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: 38.29,-97.34 Latitude: 38.29 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 969 454 17.2 14.9 86 2.4 15.7 189 11 293.0 295.0 290.1 324.4 11.02 2 950 622 15.3 14.0 92 1.3 14.4 188 14 292.7 294.6 289.6 322.9 10.60 3 900 1081 14.5 12.8 90 1.7 13.4 175 19 296.4 298.3 290.7 326.4 10.37 4 850 1564 14.0 13.2 95 0.7 13.5 188 16 300.8 302.8 292.8 334.0 11.31 5 800 2075 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 221 10 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.1 11.47 6 750 2616 10.0 9.5 97 0.5 9.7 268 9 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.6 9.98 7 700 3188 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 281 15 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.3 9.03 8 650 3796 4.2 3.7 96 0.6 3.9 276 18 313.7 315.2 293.7 337.7 7.68 9 600 4442 0.1 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 266 19 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.3 6.31 10 550 5137 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.2 261 26 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.1 5.44 11 500 5886 -7.4 -8.4 93 1.0 -7.9 261 34 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.06 12 450 6701 -11.2 -12.6 90 1.4 -11.8 273 38 329.1 329.8 294.3 340.1 3.23 13 400 7596 -16.7 -18.4 86 1.8 -17.3 278 42 333.3 333.8 294.6 341.2 2.24 14 350 8586 -23.4 -25.7 82 2.2 -23.9 275 34 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.1 1.35 15 300 9694 -32.5 -35.3 76 2.8 -33.0 286 36 339.5 339.7 294.8 341.9 0.63 16 250 10949 -44.1 -47.3 70 3.2 -44.3 285 43 340.5 340.6 294.7 341.4 0.21 17 200 12405 -53.5 -64.9 23 11.5 -53.7 302 64 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.03 18 150 14212 -62.2 -82.3 5 20.0 -62.4 312 61 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16676 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 324 28 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.86 m Freezing level: 597.99 mb = 4469.98 m = 14665.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.49 mb = 4435.41 m = 14551.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.76 % Est. max temperature: 27.36 C = 81.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.62 mb = 751.69 m = 2466.16 ft T: 15.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 1.50 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 759.96 mb = 2505.33 m = 8219.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lifted Index: 5.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.51 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 20.67 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7556.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.94 mb = 1109.35 m = 3639.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.0 neg: -11.8 tot: 14.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 51.23 m/s