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: 38.58,-96.54 Latitude: 38.58 Longitude: -96.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 SFC 973 418 21.7 13.8 60 8.0 16.6 175 10 297.2 299.1 290.8 326.9 10.21 2 950 621 18.8 12.5 67 6.3 14.8 176 11 296.3 298.0 290.0 324.2 9.64 3 900 1084 17.6 5.7 46 11.9 10.9 186 17 299.7 300.8 288.3 318.7 6.41 4 850 1569 13.3 6.6 64 6.7 9.5 194 16 300.1 301.4 289.2 321.4 7.20 5 800 2077 12.9 -22.0 7 34.9 1.3 203 10 304.9 305.1 284.4 307.7 0.82 6 750 2616 10.2 -8.2 26 18.4 2.0 224 6 307.6 308.2 287.5 316.3 2.74 7 700 3187 7.1 4.5 83 2.6 5.6 263 8 310.4 311.8 292.7 333.7 7.56 8 650 3793 3.7 -2.0 66 5.7 0.8 272 16 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.08 9 600 4439 0.5 -0.5 92 1.1 -0.0 289 20 316.8 317.9 293.4 336.3 6.14 10 550 5134 -3.2 -4.4 92 1.2 -3.8 291 25 320.3 321.3 293.4 336.6 5.04 11 500 5882 -7.3 -8.2 93 0.9 -7.7 282 33 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.7 4.12 12 450 6697 -11.9 -13.0 92 1.1 -12.3 283 36 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.9 3.13 13 400 7588 -17.9 -19.7 86 1.7 -18.4 285 35 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.8 2.01 14 350 8573 -24.9 -27.3 81 2.3 -25.5 284 35 335.1 335.4 294.1 339.4 1.17 15 300 9678 -33.0 -35.9 75 2.9 -33.4 296 46 338.9 339.1 294.6 341.2 0.60 16 250 10929 -44.5 -47.9 69 3.4 -44.7 290 56 339.8 339.9 294.5 340.6 0.20 17 200 12384 -54.2 -63.7 30 9.5 -54.4 305 65 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.2 0.04 18 150 14191 -62.1 -80.3 7 18.2 -62.3 311 63 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16664 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 320 31 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.11 m Freezing level: 592.67 mb = 4540.83 m = 14897.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.37 mb = 4407.24 m = 14459.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.17 C = 80.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.57 mb = 1425.00 m = 4675.14 ft T: 14.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.11 mb = 3641.75 m = 11947.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.85 C = 98.32 F Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lifted Index: 8.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.97 C Showalter Index: 8.28 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.68 C Cross Totals Index: 13.93 C K Index: 24.63 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8554.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 808.14 mb = 1992.54 m = 6537.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 28.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.0 neg: -20.9 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 57.20 m/s