MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.60,-97.20 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -97.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 976 393 16.2 15.7 97 0.5 15.9 153 6 291.3 293.4 290.0 324.0 11.57 2 950 627 16.2 16.1 99 0.1 16.2 164 18 293.7 295.8 291.3 328.5 12.21 3 900 1085 13.5 13.1 97 0.4 13.3 160 19 295.4 297.3 290.5 325.9 10.58 4 850 1568 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.3 189 13 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.6 12.00 5 800 2080 12.2 11.9 98 0.3 12.0 212 12 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.0 11.00 6 750 2620 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 259 12 307.6 309.5 294.0 338.7 10.25 7 700 3193 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 278 14 310.9 312.6 294.1 339.1 9.20 8 650 3801 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.2 274 19 313.9 315.4 294.0 338.5 7.90 9 600 4448 0.3 -0.0 98 0.3 0.1 270 21 316.4 317.6 293.4 336.6 6.38 10 550 5143 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 265 23 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.2 5.41 11 500 5893 -6.5 -7.4 93 1.0 -6.9 263 27 325.2 326.0 294.3 339.7 4.38 12 450 6711 -10.9 -12.4 89 1.5 -11.5 267 29 329.5 330.2 294.5 340.8 3.29 13 400 7607 -16.5 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.1 273 29 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.5 2.24 14 350 8598 -23.3 -25.7 80 2.5 -23.9 273 30 337.4 337.7 294.8 342.3 1.34 15 300 9707 -32.2 -35.0 76 2.8 -32.6 268 30 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.6 0.65 16 250 10965 -42.8 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.1 264 32 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12424 -56.3 -60.2 61 3.9 -56.3 286 47 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14227 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 320 58 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16694 -68.7 -86.1 6 17.3 -68.8 312 29 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.66 m Freezing level: 595.88 mb = 4505.14 m = 14780.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.78 mb = 4464.14 m = 14645.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.33 mb = 454.87 m = 1492.35 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 2.61 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 910.32 m = 2986.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.60 C = 67.28 F Cap Strength: 4.92 C Lifted Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.28 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.48 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.57 C K Index: 34.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.31 mb = 886.72 m = 2909.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.31 mb = 1025.79 m = 3365.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 896.31 mb = 1119.71 m = 3673.54 ft B at Equ Level: 19.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 856.31 mb = 1505.60 m = 4939.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.3 neg: -4.0 tot: 81.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.27 Bulk Shear: 73.69 m/s