MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.85,-101.34 Latitude: 37.85 Longitude: -101.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 1 950 538 SFC 907 950 28.2 17.4 52 10.8 20.6 189 8 309.9 312.5 297.1 352.3 13.92 3 900 1020 27.2 16.8 53 10.4 19.9 192 10 309.5 312.0 296.7 350.5 13.47 4 850 1522 22.2 15.7 67 6.5 17.7 206 12 309.4 311.9 296.6 349.9 13.32 5 800 2045 17.2 14.5 84 2.7 15.4 228 14 309.5 312.0 296.5 349.4 13.13 6 750 2594 13.7 10.6 82 3.1 11.7 259 10 311.4 313.5 295.4 344.5 10.76 7 700 3173 10.4 6.9 79 3.4 8.3 249 13 314.0 315.7 294.8 341.9 8.98 8 650 3786 6.8 3.1 77 3.7 4.6 248 23 316.7 318.1 294.3 340.0 7.39 9 600 4440 2.4 0.0 84 2.4 1.1 256 27 318.9 320.1 294.1 339.4 6.40 10 550 5138 -2.1 -2.8 95 0.7 -2.4 259 30 321.7 322.8 294.3 340.1 5.67 11 500 5891 -6.0 -6.8 94 0.8 -6.4 261 34 325.7 326.6 294.6 341.0 4.61 12 450 6709 -10.6 -11.8 91 1.2 -11.1 267 38 329.9 330.6 294.7 341.6 3.44 13 400 7605 -16.2 -17.8 87 1.7 -16.7 275 40 334.0 334.4 294.8 342.2 2.35 14 350 8598 -23.0 -25.3 81 2.4 -23.5 271 34 337.8 338.1 295.0 342.9 1.40 15 300 9708 -31.6 -34.6 75 3.0 -32.1 277 30 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.4 0.68 16 250 10968 -42.7 -47.3 60 4.6 -43.0 293 33 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.21 17 200 12440 -52.2 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.5 302 56 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14253 -63.3 -80.8 8 17.6 -63.4 297 39 361.0 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16696 -68.3 -85.9 6 17.6 -68.4 315 17 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.97 m Freezing level: 573.09 mb = 4815.33 m = 15798.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 584.72 mb = 4646.55 m = 15244.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.96 mb = 2315.36 m = 7596.25 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 752.15 mb = 2569.34 m = 8429.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 40.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 950.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.29 mb = 2344.64 m = 7692.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.29 mb = 3085.56 m = 10123.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.29 mb = 12526.20 m = 41095.96 ft B at Equ Level: 940.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.29 mb = 15734.99 m = 51623.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.2 neg: -12.1 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 19.43 Bulk Shear: 48.95 m/s