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: 37.62,-96.77 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -96.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 971 425 16.9 16.2 96 0.6 16.5 129 11 292.5 294.7 290.8 326.8 12.05 2 950 608 15.2 15.0 99 0.1 15.1 134 18 292.6 294.6 290.3 324.9 11.38 3 900 1067 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.5 151 19 296.7 298.7 291.7 329.9 11.52 4 850 1552 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 198 13 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.5 11.99 5 800 2064 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 222 14 304.7 306.8 294.0 338.9 11.48 6 750 2605 10.3 10.2 99 0.2 10.3 233 15 307.8 309.8 294.2 339.5 10.48 7 700 3179 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.7 242 12 311.1 312.9 294.3 340.0 9.41 8 650 3787 4.5 3.9 96 0.6 4.2 256 18 314.1 315.6 293.9 338.5 7.82 9 600 4436 0.6 -0.5 93 1.0 0.0 261 34 316.8 318.0 293.4 336.4 6.18 10 550 5129 -3.8 -4.8 93 1.0 -4.3 264 44 319.5 320.5 293.2 335.3 4.86 11 500 5878 -6.7 -7.7 92 1.1 -7.2 273 42 324.9 325.8 294.1 339.1 4.28 12 450 6695 -11.1 -12.5 89 1.4 -11.6 281 40 329.3 330.0 294.4 340.4 3.25 13 400 7590 -16.4 -18.3 86 1.8 -17.1 288 38 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.6 2.27 14 350 8581 -23.2 -25.6 81 2.3 -23.8 289 36 337.4 337.7 294.9 342.4 1.36 15 300 9690 -32.0 -34.8 76 2.8 -32.4 295 33 340.3 340.5 295.0 342.9 0.67 16 250 10951 -42.6 -45.9 70 3.3 -42.9 289 33 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12411 -54.3 -67.7 18 13.5 -54.5 300 52 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14217 -62.9 -80.9 7 18.1 -63.0 315 61 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 316 30 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.77 m Freezing level: 593.58 mb = 4524.77 m = 14844.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.77 mb = 4438.76 m = 14562.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.29 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.50 mb = 505.75 m = 1659.26 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.81 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 951.69 mb = 593.29 m = 1946.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.95 C = 62.51 F Cap Strength: 4.02 C Lifted Index: 5.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.84 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 35.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6840.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.52 mb = 921.75 m = 3024.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.5 neg: -7.4 tot: 146.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 170.82 m/s