MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 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 132 SFC 969 398 16.1 15.7 98 0.4 15.8 49 10 291.8 293.9 290.2 324.7 11.62 2 950 568 14.8 14.6 99 0.1 14.7 57 18 292.2 294.2 289.9 323.6 11.09 3 900 1026 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.2 358 9 296.4 298.4 291.5 329.0 11.31 4 850 1512 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.7 310 22 302.8 305.2 294.8 342.1 13.28 5 800 2028 14.8 14.7 100 0.1 14.7 306 27 306.9 309.4 295.9 346.8 13.26 6 750 2573 11.8 11.6 98 0.2 11.7 319 24 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.4 11.50 7 700 3148 8.6 8.1 96 0.5 8.3 338 24 312.0 313.9 294.8 342.0 9.72 8 650 3759 5.4 3.7 89 1.7 4.5 335 25 315.1 316.6 294.1 339.3 7.72 9 600 4411 2.7 0.5 86 2.2 1.5 305 25 319.2 320.5 294.4 340.4 6.64 10 550 5111 -0.8 -4.0 79 3.2 -2.4 303 27 323.1 324.2 294.3 340.1 5.17 11 500 5867 -5.0 -8.5 76 3.5 -6.7 309 29 326.9 327.7 294.4 340.4 4.02 12 450 6690 -9.4 -18.2 48 8.9 -12.5 309 33 331.5 331.9 294.0 338.5 2.02 13 400 7588 -15.9 -21.4 63 5.4 -17.6 301 34 334.3 334.6 294.4 340.5 1.74 14 350 8580 -22.6 -26.0 73 3.5 -23.4 276 30 338.4 338.6 295.1 343.1 1.31 15 300 9693 -31.2 -37.3 55 6.1 -32.1 260 23 341.4 341.5 295.1 343.4 0.52 16 250 10955 -42.3 -57.3 18 15.0 -43.0 277 19 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.07 17 200 12424 -53.2 -69.7 12 16.5 -53.5 310 49 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.6 0.02 18 150 14228 -64.3 -78.6 12 14.3 -64.4 308 50 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16677 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 332 29 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.77 m Freezing level: 561.42 mb = 4951.00 m = 16243.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.09 mb = 4668.49 m = 15316.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.28 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.84 mb = 445.40 m = 1461.28 ft T: 15.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 7.44 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.06 mb = 505.36 m = 1657.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.30 C = 61.34 F Cap Strength: 6.63 C Lifted Index: 7.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.03 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 41.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7531.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.75 mb = 888.44 m = 2914.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.0 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 348.0 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 5.1 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 174.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: -29.7 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 99.18 m/s