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: 37.97,-101.71 Latitude: 37.97 Longitude: -101.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 528 2 900 1012 SFC 898 1029 29.7 16.7 46 13.0 20.5 190 5 312.3 314.8 297.4 353.6 13.43 4 850 1517 24.0 14.7 56 9.2 17.6 209 6 311.2 313.6 296.5 349.5 12.49 5 800 2043 18.8 13.7 72 5.1 15.3 226 7 311.2 313.5 296.4 349.1 12.39 6 750 2593 13.5 12.4 93 1.1 12.7 235 8 311.2 313.5 296.3 348.3 12.12 7 700 3171 9.6 8.1 90 1.5 8.6 255 14 313.1 314.9 295.1 343.1 9.71 8 650 3784 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.6 252 22 316.0 317.5 294.3 340.0 7.61 9 600 4436 2.5 -0.9 78 3.4 0.7 255 27 319.0 320.2 293.9 338.3 6.00 10 550 5136 -1.4 -4.0 83 2.5 -2.7 258 33 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.3 5.18 11 500 5890 -5.6 -8.0 83 2.5 -6.7 267 38 326.3 327.1 294.4 340.2 4.18 12 450 6709 -10.4 -13.1 81 2.6 -11.5 276 42 330.1 330.7 294.5 340.7 3.11 13 400 7605 -16.3 -19.3 77 3.1 -17.3 278 43 333.9 334.3 294.6 341.2 2.07 14 350 8597 -23.3 -26.7 74 3.4 -24.1 265 31 337.3 337.6 294.8 341.9 1.23 15 300 9707 -31.7 -35.7 68 4.0 -32.3 281 29 340.7 340.8 295.0 343.0 0.61 16 250 10965 -42.1 -50.3 41 8.1 -42.6 293 34 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.0 0.15 17 200 12441 -52.2 -69.9 10 17.8 -52.5 300 54 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14253 -63.5 -80.4 8 16.9 -63.6 301 38 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16695 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 314 16 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.65 m Freezing level: 568.16 mb = 4881.67 m = 16015.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.54 mb = 4577.65 m = 15018.34 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 743.90 mb = 2661.74 m = 8732.65 ft T: 13.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 15.30 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.38 mb = 2678.90 m = 8788.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.92 C = 84.05 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 42.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 991.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 742.64 mb = 2675.95 m = 8779.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.64 mb = 2732.54 m = 8964.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.64 mb = 12515.53 m = 41060.96 ft B at Equ Level: 983.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.64 mb = 15716.52 m = 51562.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.0 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 290.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 16.75 Bulk Shear: 59.18 m/s