MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.43,-83.15 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -83.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 174 SFC 989 270 18.7 15.6 82 3.1 16.7 57 5 292.8 294.9 290.3 325.1 11.35 2 950 614 18.1 15.8 86 2.3 16.5 96 17 295.5 297.7 291.7 329.9 11.94 3 900 1076 15.9 12.0 77 3.9 13.4 124 12 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.5 9.81 4 850 1559 11.9 10.4 90 1.5 11.0 110 10 298.6 300.3 290.6 326.0 9.37 5 800 2065 9.8 7.5 86 2.3 8.5 124 10 301.6 303.1 290.5 325.9 8.17 6 750 2599 7.7 2.6 70 5.1 4.9 123 8 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.5 6.14 7 700 3167 7.0 -14.3 20 21.4 -1.3 132 3 310.3 310.6 287.5 316.1 1.80 8 650 3772 3.4 -20.8 15 24.2 -4.6 234 3 312.8 313.0 287.6 316.6 1.12 9 600 4415 -0.7 -22.1 18 21.4 -7.4 251 3 315.3 315.5 288.4 319.0 1.09 10 550 5104 -5.1 -22.3 25 17.2 -10.3 256 4 318.0 318.3 289.3 322.0 1.16 11 500 5844 -9.9 -25.8 26 15.9 -14.1 271 6 321.0 321.2 290.0 324.2 0.93 12 450 6648 -16.1 -22.3 59 6.2 -17.8 266 12 323.0 323.3 291.1 327.9 1.42 13 400 7523 -21.7 -32.5 37 10.8 -23.8 258 20 326.7 326.9 291.5 329.0 0.62 14 350 8495 -27.5 -38.4 35 10.9 -29.0 251 31 331.6 331.7 292.6 333.1 0.40 15 300 9586 -35.1 -51.7 17 16.5 -36.4 256 33 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 16 250 10833 -44.4 -60.9 14 16.5 -45.0 258 43 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12297 -51.7 -70.3 9 18.6 -52.1 254 63 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14134 -57.9 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 258 55 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.4 0.00 19 100 16634 -65.2 -86.6 4 21.4 -65.3 275 28 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.50 m Freezing level: 608.44 mb = 4306.19 m = 14127.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.32 mb = 3046.75 m = 9995.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.28 mb = 665.37 m = 2182.96 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.75 mb = 1413.51 m = 4637.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.77 F Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lifted Index: 2.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.55 C Showalter Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 10.88 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6636.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.07 mb = 1103.49 m = 3620.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.5 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 164.5 at 5.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -19.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.2 neg: -13.6 tot: 44.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 10.01 m/s