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: 37.44,-101.47 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -101.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 1 950 594 SFC 911 959 19.2 17.4 89 1.9 17.9 179 14 300.3 302.9 294.5 340.9 13.83 3 900 1061 17.8 16.8 94 1.0 17.1 181 19 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.2 13.46 4 850 1549 16.8 15.8 93 1.1 16.1 212 41 303.8 306.2 295.1 343.5 13.36 5 800 2067 15.9 13.4 85 2.4 14.3 238 39 308.1 310.4 295.5 345.0 12.20 6 750 2614 13.2 9.9 80 3.3 11.1 249 43 310.9 312.8 294.9 342.4 10.28 7 700 3191 9.6 6.2 79 3.4 7.5 261 38 313.1 314.7 294.2 339.5 8.52 8 650 3803 5.6 2.7 82 2.9 3.9 264 28 315.3 316.7 293.8 337.9 7.18 9 600 4454 2.1 0.1 86 2.0 1.0 263 24 318.6 319.8 294.1 339.1 6.43 10 550 5153 -1.4 -4.8 78 3.3 -3.1 304 16 322.4 323.3 293.9 338.3 4.88 11 500 5906 -6.3 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.5 312 17 325.4 326.1 293.9 338.3 3.87 12 450 6722 -11.4 -13.2 86 1.8 -12.2 306 17 328.9 329.5 294.1 339.3 3.07 13 400 7616 -17.0 -18.9 85 1.9 -17.6 290 18 332.9 333.4 294.4 340.5 2.15 14 350 8604 -23.8 -26.0 83 2.1 -24.4 269 21 336.6 336.9 294.7 341.4 1.31 15 300 9710 -32.5 -36.0 71 3.5 -33.0 263 23 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.59 16 250 10968 -42.1 -52.7 31 10.6 -42.7 277 32 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.0 0.12 17 200 12443 -52.5 -70.9 9 18.4 -52.9 299 41 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14256 -63.6 -83.3 5 19.6 -63.7 299 32 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16703 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.2 331 18 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.85 m Freezing level: 570.27 mb = 4869.58 m = 15976.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.62 mb = 4621.58 m = 15162.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.03 mb = 1194.52 m = 3918.98 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 7.08 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 763.87 mb = 2458.44 m = 8065.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.76 C = 83.78 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.16 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.06 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 77.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 118.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.02 mb = 1619.47 m = 5313.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 598.02 mb = 4480.60 m = 14699.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 588.02 mb = 4616.01 m = 15144.21 ft B at Equ Level: 31.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.02 mb = 11292.82 m = 37049.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.7 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 288.7 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 527.1 neg: -17.6 tot: 509.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 169.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 99.16 m/s