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: 37.83,-99.93 Latitude: 37.83 Longitude: -99.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 1 950 610 SFC 934 758 16.7 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 148 10 295.6 297.9 292.3 332.0 12.64 3 900 1072 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 173 25 297.9 300.2 293.0 334.6 12.65 4 850 1558 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.0 198 13 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.4 12.69 5 800 2073 14.1 13.9 99 0.2 14.0 229 28 306.2 308.5 295.3 344.0 12.60 6 750 2617 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 238 31 308.8 310.9 295.0 342.6 11.14 7 700 3191 8.3 8.1 99 0.2 8.2 246 30 311.7 313.5 294.7 341.7 9.75 8 650 3801 5.1 4.9 99 0.2 5.0 250 31 314.7 316.4 294.6 341.0 8.42 9 600 4452 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 253 32 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.72 10 550 5148 -2.3 -2.8 97 0.4 -2.6 254 33 321.3 322.4 294.3 339.7 5.68 11 500 5900 -6.1 -6.9 94 0.8 -6.5 254 34 325.6 326.5 294.5 340.7 4.55 12 450 6718 -10.9 -12.3 90 1.3 -11.5 257 35 329.5 330.2 294.5 340.8 3.32 13 400 7613 -16.7 -18.5 86 1.8 -17.3 268 33 333.3 333.8 294.6 341.1 2.23 14 350 8603 -23.7 -26.2 80 2.5 -24.4 281 26 336.8 337.0 294.7 341.4 1.29 15 300 9710 -32.2 -35.2 75 2.9 -32.7 293 21 339.9 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.64 16 250 10970 -42.8 -46.1 70 3.3 -43.0 286 20 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.25 17 200 12432 -53.2 -67.3 16 14.1 -53.5 298 50 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14246 -62.7 -89.5 2 26.8 -62.8 308 43 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16701 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 329 24 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.71 m Freezing level: 585.22 mb = 4657.32 m = 15279.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.64 mb = 4618.06 m = 15150.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.14 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.01 mb = 801.22 m = 2628.64 ft T: 16.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 5.42 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.85 mb = 2095.89 m = 6876.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 2.19 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.77 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 42.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 36.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4891.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.55 mb = 1257.74 m = 4126.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.2 neg: -28.0 tot: 257.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 119.99 m/s