MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 164 SFC 974 393 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 124 12 292.3 294.4 290.7 326.4 12.04 2 950 603 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 128 21 292.6 294.6 290.3 325.0 11.39 3 900 1062 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.5 158 18 297.6 299.9 292.7 333.5 12.39 4 850 1548 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 200 14 301.3 303.5 293.5 336.8 12.06 5 800 2062 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 233 15 305.4 307.6 294.7 341.4 12.03 6 750 2604 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 11.0 257 16 308.6 310.6 294.8 341.9 10.99 7 700 3178 7.7 7.6 99 0.2 7.6 270 14 311.0 312.8 294.3 339.8 9.38 8 650 3787 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 267 23 314.3 315.9 294.2 339.6 8.11 9 600 4436 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 265 34 317.2 318.5 294.0 338.6 6.72 10 550 5131 -3.1 -3.7 96 0.6 -3.4 264 41 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.5 5.30 11 500 5881 -6.9 -7.7 94 0.8 -7.3 275 39 324.6 325.5 294.0 338.8 4.28 12 450 6698 -11.1 -12.4 90 1.3 -11.6 287 39 329.3 329.9 294.4 340.4 3.27 13 400 7593 -16.5 -18.3 86 1.8 -17.1 297 37 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.6 2.27 14 350 8584 -23.4 -25.7 81 2.3 -23.9 300 35 337.3 337.6 294.8 342.2 1.35 15 300 9693 -31.8 -34.6 76 2.8 -32.2 299 32 340.6 340.8 295.1 343.2 0.68 16 250 10954 -42.5 -45.8 70 3.3 -42.8 291 32 342.8 342.9 295.3 343.9 0.25 17 200 12416 -53.8 -67.8 16 14.0 -54.0 301 52 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14223 -63.0 -81.1 7 18.1 -63.2 314 59 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16683 -68.7 -85.2 7 16.6 -68.8 318 28 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.78 m Freezing level: 588.18 mb = 4600.44 m = 15093.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.74 mb = 4560.38 m = 14961.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.98 C = 82.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.93 mb = 469.74 m = 1541.13 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 4.43 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.99 mb = 504.65 m = 1655.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.07 C = 62.73 F Cap Strength: 3.88 C Lifted Index: 4.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.45 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.46 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.38 C Cross Totals Index: 21.08 C K Index: 35.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6118.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.76 mb = 877.87 m = 2880.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.8 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 287.8 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.3 neg: -4.7 tot: 184.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 199.70 m/s