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: 37.63,-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 136 SFC 970 400 17.4 16.7 96 0.7 17.0 145 6 293.1 295.3 291.3 328.4 12.41 2 950 575 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.2 157 17 294.3 296.4 291.3 328.7 12.03 3 900 1041 20.9 17.5 81 3.5 18.5 217 31 303.0 305.6 295.4 344.8 14.08 4 850 1535 18.5 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 240 34 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.3 14.96 5 800 2053 14.8 14.3 97 0.4 14.5 255 36 306.9 309.3 295.7 345.9 12.95 6 750 2598 11.5 10.8 96 0.7 11.1 274 27 309.1 311.1 294.9 342.4 10.95 7 700 3173 8.2 7.6 96 0.6 7.8 278 25 311.5 313.3 294.4 340.5 9.40 8 650 3782 4.6 4.1 97 0.5 4.3 273 24 314.2 315.7 294.0 338.9 7.93 9 600 4431 0.8 0.1 95 0.7 0.4 282 21 317.1 318.3 293.7 337.6 6.45 10 550 5125 -3.1 -3.7 96 0.5 -3.4 294 19 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.5 5.31 11 500 5875 -6.9 -7.5 96 0.6 -7.2 306 14 324.6 325.5 294.1 339.0 4.36 12 450 6692 -11.0 -11.9 93 0.9 -11.3 335 20 329.4 330.1 294.6 341.1 3.43 13 400 7587 -16.6 -18.1 88 1.5 -17.1 340 16 333.4 333.9 294.7 341.5 2.31 14 350 8577 -23.5 -25.8 81 2.3 -24.1 319 21 337.1 337.4 294.8 341.9 1.33 15 300 9687 -31.6 -34.5 76 2.9 -32.1 306 32 340.8 341.0 295.1 343.5 0.68 16 250 10946 -43.2 -46.5 70 3.2 -43.5 293 44 341.8 341.8 295.0 342.7 0.24 17 200 12404 -54.0 -62.0 37 7.9 -54.2 303 73 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14227 -61.4 -80.9 6 19.5 -61.5 310 45 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16682 -68.7 -86.1 6 17.3 -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: 5738.95 m Freezing level: 589.42 mb = 4577.71 m = 15018.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 594.36 mb = 4506.19 m = 14783.91 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.51 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.96 mb = 485.95 m = 1594.29 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 12.77 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 969.60 mb = 400.47 m = 1313.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.78 C = 64.00 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: 0.63 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 42.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4417.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.79 mb = 1129.73 m = 3706.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.6 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 296.6 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 479.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 477.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 118.37 m/s