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: 37.53,-101.84 Latitude: 37.53 Longitude: -101.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 561 2 900 1039 SFC 899 1044 25.6 18.2 64 7.4 20.3 211 15 307.9 310.7 297.2 352.5 14.76 4 850 1536 19.4 16.4 83 3.0 17.3 216 20 306.4 309.0 296.3 348.2 13.92 5 800 2055 15.6 13.5 88 2.0 14.2 238 27 307.8 310.1 295.5 344.9 12.28 6 750 2605 15.2 8.6 65 6.6 11.0 285 23 313.1 314.9 294.8 342.2 9.40 7 700 3186 11.5 5.7 68 5.7 8.0 273 19 315.2 316.8 294.6 341.0 8.25 8 650 3801 7.3 2.8 73 4.5 4.7 251 21 317.2 318.6 294.3 340.1 7.21 9 600 4455 2.5 0.1 84 2.4 1.2 252 20 319.0 320.3 294.3 339.7 6.45 10 550 5154 -1.6 -4.3 82 2.7 -2.9 262 15 322.2 323.2 294.0 338.8 5.08 11 500 5908 -5.9 -9.2 78 3.2 -7.4 265 19 325.8 326.6 294.0 338.6 3.83 12 450 6725 -10.7 -15.9 66 5.2 -12.6 262 23 329.8 330.2 293.9 338.2 2.46 13 400 7621 -16.7 -22.6 60 5.9 -18.4 262 26 333.3 333.6 294.0 338.8 1.56 14 350 8609 -24.0 -28.5 66 4.5 -25.0 263 28 336.4 336.6 294.4 340.2 1.04 15 300 9715 -32.3 -37.2 61 5.0 -33.0 247 35 339.9 340.0 294.8 341.9 0.52 16 250 10977 -41.2 -59.4 12 18.2 -42.1 282 38 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.05 17 200 12455 -51.9 -73.0 6 21.1 -52.2 291 44 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14271 -63.9 -79.9 10 15.9 -64.0 293 33 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16708 -70.0 -85.2 9 15.2 -70.1 320 16 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.80 m Freezing level: 569.08 mb = 4887.66 m = 16035.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.47 mb = 4652.17 m = 15262.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.42 mb = 1975.79 m = 6482.19 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.86 mb = 2822.41 m = 9259.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.33 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 678.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.63 mb = 2026.72 m = 6649.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.63 mb = 3831.35 m = 12569.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.63 mb = 11598.18 m = 38051.31 ft B at Equ Level: 677.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.63 mb = 14788.11 m = 48516.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.0 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 286.0 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.9 neg: -20.0 tot: 121.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 26.58 Bulk Shear: 25.52 m/s