MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.42,-101.37 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -101.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 1 950 572 SFC 911 943 24.4 18.4 69 5.9 20.2 194 15 305.6 308.3 296.6 349.9 14.80 3 900 1046 22.4 17.6 74 4.8 19.1 196 18 304.6 307.2 296.0 347.1 14.25 4 850 1541 17.5 16.4 94 1.0 16.8 206 23 304.5 307.1 295.8 346.1 13.97 5 800 2057 15.2 13.0 87 2.2 13.7 246 35 307.3 309.5 295.1 343.1 11.87 6 750 2606 15.1 8.3 64 6.7 10.9 277 27 313.0 314.7 294.7 341.5 9.23 7 700 3187 11.6 5.4 66 6.2 7.9 266 22 315.3 316.9 294.5 340.6 8.07 8 650 3803 7.2 2.5 72 4.7 4.5 255 24 317.1 318.5 294.2 339.5 7.07 9 600 4456 2.2 0.2 87 2.0 1.1 253 23 318.7 319.9 294.2 339.4 6.50 10 550 5155 -1.4 -4.1 82 2.7 -2.7 257 14 322.4 323.4 294.1 339.2 5.15 11 500 5909 -5.9 -9.6 75 3.7 -7.5 278 19 325.9 326.6 293.9 338.3 3.71 12 450 6726 -10.8 -15.7 67 4.8 -12.6 275 22 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.3 2.51 13 400 7621 -16.8 -21.4 67 4.6 -18.1 277 22 333.2 333.6 294.1 339.4 1.74 14 350 8610 -24.0 -28.7 65 4.7 -25.0 264 26 336.5 336.7 294.4 340.2 1.02 15 300 9716 -32.2 -37.1 61 5.0 -32.9 253 32 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.53 16 250 10977 -41.4 -55.4 21 14.0 -42.1 281 36 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 17 200 12455 -51.9 -73.0 6 21.1 -52.3 291 44 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 14270 -63.9 -81.5 7 17.6 -64.0 293 33 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16706 -70.0 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 321 18 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.59 m Freezing level: 569.32 mb = 4884.52 m = 16025.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.35 mb = 4654.30 m = 15269.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.95 mb = 1692.78 m = 5553.67 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 11.58 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 2023.81 m = 6639.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.10 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 396.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.85 mb = 1765.55 m = 5792.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.85 mb = 4020.95 m = 13191.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.85 mb = 11169.50 m = 36644.91 ft B at Equ Level: 391.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.85 mb = 13751.28 m = 45115.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.2 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 286.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.5 neg: -23.3 tot: 245.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 7.56 Bulk Shear: 52.43 m/s