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,-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 163 SFC 973 397 16.9 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 124 12 292.3 294.5 290.7 326.5 12.05 2 950 602 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.2 128 21 292.7 294.7 290.3 325.2 11.43 3 900 1062 15.7 15.5 99 0.1 15.6 159 18 297.6 299.9 292.7 333.7 12.42 4 850 1548 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.4 202 14 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.20 5 800 2061 13.5 13.3 99 0.2 13.4 235 15 305.5 307.8 294.8 341.8 12.12 6 750 2604 11.0 10.9 99 0.2 10.9 258 15 308.6 310.6 294.7 341.8 10.96 7 700 3178 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 271 15 311.0 312.8 294.3 339.8 9.37 8 650 3786 4.8 4.4 97 0.4 4.5 267 24 314.4 315.9 294.2 339.6 8.09 9 600 4436 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 266 34 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.72 10 550 5131 -3.0 -3.5 96 0.5 -3.3 265 40 320.5 321.5 293.8 337.9 5.36 11 500 5881 -6.8 -7.6 94 0.8 -7.2 276 38 324.7 325.6 294.1 339.1 4.32 12 450 6698 -11.0 -12.3 91 1.2 -11.5 288 38 329.4 330.0 294.5 340.7 3.32 13 400 7594 -16.5 -18.2 86 1.8 -17.1 298 36 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.6 2.27 14 350 8584 -23.4 -25.8 81 2.3 -24.0 302 35 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.1 1.34 15 300 9693 -31.8 -34.6 76 2.8 -32.2 298 32 340.6 340.7 295.1 343.2 0.68 16 250 10954 -42.6 -45.9 70 3.3 -42.8 290 32 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.8 0.25 17 200 12416 -53.6 -68.1 15 14.5 -53.9 301 52 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14224 -63.1 -81.1 7 18.0 -63.2 313 58 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16684 -68.6 -85.3 7 16.7 -68.7 318 28 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.79 m Freezing level: 587.73 mb = 4606.38 m = 15112.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.76 mb = 4573.38 m = 15004.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.31 mb = 474.43 m = 1556.51 ft T: 16.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 3.99 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 960.98 mb = 503.96 m = 1653.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.08 C = 62.74 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 4.37 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.14 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6095.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.30 mb = 881.37 m = 2891.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.1 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 288.1 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 196.1 neg: -2.9 tot: 193.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 200.93 m/s