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: 37.63,-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 186 SFC 975 400 17.4 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 147 7 292.7 294.7 290.4 325.5 11.54 2 950 624 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 170 15 293.3 295.4 290.8 326.9 11.78 3 900 1084 14.6 14.1 97 0.5 14.3 176 19 296.6 298.6 291.5 329.3 11.33 4 850 1568 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 216 14 301.3 303.6 293.6 336.9 12.08 5 800 2080 12.1 11.8 98 0.3 11.9 243 11 304.1 306.1 293.5 336.7 10.94 6 750 2621 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 296 16 308.2 310.1 294.3 339.7 10.40 7 700 3194 7.7 7.1 96 0.6 7.3 301 19 311.0 312.7 294.1 339.0 9.09 8 650 3802 4.3 3.6 95 0.7 3.9 289 21 313.8 315.3 293.7 337.6 7.63 9 600 4450 0.5 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 278 23 316.7 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.47 10 550 5145 -2.9 -3.3 97 0.4 -3.1 269 26 320.7 321.7 293.9 338.4 5.48 11 500 5894 -7.9 -8.9 92 1.0 -8.4 264 32 323.4 324.2 293.4 336.3 3.90 12 450 6710 -11.2 -12.4 91 1.2 -11.7 275 42 329.1 329.8 294.4 340.3 3.28 13 400 7604 -16.8 -18.5 87 1.7 -17.4 280 43 333.2 333.6 294.6 341.0 2.23 14 350 8593 -23.5 -25.8 82 2.2 -24.1 287 35 337.0 337.3 294.8 341.9 1.34 15 300 9701 -32.4 -35.2 76 2.8 -32.8 290 37 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.64 16 250 10958 -43.8 -47.0 70 3.3 -44.0 292 40 341.0 341.0 294.8 341.9 0.22 17 200 12413 -53.5 -66.8 18 13.3 -53.8 303 62 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14223 -62.2 -83.4 4 21.2 -62.4 315 55 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16677 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.2 -68.8 326 29 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.56 m Freezing level: 592.58 mb = 4552.96 m = 14937.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.40 mb = 4511.30 m = 14800.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.95 mb = 624.81 m = 2049.87 ft T: 15.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 2.49 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1900.38 m = 6234.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.82 C = 82.07 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 4.09 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.94 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.41 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 36.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6746.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.26 mb = 931.64 m = 3056.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 179.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.1 neg: -3.3 tot: 117.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 92.03 m/s