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: 38.93,-95.64 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -95.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 984 315 26.5 14.8 49 11.7 18.8 181 11 301.0 303.0 292.5 332.9 10.83 2 950 623 21.6 13.1 59 8.5 16.1 182 13 299.1 300.9 291.2 328.3 10.01 3 900 1089 17.9 7.5 50 10.5 11.8 187 17 300.0 301.3 289.2 321.4 7.22 4 850 1574 13.5 5.6 59 7.9 9.0 190 16 300.2 301.5 288.8 320.1 6.70 5 800 2081 11.6 -16.3 13 27.8 1.3 190 13 303.5 303.7 284.5 307.8 1.34 6 750 2617 8.6 -9.6 26 18.2 0.9 223 7 305.9 306.4 286.6 313.7 2.46 7 700 3184 6.4 -5.5 42 11.9 0.8 289 11 309.6 310.3 289.0 321.0 3.63 8 650 3789 3.3 -1.5 71 4.8 0.8 299 19 312.7 313.7 291.5 329.3 5.29 9 600 4435 0.8 -19.3 21 20.1 -6.1 299 21 317.0 317.3 289.3 321.7 1.38 10 550 5129 -2.3 -35.1 6 32.8 -10.0 301 25 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.6 0.35 11 500 5877 -8.1 -20.5 36 12.3 -12.1 296 28 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.3 1.50 12 450 6687 -13.4 -18.4 66 5.0 -15.0 287 34 326.4 326.8 292.6 333.3 2.00 13 400 7574 -18.4 -21.5 76 3.2 -19.3 289 38 331.1 331.5 293.6 337.2 1.71 14 350 8557 -25.4 -28.4 75 3.1 -26.0 297 41 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.4 1.05 15 300 9657 -33.6 -38.1 64 4.5 -34.1 299 55 338.1 338.2 294.3 339.9 0.48 16 250 10908 -44.2 -47.9 66 3.8 -44.4 293 69 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.20 17 200 12361 -55.4 -62.0 44 6.6 -55.5 304 69 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.05 18 150 14168 -61.6 -81.5 5 20.0 -61.7 309 69 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16649 -67.0 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.1 317 36 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.17 m Freezing level: 587.73 mb = 4605.01 m = 15108.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.98 mb = 3864.21 m = 12677.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.64 mb = 1776.45 m = 5828.17 ft T: 12.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 25.12 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.31 mb = 2949.23 m = 9675.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.55 C = 92.38 F Cap Strength: 5.97 C Lifted Index: 4.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Showalter Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.57 C Cross Totals Index: 13.69 C K Index: 15.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6773.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 809.75 mb = 1979.40 m = 6494.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -12.7 tot: 30.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.06 Bulk Shear: 64.19 m/s