MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 35.17,-96.64 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -96.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 195 SFC 990 283 20.9 19.1 89 1.8 19.7 108 6 295.0 297.5 293.2 335.7 14.21 2 950 637 17.6 16.6 94 1.0 17.0 151 9 295.1 297.3 292.0 331.3 12.63 3 900 1100 17.5 14.8 84 2.7 15.7 194 13 299.5 301.7 292.8 334.1 11.83 4 850 1588 15.3 14.9 97 0.4 15.1 235 14 302.2 304.5 294.2 339.6 12.64 5 800 2102 13.5 13.0 97 0.5 13.2 275 17 305.5 307.7 294.6 341.1 11.87 6 750 2644 11.0 10.0 94 0.9 10.4 302 21 308.5 310.4 294.3 340.0 10.37 7 700 3218 7.8 6.7 93 1.0 7.2 317 24 311.1 312.8 293.9 338.4 8.86 8 650 3826 3.9 3.2 95 0.7 3.5 327 25 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.5 7.42 9 600 4473 1.2 -2.0 79 3.2 -0.4 316 21 317.5 318.6 293.1 335.1 5.50 10 550 5169 -2.4 -6.8 72 4.4 -4.5 290 20 321.2 322.0 293.0 334.8 4.17 11 500 5920 -6.4 -15.1 50 8.7 -9.7 282 22 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.3 2.36 12 450 6735 -11.3 -32.1 16 20.9 -16.1 294 27 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.57 13 400 7628 -17.2 -50.0 4 32.8 -21.5 295 28 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 14 350 8614 -24.3 -43.1 16 18.8 -26.9 292 25 335.9 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.24 15 300 9719 -32.5 -40.9 43 8.3 -33.6 302 22 339.5 339.6 294.6 340.9 0.36 16 250 10974 -43.6 -52.6 36 9.0 -44.0 316 36 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.8 0.12 17 200 12438 -52.8 -63.8 25 11.0 -53.1 314 43 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.04 18 150 14255 -63.7 -83.5 5 19.8 -63.8 296 34 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16701 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.6 -68.9 333 21 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.62 m Freezing level: 583.54 mb = 4702.38 m = 15427.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.72 mb = 4396.48 m = 14423.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.88 mb = 512.11 m = 1680.11 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 9.89 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1813.09 m = 5948.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Cap Strength: 2.70 C Lifted Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.75 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 35.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5271.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.33 mb = 955.31 m = 3134.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 175.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 94.15 m/s