MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 37.88,-84.43 Latitude: 37.88 Longitude: -84.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 990 271 25.3 18.2 65 7.1 20.4 33 11 299.3 301.8 293.9 338.5 13.41 2 950 628 20.8 16.1 75 4.7 17.7 33 14 298.3 300.5 292.7 333.8 12.21 3 900 1093 16.2 15.0 92 1.3 15.4 33 15 298.2 300.4 292.6 333.1 11.98 4 850 1577 14.4 7.3 63 7.0 10.2 48 15 301.2 302.6 289.9 323.7 7.59 5 800 2088 12.3 7.3 71 5.0 9.3 358 7 304.3 305.8 291.3 328.4 8.03 6 750 2628 12.0 -9.3 22 21.3 2.6 314 9 309.6 310.1 287.9 317.6 2.51 7 700 3203 9.4 -4.0 39 13.4 2.7 297 14 312.8 313.6 290.5 325.7 4.05 8 650 3813 5.4 -5.8 44 11.2 0.1 292 15 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.3 3.82 9 600 4461 1.3 -7.7 51 9.0 -2.9 291 15 317.6 318.3 291.5 329.2 3.57 10 550 5156 -2.6 -12.8 45 10.2 -6.7 287 16 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.6 2.60 11 500 5907 -5.2 -38.9 5 33.8 -12.3 284 22 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.7 0.26 12 450 6725 -10.8 -29.1 21 18.3 -15.4 275 29 329.7 329.8 292.4 332.5 0.77 13 400 7619 -16.9 -34.2 21 17.4 -20.4 271 26 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.0 0.53 14 350 8606 -24.3 -36.5 31 12.2 -26.3 259 31 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.48 15 300 9710 -33.0 -44.5 31 11.5 -34.2 257 40 338.9 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.24 16 250 10967 -41.9 -55.3 22 13.4 -42.6 252 50 343.7 343.8 295.3 344.1 0.08 17 200 12442 -52.5 -67.1 15 14.7 -52.8 247 58 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14247 -63.6 -79.0 11 15.4 -63.7 240 54 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16711 -67.9 -86.0 6 18.1 -68.0 262 24 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.49 m Freezing level: 583.81 mb = 4686.37 m = 15375.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.66 mb = 3829.26 m = 12563.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.34 mb = 1165.04 m = 3822.28 ft T: 15.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.03 mb = 1507.49 m = 4945.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.54 C Showalter Index: 9.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.52 C Cross Totals Index: 12.50 C K Index: 13.46 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5145.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.63 mb = 1229.04 m = 4032.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.3 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 343.3 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -9.3 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.09 Bulk Shear: 41.91 m/s