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: 37.63,-97.31 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 976 400 16.8 12.5 76 4.2 14.2 144 7 291.9 293.6 288.3 318.6 9.39 2 950 634 17.4 11.0 66 6.4 13.5 161 17 294.9 296.4 288.7 320.0 8.71 3 900 1097 17.3 7.3 52 10.0 11.4 171 16 299.3 300.6 288.8 320.3 7.12 4 850 1581 12.8 9.4 80 3.4 10.7 185 16 299.6 301.2 290.3 325.2 8.72 5 800 2090 11.3 10.4 94 0.9 10.7 218 13 303.2 305.0 292.4 332.8 9.95 6 750 2628 9.7 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 259 12 307.1 309.0 293.6 336.9 9.86 7 700 3201 7.4 6.5 94 0.9 6.8 281 14 310.6 312.3 293.7 337.4 8.69 8 650 3808 4.1 2.3 88 1.8 3.1 287 17 313.6 314.9 293.2 335.3 6.97 9 600 4456 0.4 -0.2 96 0.6 0.1 288 21 316.5 317.8 293.4 336.5 6.30 10 550 5149 -3.6 -5.2 89 1.6 -4.4 283 24 319.8 320.8 293.1 335.2 4.73 11 500 5896 -8.1 -10.5 83 2.4 -9.1 272 27 323.2 323.9 293.0 334.6 3.44 12 450 6709 -12.8 -15.2 82 2.4 -13.7 274 34 327.1 327.6 293.3 336.0 2.60 13 400 7598 -17.6 -19.7 83 2.1 -18.3 281 30 332.1 332.5 294.1 339.2 2.00 14 350 8584 -24.3 -27.1 77 2.8 -25.0 288 24 336.0 336.2 294.4 340.3 1.18 15 300 9690 -32.7 -35.8 74 3.1 -33.2 303 39 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.60 16 250 10943 -44.6 -48.0 68 3.5 -44.7 302 49 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12398 -53.9 -62.0 36 8.1 -54.1 311 61 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.05 18 150 14216 -61.0 -83.9 3 22.8 -61.2 315 46 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16681 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 330 29 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.55 m Freezing level: 595.28 mb = 4521.03 m = 14832.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.12 mb = 4467.24 m = 14656.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.49 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.51 mb = 941.11 m = 3087.58 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 656.84 mb = 3722.29 m = 12212.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.87 C = 100.17 F Cap Strength: 7.60 C Lifted Index: 8.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.82 C Showalter Index: 5.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.87 C Cross Totals Index: 17.43 C K Index: 29.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9267.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.97 mb = 1811.42 m = 5942.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 114.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 86.85 m/s