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: 37.63,-97.31 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -97.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 972 400 17.9 17.1 95 0.8 17.4 132 12 293.5 295.7 291.6 329.7 12.73 2 950 596 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 139 21 293.8 295.9 291.4 328.8 12.27 3 900 1059 17.1 16.8 98 0.4 16.9 179 20 299.2 301.6 293.9 338.4 13.46 4 850 1547 16.4 15.8 96 0.7 16.0 215 18 303.4 305.8 295.1 343.1 13.40 5 800 2063 14.1 12.9 92 1.2 13.3 237 17 306.2 308.4 294.7 341.6 11.77 6 750 2606 11.0 9.2 89 1.8 9.9 244 21 308.5 310.3 293.9 338.3 9.79 7 700 3179 7.5 5.7 88 1.8 6.4 251 35 310.8 312.4 293.3 336.1 8.23 8 650 3787 4.3 3.1 92 1.2 3.6 260 41 313.8 315.2 293.5 336.9 7.37 9 600 4435 0.3 -0.6 94 0.9 -0.2 271 48 316.4 317.6 293.3 335.9 6.12 10 550 5130 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.5 -3.0 281 47 320.8 321.9 294.0 338.5 5.47 11 500 5881 -6.3 -7.1 94 0.9 -6.7 288 38 325.4 326.3 294.4 340.2 4.48 12 450 6700 -10.6 -11.8 91 1.2 -11.1 287 34 330.0 330.7 294.7 341.7 3.45 13 400 7597 -16.1 -17.9 86 1.8 -16.7 288 35 334.1 334.6 294.9 342.3 2.34 14 350 8589 -22.9 -25.3 81 2.4 -23.5 286 37 337.9 338.2 295.0 343.0 1.40 15 300 9700 -31.7 -34.8 74 3.1 -32.1 287 36 340.7 340.9 295.1 343.3 0.66 16 250 10960 -42.4 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.6 294 34 343.1 343.1 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12425 -55.1 -59.1 61 4.0 -55.2 313 41 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.07 18 150 14224 -63.0 -84.5 4 21.5 -63.1 305 58 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16679 -68.6 -86.2 6 17.5 -68.7 319 26 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.82 m Freezing level: 595.36 mb = 4499.79 m = 14762.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.45 mb = 4402.32 m = 14443.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.68 mb = 500.76 m = 1642.89 ft T: 17.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 6.98 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 962.74 mb = 482.41 m = 1582.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.05 C = 64.49 F Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lifted Index: 2.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.73 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 407.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4962.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.16 mb = 906.50 m = 2974.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 354.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 354.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 257.32 m/s