 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.3 3.85 12 450 6715 -10.8 -14.0 78 3.1 -12.1 272 22 329.6 330.2 294.2 339.5 2.89 13 400 7611 -16.5 -19.7 76 3.2 -17.5 269 20 333.6 334.0 294.5 340.7 2.01 14 350 8602 -23.2 -27.6 67 4.4 -24.3 260 22 337.4 337.7 294.7 341.6 1.13 15 300 9711 -32.0 -36.0 67 4.0 -32.6 271 25 340.3 340.4 294.9 342.5 0.59 16 250 10969 -42.3 -50.7 39 8.4 -42.8 289 35 343.2 343.2 295.2 343.8 0.15 17 200 12448 -51.7 -74.7 5 23.0 -52.1 300 47 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14261 -63.8 -80.3 9 16.5 -64.0 299 35 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.9 -85.8 7 16.9 -69.0 320 17 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.43 m Freezing level: 572.98 mb = 4824.16 m = 15827.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.14 mb = 4566.20 m = 14980.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 793.90 mb = 2116.31 m = 6943.19 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 12.49 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 728.71 mb = 2842.36 m = 9325.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.88 C = 87.59 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 21.97 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 395.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 103.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.38 mb = 2111.21 m = 6926.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.38 mb = 3928.86 m = 12889.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.38 mb = 11539.42 m = 37858.53 ft B at Equ Level: 386.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.38 mb = 13879.12 m = 45534.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.4 neg: -5.5 tot: 77.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 17.23 Bulk Shear: 22.98 m/s