MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 189 SFC 976 398 16.8 13.0 78 3.8 14.4 124 6 292.0 293.7 288.5 319.4 9.67 2 950 627 18.0 12.9 72 5.1 14.8 154 15 295.5 297.3 290.0 324.0 9.89 3 900 1090 17.5 5.5 45 12.0 10.7 171 16 299.6 300.7 288.2 318.3 6.31 4 850 1575 13.8 6.9 63 6.9 9.8 178 17 300.6 302.0 289.5 322.5 7.38 5 800 2085 11.5 9.2 86 2.3 10.1 196 13 303.5 305.2 291.9 330.8 9.18 6 750 2623 9.9 9.8 99 0.1 9.8 232 14 307.3 309.2 293.9 338.1 10.17 7 700 3197 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 262 15 311.0 312.7 294.3 339.7 9.35 8 650 3804 4.2 3.8 97 0.4 4.0 268 17 313.7 315.2 293.8 337.9 7.77 9 600 4453 0.3 -0.1 97 0.4 0.1 273 18 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.6 6.34 10 550 5147 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.2 -4.7 277 21 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.3 4.29 11 500 5895 -7.5 -11.9 71 4.3 -9.3 274 25 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.2 3.08 12 450 6708 -12.3 -14.8 82 2.5 -13.2 286 28 327.8 328.3 293.6 337.0 2.70 13 400 7599 -17.5 -20.7 76 3.3 -18.4 295 32 332.3 332.7 294.0 338.8 1.83 14 350 8586 -24.3 -27.1 78 2.7 -25.0 302 40 335.9 336.2 294.4 340.3 1.19 15 300 9690 -32.9 -36.0 74 3.1 -33.3 297 42 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.59 16 250 10945 -43.6 -47.4 66 3.8 -43.9 296 51 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.21 17 200 12404 -53.7 -62.9 32 9.2 -53.9 308 64 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.04 18 150 14215 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.1 316 53 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16676 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 323 29 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.78 m Freezing level: 595.35 mb = 4517.23 m = 14820.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.18 mb = 4463.58 m = 14644.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.31 mb = 880.50 m = 2888.74 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 5.71 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 655.08 mb = 3740.51 m = 12271.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.08 C = 100.55 F Cap Strength: 7.67 C Lifted Index: 8.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.89 C Showalter Index: 7.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.37 C Cross Totals Index: 14.50 C K Index: 28.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.35 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9578.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.62 mb = 1850.43 m = 6070.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 126.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 69.66 m/s