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: 38.47,-98.29 Latitude: 38.47 Longitude: -98.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 958 532 16.7 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 133 8 293.5 295.7 291.3 328.5 12.30 2 950 602 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 138 12 293.6 295.7 291.2 328.0 12.07 3 900 1063 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 184 26 297.2 299.4 292.3 332.2 12.08 4 850 1547 14.2 14.0 99 0.2 14.1 215 27 301.0 303.2 293.3 336.0 11.90 5 800 2060 12.8 12.7 99 0.1 12.7 231 30 304.8 307.0 294.2 339.5 11.60 6 750 2602 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 255 32 308.5 310.6 294.8 341.9 11.01 7 700 3176 8.2 8.0 99 0.1 8.1 271 32 311.6 313.4 294.7 341.4 9.70 8 650 3785 4.7 4.5 99 0.1 4.6 274 27 314.3 315.8 294.3 339.8 8.18 9 600 4434 1.0 0.6 98 0.3 0.8 271 22 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.5 6.70 10 550 5130 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.8 273 18 320.9 322.0 294.1 339.1 5.61 11 500 5881 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 278 17 325.2 326.1 294.4 340.2 4.51 12 450 6699 -11.2 -12.4 91 1.2 -11.7 291 23 329.2 329.8 294.4 340.3 3.28 13 400 7592 -17.0 -19.0 85 2.0 -17.7 297 30 332.9 333.3 294.4 340.3 2.13 14 350 8582 -23.6 -26.0 80 2.4 -24.2 296 36 336.9 337.2 294.7 341.7 1.31 15 300 9690 -32.0 -35.2 74 3.1 -32.5 287 36 340.2 340.4 295.0 342.7 0.64 16 250 10947 -43.7 -47.1 69 3.4 -43.9 283 41 341.1 341.1 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12405 -54.2 -63.9 30 9.6 -54.4 303 62 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.04 18 150 14213 -62.6 -82.6 5 20.0 -62.8 307 55 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16671 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 325 31 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.56 m Freezing level: 586.78 mb = 4618.31 m = 15151.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.07 mb = 4581.44 m = 15030.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.04 mb = 574.76 m = 1885.66 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 3.44 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.25 mb = 1485.28 m = 4872.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.68 C = 74.62 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.31 C Showalter Index: 2.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 34.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5926.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.57 mb = 1019.47 m = 3344.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.4 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 284.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 141.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 443.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 442.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 147.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 117.29 m/s