MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 37.21,-85.67 Latitude: 37.21 Longitude: -85.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 993 224 23.8 18.8 73 5.1 20.4 112 6 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.7 13.86 2 950 609 19.2 16.8 86 2.3 17.6 112 7 296.6 298.9 292.7 333.6 12.80 3 900 1072 15.7 14.9 95 0.8 15.2 106 11 297.7 299.8 292.3 332.3 11.92 4 850 1557 13.4 13.2 98 0.3 13.3 139 11 300.2 302.3 292.6 333.3 11.26 5 800 2069 13.6 8.6 72 5.0 10.6 163 7 305.7 307.3 292.3 332.2 8.81 6 750 2610 10.3 7.1 80 3.2 8.4 164 8 307.8 309.4 292.7 333.5 8.47 7 700 3181 7.0 1.3 67 5.7 3.9 189 9 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.9 6.01 8 650 3787 3.7 -6.8 46 10.5 -1.1 202 9 313.2 313.9 290.1 324.5 3.53 9 600 4432 0.3 -15.4 30 15.7 -5.6 196 9 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.8 1.92 10 550 5123 -4.4 -19.7 29 15.4 -9.4 198 13 318.9 319.2 289.9 323.8 1.45 11 500 5867 -8.2 -35.7 9 27.5 -14.0 206 17 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.36 12 450 6678 -12.9 -30.6 21 17.8 -17.0 214 25 327.0 327.2 291.6 329.4 0.66 13 400 7566 -18.1 -38.1 16 20.0 -21.6 212 38 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.36 14 350 8548 -25.4 -43.7 16 18.3 -27.7 214 42 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.5 0.23 15 300 9650 -32.8 -48.5 19 15.7 -34.2 216 50 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.16 16 250 10908 -42.4 -47.7 56 5.4 -42.8 213 58 343.0 343.1 295.3 343.9 0.20 17 200 12375 -53.9 -64.9 25 11.0 -54.1 219 64 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14188 -60.1 -78.9 7 18.8 -60.3 231 28 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.01 19 100 16675 -66.2 -86.2 4 20.0 -66.4 258 13 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.92 m Freezing level: 597.01 mb = 4473.54 m = 14676.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.98 mb = 3650.12 m = 11975.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.21 C = 80.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.35 mb = 861.91 m = 2827.75 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 10.70 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 1032.92 m = 3388.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 29.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.79 mb = 979.28 m = 3212.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.79 mb = 1216.53 m = 3991.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 844.79 mb = 1608.93 m = 5278.59 ft B at Equ Level: 2.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.79 mb = 1709.40 m = 5608.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.3 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 209.3 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 27.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 13.81 m/s