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,-99.54 Latitude: 37.90 Longitude: -99.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 599 SFC 940 693 18.2 17.6 96 0.7 17.8 170 8 296.6 299.1 293.3 335.8 13.57 3 900 1062 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 182 26 298.0 300.3 292.9 334.6 12.61 4 850 1548 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 209 32 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.7 12.53 5 800 2063 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 235 38 306.3 308.7 295.4 344.6 12.74 6 750 2607 11.9 11.2 96 0.7 11.4 264 39 309.5 311.6 295.2 343.6 11.20 7 700 3183 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 279 38 312.1 313.9 294.6 341.3 9.47 8 650 3793 5.1 4.1 93 1.0 4.5 289 32 314.7 316.3 294.2 339.6 7.93 9 600 4444 1.6 0.4 92 1.1 1.0 285 29 317.9 319.2 294.0 338.9 6.60 10 550 5141 -2.0 -3.0 93 1.0 -2.5 285 25 321.7 322.8 294.3 339.8 5.58 11 500 5893 -5.8 -8.9 79 3.1 -7.2 289 25 325.9 326.7 294.0 338.9 3.89 12 450 6713 -10.2 -14.6 70 4.4 -11.9 294 26 330.5 331.0 294.3 339.9 2.74 13 400 7610 -16.0 -20.6 67 4.7 -17.4 297 26 334.2 334.6 294.5 340.8 1.85 14 350 8601 -23.4 -27.5 69 4.1 -24.4 291 24 337.2 337.5 294.7 341.4 1.14 15 300 9709 -32.5 -35.8 72 3.3 -33.0 282 27 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.60 16 250 10965 -43.0 -49.6 48 6.6 -43.4 281 35 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.17 17 200 12435 -52.7 -69.8 11 17.1 -53.0 302 53 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14247 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -63.9 300 46 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.3 0.00 19 100 16694 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 323 22 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.82 m Freezing level: 578.10 mb = 4749.00 m = 15580.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.27 mb = 4629.16 m = 15187.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.61 mb = 775.82 m = 2545.30 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.75 mb = 1121.07 m = 3677.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.02 C = 68.04 F Cap Strength: 2.58 C Lifted Index: 2.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.73 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4541.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.91 mb = 1205.67 m = 3955.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 614.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 614.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 204.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.9 stream: 12.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 159.15 m/s