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: 38.81,-95.38 Latitude: 38.81 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 180 SFC 986 305 25.7 16.4 56 9.3 19.4 203 13 300.1 302.3 293.1 335.2 11.98 2 950 626 20.6 14.9 70 5.7 16.9 205 15 298.1 300.2 292.0 331.0 11.30 3 900 1090 17.1 8.6 57 8.6 12.0 204 18 299.1 300.6 289.4 322.1 7.79 4 850 1575 13.0 6.1 63 6.9 9.1 205 17 299.8 301.1 288.9 320.4 6.97 5 800 2082 10.6 -1.7 42 12.3 4.5 183 15 302.4 303.2 287.2 315.3 4.22 6 750 2616 7.8 -3.3 45 11.1 2.5 209 9 305.0 305.8 287.9 317.3 4.00 7 700 3182 5.0 -0.1 69 5.2 2.4 255 8 308.1 309.1 290.2 324.8 5.42 8 650 3785 2.6 -1.1 76 3.7 0.7 285 14 312.0 313.0 291.5 329.0 5.45 9 600 4429 0.1 -22.6 16 22.7 -7.0 297 19 316.3 316.5 288.7 319.8 1.04 10 550 5120 -4.0 -30.2 11 26.1 -10.6 304 24 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.3 0.57 11 500 5862 -10.3 -15.8 64 5.5 -12.2 305 27 320.5 320.9 291.1 327.9 2.23 12 450 6670 -12.8 -14.4 88 1.6 -13.4 293 39 327.1 327.7 293.4 336.6 2.78 13 400 7561 -17.8 -19.2 89 1.4 -18.3 291 50 331.8 332.2 294.1 339.1 2.09 14 350 8545 -24.8 -27.2 80 2.5 -25.3 290 54 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.7 1.17 15 300 9650 -33.1 -39.3 54 6.2 -33.9 296 60 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.3 0.42 16 250 10899 -45.2 -50.3 57 5.0 -45.5 293 67 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.4 0.15 17 200 12349 -54.6 -63.8 31 9.2 -54.8 302 77 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.04 18 150 14157 -61.6 -79.9 7 18.3 -61.8 313 69 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16635 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 315 37 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.06 m Freezing level: 598.42 mb = 4450.66 m = 14601.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.33 mb = 3842.79 m = 12607.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.16 mb = 1473.95 m = 4835.73 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 19.93 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.88 mb = 2114.09 m = 6935.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lifted Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.38 C Showalter Index: 5.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 16.44 C K Index: 24.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6951.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.17 mb = 1671.90 m = 5485.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.2 neg: -41.2 tot: -13.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 37.80 m/s