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: 37.90,-100.33 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -100.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 1 950 588 SFC 925 819 19.8 17.8 89 1.9 18.5 168 13 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.5 14.04 3 900 1054 16.9 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 176 20 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.7 13.34 4 850 1542 16.3 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 210 38 303.2 305.7 295.3 343.8 13.70 5 800 2058 15.7 12.7 83 2.9 13.7 251 33 307.9 310.1 295.1 343.1 11.65 6 750 2605 13.4 9.0 75 4.4 10.7 263 32 311.2 313.0 294.6 340.9 9.69 7 700 3184 9.8 6.6 81 3.2 7.9 275 27 313.4 315.0 294.5 340.7 8.79 8 650 3796 5.7 4.0 89 1.7 4.8 278 25 315.4 317.0 294.4 340.2 7.90 9 600 4448 2.3 -0.4 82 2.7 0.8 279 24 318.8 320.0 294.0 338.7 6.21 10 550 5147 -1.1 -7.6 61 6.5 -4.1 299 22 322.8 323.5 293.3 335.7 3.93 11 500 5900 -6.0 -8.7 81 2.6 -7.2 284 25 325.7 326.5 294.0 338.9 3.97 12 450 6719 -10.6 -15.6 67 5.0 -12.5 288 27 329.9 330.4 294.0 338.6 2.52 13 400 7614 -16.5 -20.0 75 3.4 -17.6 280 25 333.5 333.9 294.4 340.4 1.96 14 350 8603 -23.6 -26.8 75 3.2 -24.4 273 27 336.9 337.1 294.6 341.3 1.22 15 300 9710 -32.7 -37.3 64 4.6 -33.3 273 30 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.3 0.52 16 250 10967 -42.1 -51.7 34 9.6 -42.6 280 39 343.5 343.6 295.3 344.1 0.13 17 200 12441 -52.6 -70.3 10 17.7 -52.9 296 50 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14255 -63.8 -82.8 6 19.0 -63.9 296 42 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16699 -68.9 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.0 321 21 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.87 m Freezing level: 566.19 mb = 4920.29 m = 16142.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.57 mb = 4561.38 m = 14964.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.27 mb = 1060.92 m = 3480.66 ft T: 16.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.11 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 770.12 mb = 2380.89 m = 7811.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lifted Index: 0.27 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 35.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 439.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3112.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.55 mb = 1377.06 m = 4517.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.3 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 296.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 492.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 492.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 164.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 140.12 m/s