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: 38.42,-98.56 Latitude: 38.42 Longitude: -98.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 954 554 18.5 17.7 95 0.8 17.9 144 8 295.6 298.0 292.9 334.3 13.46 2 950 586 18.0 17.4 96 0.6 17.6 145 8 295.4 297.8 292.6 333.4 13.23 3 900 1048 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 187 24 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.6 12.64 4 850 1534 14.7 14.6 99 0.1 14.6 233 26 301.5 303.8 293.8 337.9 12.35 5 800 2047 13.3 12.5 95 0.7 12.8 269 13 305.3 307.4 294.3 339.7 11.49 6 750 2591 12.4 10.3 87 2.1 11.0 271 16 310.0 312.0 294.8 342.2 10.52 7 700 3168 10.0 7.3 83 2.7 8.3 269 26 313.6 315.4 294.8 342.2 9.21 8 650 3781 5.6 3.8 89 1.7 4.5 274 30 315.3 316.8 294.2 339.7 7.78 9 600 4432 1.3 0.6 95 0.7 1.0 280 30 317.7 319.0 294.1 339.0 6.70 10 550 5127 -2.6 -2.9 98 0.3 -2.7 282 30 321.0 322.1 294.1 339.3 5.64 11 500 5879 -6.5 -7.7 91 1.2 -7.1 283 28 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.3 4.29 12 450 6697 -11.0 -12.8 87 1.7 -11.8 280 27 329.3 330.0 294.4 340.2 3.18 13 400 7590 -17.0 -19.0 84 2.0 -17.7 275 31 332.9 333.3 294.4 340.4 2.12 14 350 8579 -23.7 -26.1 80 2.4 -24.2 280 26 336.9 337.1 294.7 341.6 1.30 15 300 9689 -31.9 -34.5 77 2.7 -32.3 277 31 340.5 340.6 295.1 343.1 0.68 16 250 10946 -43.8 -47.1 70 3.3 -44.0 289 42 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.22 17 200 12403 -53.8 -63.9 28 10.1 -54.1 305 66 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.04 18 150 14216 -62.8 -80.5 7 17.7 -62.9 309 48 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16674 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.9 321 28 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.37 m Freezing level: 583.00 mb = 4668.10 m = 15315.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.03 mb = 4606.24 m = 15112.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.83 mb = 650.76 m = 2135.02 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 0.83 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 1036.93 m = 3401.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.67 C = 69.20 F Cap Strength: 3.99 C Lifted Index: 2.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.99 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 33.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4591.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.07 mb = 1056.89 m = 3467.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.6 neg: -20.2 tot: 301.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 117.76 m/s