MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 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 136 SFC 970 398 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.9 145 7 293.0 295.2 291.2 328.2 12.37 2 950 575 16.9 15.8 93 1.1 16.2 158 17 294.3 296.5 291.3 328.5 11.95 3 900 1041 20.9 17.5 80 3.5 18.5 217 31 303.1 305.7 295.4 344.8 14.08 4 850 1535 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 240 34 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.4 14.98 5 800 2053 14.8 14.4 97 0.4 14.6 255 36 306.9 309.4 295.7 346.1 12.99 6 750 2598 11.5 10.8 95 0.7 11.0 275 26 309.1 311.1 294.8 342.2 10.90 7 700 3173 8.1 7.6 96 0.6 7.8 278 25 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.4 9.39 8 650 3782 4.6 4.1 97 0.5 4.3 273 24 314.1 315.6 294.0 338.8 7.90 9 600 4431 0.8 0.1 95 0.7 0.4 283 22 317.1 318.3 293.7 337.6 6.44 10 550 5125 -3.2 -3.7 96 0.5 -3.4 295 19 320.3 321.4 293.7 337.5 5.30 11 500 5875 -6.9 -7.5 96 0.6 -7.2 308 14 324.6 325.4 294.1 339.0 4.35 12 450 6692 -11.1 -11.9 94 0.8 -11.4 337 21 329.3 330.0 294.6 341.0 3.43 13 400 7587 -16.7 -18.1 89 1.3 -17.1 340 16 333.3 333.7 294.7 341.4 2.31 14 350 8576 -23.6 -26.0 81 2.3 -24.2 320 22 336.9 337.2 294.7 341.7 1.32 15 300 9685 -31.7 -34.6 75 2.9 -32.1 307 34 340.7 340.9 295.1 343.3 0.68 16 250 10945 -43.3 -46.5 70 3.3 -43.5 293 46 341.7 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.23 17 200 12402 -53.8 -62.4 34 8.6 -54.0 304 74 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.8 0.04 18 150 14226 -61.4 -81.1 6 19.7 -61.6 310 45 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16681 -68.7 -86.3 6 17.6 -68.8 322 34 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.82 m Freezing level: 589.59 mb = 4575.33 m = 15010.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.44 mb = 4504.99 m = 14779.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.39 mb = 482.04 m = 1581.49 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 12.92 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.88 mb = 397.91 m = 1305.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.74 C = 63.93 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 42.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4491.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.14 mb = 1136.11 m = 3727.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 297.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 486.0 neg: -1.9 tot: 484.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 161.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 122.50 m/s