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: 38.81,-96.30 Latitude: 38.81 Longitude: -96.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 972 425 23.2 13.7 55 9.5 17.0 177 10 298.8 300.6 291.3 328.5 10.18 2 950 621 19.6 12.2 63 7.3 15.0 177 12 297.0 298.7 290.1 324.5 9.45 3 900 1085 17.7 5.5 45 12.2 10.8 186 17 299.8 300.9 288.2 318.5 6.30 4 850 1570 13.5 4.8 55 8.8 8.6 195 17 300.3 301.5 288.5 319.2 6.33 5 800 2078 12.9 -35.5 2 48.4 0.4 204 11 304.9 305.0 283.7 305.7 0.23 6 750 2615 9.7 -7.2 30 16.9 2.1 228 6 307.1 307.6 287.6 316.4 2.96 7 700 3185 6.6 4.7 88 1.9 5.5 292 9 309.8 311.3 292.6 333.4 7.67 8 650 3791 4.4 -5.6 48 10.0 -0.3 276 17 313.9 314.7 290.6 326.3 3.87 9 600 4437 0.7 -9.1 48 9.8 -3.6 293 20 316.9 317.5 290.9 327.3 3.20 10 550 5132 -2.4 -15.4 36 13.0 -7.3 296 24 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.10 11 500 5881 -7.7 -11.6 74 3.9 -9.3 288 28 323.6 324.2 292.8 334.1 3.15 12 450 6693 -12.8 -15.0 83 2.2 -13.6 283 33 327.1 327.7 293.3 336.1 2.64 13 400 7582 -18.1 -20.6 81 2.4 -18.9 286 34 331.4 331.8 293.8 337.9 1.86 14 350 8566 -25.1 -28.0 77 2.8 -25.8 288 39 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.9 1.09 15 300 9669 -33.0 -36.7 69 3.7 -33.6 298 50 338.8 338.9 294.6 340.9 0.55 16 250 10920 -44.4 -48.1 66 3.7 -44.6 289 63 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.20 17 200 12374 -54.6 -64.5 28 9.9 -54.8 304 66 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14182 -62.1 -80.3 7 18.2 -62.3 310 66 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16659 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 319 33 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.95 m Freezing level: 589.41 mb = 4584.58 m = 15041.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.83 mb = 3755.53 m = 12321.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.20 mb = 1617.10 m = 5305.37 ft T: 13.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.42 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.04 mb = 3915.75 m = 12846.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.81 C = 101.85 F Cap Strength: 8.00 C Lifted Index: 7.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.49 C Showalter Index: 9.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.28 C Cross Totals Index: 12.48 C K Index: 24.10 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.05 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8596.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.22 mb = 2106.75 m = 6911.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.6 neg: -25.1 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 59.68 m/s