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: 38.35,-97.23 Latitude: 38.35 Longitude: -97.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 175 SFC 969 443 16.4 16.0 98 0.4 16.1 151 6 292.1 294.2 290.5 325.7 11.85 2 950 614 16.5 16.3 99 0.2 16.4 161 20 293.9 296.1 291.5 329.1 12.33 3 900 1073 13.8 13.5 98 0.3 13.6 164 21 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.0 10.87 4 850 1556 14.1 13.9 99 0.2 13.9 203 19 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.5 11.79 5 800 2067 11.6 11.3 98 0.3 11.4 246 21 303.5 305.4 293.0 334.9 10.56 6 750 2606 9.7 9.5 99 0.2 9.6 258 24 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.4 10.00 7 700 3178 7.6 7.5 99 0.2 7.5 268 26 310.9 312.7 294.2 339.6 9.33 8 650 3786 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 276 23 314.3 315.9 294.2 339.6 8.12 9 600 4435 0.7 0.5 98 0.3 0.6 271 17 317.0 318.3 293.8 337.9 6.61 10 550 5130 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.2 262 15 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.1 5.45 11 500 5880 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 259 17 324.2 325.1 294.0 338.5 4.32 12 450 6695 -11.8 -12.4 95 0.6 -12.0 262 20 328.4 329.1 294.2 339.6 3.28 13 400 7587 -17.4 -18.9 88 1.5 -17.9 284 27 332.3 332.8 294.3 339.9 2.14 14 350 8574 -23.6 -26.3 79 2.7 -24.2 291 41 336.9 337.2 294.7 341.6 1.28 15 300 9683 -32.4 -40.2 46 7.7 -33.4 288 46 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.2 0.39 16 250 10937 -43.9 -49.3 55 5.4 -44.3 277 50 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.17 17 200 12395 -54.2 -64.3 28 10.1 -54.4 302 64 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.03 18 150 14201 -62.8 -81.5 6 18.8 -62.9 310 59 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16661 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 322 32 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.06 m Freezing level: 590.11 mb = 4572.66 m = 15001.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.05 mb = 4541.71 m = 14900.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.18 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.70 mb = 491.50 m = 1612.52 ft T: 16.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 2.09 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.38 mb = 910.99 m = 2988.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.28 C = 66.70 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: 1.49 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.29 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 34.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.90 mb = 933.96 m = 3064.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.90 mb = 980.51 m = 3216.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 889.90 mb = 1168.80 m = 3834.59 ft B at Equ Level: 21.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 839.90 mb = 1657.07 m = 5436.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 228.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 92.32 m/s