MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 157 SFC 972 398 18.0 17.2 95 0.8 17.5 132 12 293.5 295.8 291.7 329.9 12.78 2 950 597 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 140 21 293.8 295.9 291.4 328.8 12.27 3 900 1059 17.1 16.7 97 0.4 16.8 180 20 299.1 301.5 293.9 338.1 13.38 4 850 1548 16.4 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 217 18 303.3 305.8 295.0 343.0 13.36 5 800 2064 14.1 12.9 93 1.2 13.3 239 17 306.2 308.4 294.7 341.6 11.78 6 750 2607 11.0 9.2 89 1.8 9.9 245 20 308.5 310.4 293.9 338.3 9.78 7 700 3180 7.5 5.5 87 2.0 6.3 252 34 310.8 312.3 293.3 335.9 8.15 8 650 3788 4.2 2.9 91 1.3 3.5 259 40 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.5 7.28 9 600 4435 0.2 -0.6 94 0.8 -0.3 270 48 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.7 6.10 10 550 5130 -2.7 -3.2 96 0.5 -3.0 280 47 320.9 321.9 294.0 338.7 5.50 11 500 5881 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.8 -6.7 287 38 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.3 4.49 12 450 6700 -10.6 -11.8 91 1.2 -11.1 285 34 329.9 330.6 294.7 341.6 3.44 13 400 7597 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 287 35 334.1 334.6 294.8 342.3 2.34 14 350 8589 -22.9 -25.2 81 2.3 -23.5 285 36 337.9 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.41 15 300 9700 -31.7 -34.7 75 3.0 -32.1 287 35 340.7 340.9 295.1 343.3 0.67 16 250 10961 -42.3 -45.7 70 3.4 -42.6 295 34 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12425 -55.2 -59.2 61 4.0 -55.3 312 41 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.7 0.07 18 150 14224 -62.9 -84.7 4 21.8 -63.0 305 57 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16679 -68.6 -86.1 6 17.5 -68.7 319 26 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.99 m Freezing level: 596.79 mb = 4479.99 m = 14697.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4386.40 m = 14390.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.38 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.08 mb = 498.12 m = 1634.22 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 7.12 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 961.56 mb = 493.81 m = 1620.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.12 C = 64.62 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: 2.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 22.01 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4999.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.37 mb = 905.47 m = 2970.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 333.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 249.76 m/s