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: 37.62,-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 188 SFC 976 397 16.2 15.7 96 0.6 15.8 149 6 291.4 293.4 290.0 324.0 11.54 2 950 626 16.2 16.1 99 0.2 16.1 161 18 293.6 295.8 291.3 328.4 12.17 3 900 1084 13.6 13.2 97 0.4 13.3 160 18 295.5 297.4 290.6 326.1 10.63 4 850 1568 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.4 193 13 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.0 12.09 5 800 2080 12.2 11.9 98 0.2 12.0 213 12 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.0 11.03 6 750 2620 10.1 9.9 99 0.2 10.0 258 11 307.5 309.5 294.0 338.6 10.25 7 700 3192 7.6 7.4 99 0.2 7.5 278 14 310.9 312.6 294.1 339.3 9.25 8 650 3801 4.5 4.2 98 0.3 4.4 274 19 314.1 315.6 294.1 339.0 7.99 9 600 4448 0.4 0.0 97 0.4 0.2 268 21 316.5 317.8 293.5 336.8 6.39 10 550 5143 -2.9 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 263 24 320.7 321.7 293.9 338.2 5.41 11 500 5894 -6.5 -7.4 93 1.0 -6.9 261 28 325.2 326.0 294.3 339.7 4.38 12 450 6711 -10.9 -12.4 89 1.4 -11.5 266 30 329.5 330.2 294.5 340.7 3.29 13 400 7607 -16.5 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.1 271 29 333.6 334.0 294.7 341.5 2.24 14 350 8598 -23.3 -25.7 80 2.5 -23.9 272 30 337.4 337.7 294.8 342.3 1.35 15 300 9707 -32.2 -35.0 76 2.8 -32.6 268 30 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.5 0.65 16 250 10965 -42.8 -46.2 69 3.4 -43.1 264 31 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.4 0.24 17 200 12424 -56.2 -60.1 61 3.9 -56.3 286 47 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14227 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.1 320 59 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16694 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 312 29 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.79 m Freezing level: 594.40 mb = 4526.11 m = 14849.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.49 mb = 4481.76 m = 14703.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.95 mb = 466.35 m = 1529.99 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 2.26 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 916.90 m = 3008.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.62 C = 67.31 F Cap Strength: 4.85 C Lifted Index: 6.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.20 C Showalter Index: 1.61 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.01 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 35.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.49 mb = 893.64 m = 2931.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.49 mb = 1032.85 m = 3388.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 895.49 mb = 1126.87 m = 3697.03 ft B at Equ Level: 20.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 855.49 mb = 1513.40 m = 4965.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 137.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -0.9 tot: 87.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 74.65 m/s