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: 38.49,-98.24 Latitude: 38.49 Longitude: -98.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 959 527 16.8 15.5 92 1.3 16.0 151 11 293.4 295.5 290.7 326.6 11.64 2 950 611 15.6 14.9 96 0.7 15.2 153 15 293.0 295.0 290.3 325.2 11.29 3 900 1070 14.4 14.1 98 0.4 14.2 174 26 296.4 298.4 291.4 329.0 11.28 4 850 1556 15.1 14.5 96 0.6 14.7 198 12 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.2 12.27 5 800 2068 12.6 11.6 94 0.9 12.0 270 8 304.5 306.6 293.5 336.9 10.81 6 750 2609 10.5 9.9 96 0.6 10.1 261 14 308.0 309.9 294.1 339.1 10.25 7 700 3182 7.8 7.6 98 0.2 7.7 257 19 311.2 312.9 294.3 340.1 9.40 8 650 3791 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 256 25 314.4 316.0 294.3 339.9 8.17 9 600 4440 0.7 0.4 98 0.3 0.5 263 30 316.9 318.2 293.7 337.8 6.58 10 550 5135 -2.5 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 273 33 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.4 5.66 11 500 5887 -6.1 -6.7 96 0.5 -6.4 279 36 325.5 326.5 294.6 340.9 4.64 12 450 6706 -10.8 -11.5 95 0.7 -11.1 279 39 329.6 330.4 294.7 341.7 3.54 13 400 7600 -17.2 -18.4 90 1.3 -17.6 274 36 332.7 333.1 294.4 340.5 2.24 14 350 8589 -23.5 -26.8 75 3.2 -24.3 289 32 337.0 337.3 294.7 341.5 1.22 15 300 9696 -32.6 -35.9 72 3.3 -33.0 286 33 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.8 0.60 16 250 10950 -44.1 -47.5 69 3.4 -44.3 270 46 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12412 -53.2 -67.4 16 14.2 -53.5 301 62 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14222 -62.7 -82.7 5 20.0 -62.9 308 59 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16682 -67.6 -86.8 5 19.1 -67.8 325 25 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.90 m Freezing level: 589.35 mb = 4587.88 m = 15051.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.51 mb = 4553.62 m = 14939.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.31 C = 81.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.45 mb = 688.17 m = 2257.74 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 1.44 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.27 mb = 2096.86 m = 6879.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: 5.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.77 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7048.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.91 mb = 1061.54 m = 3482.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.6 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 288.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.9 neg: -29.7 tot: 124.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 134.24 m/s