MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.36,-89.96 Latitude: 38.36 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 144 26.3 15.5 51 10.8 19.1 44 11 298.8 300.8 292.0 331.0 11.03 1 1000 211 23.8 12.4 49 11.4 16.6 44 12 296.9 298.6 289.8 323.4 9.10 2 950 655 19.0 10.6 58 8.4 13.8 44 14 296.4 298.0 289.0 321.0 8.46 3 900 1116 14.5 9.1 70 5.4 11.3 45 14 296.4 297.9 288.7 319.9 8.07 4 850 1595 9.8 7.8 88 2.0 8.6 46 14 296.4 297.8 288.5 319.2 7.85 5 800 2097 10.2 -18.0 12 28.2 0.4 68 12 302.0 302.2 283.7 305.7 1.16 6 750 2634 10.8 -36.9 2 47.7 -1.2 57 6 308.3 308.3 284.9 309.1 0.21 7 700 3204 7.4 -18.7 14 26.1 -1.9 57 5 310.6 310.9 287.0 314.8 1.25 8 650 3808 3.7 -21.4 14 25.0 -4.6 54 5 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.7 1.07 9 600 4452 -0.0 -21.2 18 21.2 -6.9 354 5 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.1 1.17 10 550 5144 -3.4 -15.7 38 12.3 -7.9 307 12 320.0 320.4 290.8 326.9 2.04 11 500 5891 -8.1 -18.6 43 10.4 -11.6 295 18 323.1 323.5 291.5 329.1 1.76 12 450 6699 -14.7 -31.2 23 16.4 -18.3 295 21 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.63 13 400 7578 -21.0 -54.9 3 33.9 -24.4 289 30 327.7 327.7 291.1 327.9 0.06 14 350 8552 -26.0 -51.2 7 25.2 -28.5 277 39 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 15 300 9654 -33.3 -50.8 16 17.4 -34.8 301 28 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.12 16 250 10906 -43.6 -53.6 32 10.1 -44.1 280 40 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.10 17 200 12368 -53.1 -61.3 36 8.2 -53.4 271 44 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.05 18 150 14203 -57.6 -82.5 3 24.9 -57.9 282 51 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16701 -67.0 -86.2 5 19.2 -67.2 278 21 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.92 m Freezing level: 600.40 mb = 4447.37 m = 14590.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.26 mb = 2220.09 m = 7283.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.91 C = 75.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.89 mb = 1498.15 m = 4915.11 ft T: 10.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 25.27 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.64 mb = 3420.52 m = 11222.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.06 C = 102.30 F Cap Strength: 7.00 C Lifted Index: 7.24 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.16 C Showalter Index: 8.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.92 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.94 C Cross Totals Index: 15.98 C K Index: -0.30 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9600.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.19 mb = 1691.30 m = 5548.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 17.6 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 47.6 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 172.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 12.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 4.31 m/s