MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.65,-88.08 Latitude: 38.65 Longitude: -88.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 139 27.4 20.7 67 6.7 22.6 86 8 300.5 303.3 295.7 346.0 15.52 1 1000 144 26.8 19.6 64 7.3 21.8 88 8 300.0 302.6 294.9 342.3 14.48 2 950 594 22.3 18.0 77 4.3 19.4 85 11 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.2 13.81 3 900 1062 17.8 16.7 94 1.0 17.1 85 11 299.8 302.3 294.1 339.1 13.44 4 850 1549 14.4 13.3 93 1.1 13.7 110 14 301.3 303.3 293.0 334.7 11.35 5 800 2059 11.5 10.1 91 1.4 10.6 128 13 303.4 305.2 292.4 332.4 9.74 6 750 2596 8.3 5.8 84 2.5 6.9 170 10 305.6 307.0 291.4 329.0 7.74 7 700 3165 6.5 -0.6 60 7.1 2.8 146 7 309.7 310.7 290.6 326.0 5.24 8 650 3769 3.1 -15.7 24 18.8 -3.9 120 6 312.4 312.8 288.1 318.1 1.72 9 600 4413 0.6 -42.6 2 43.2 -8.2 122 2 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.3 0.15 10 550 5104 -3.9 -32.1 9 28.3 -10.7 323 2 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.2 0.47 11 500 5848 -9.2 -22.5 33 13.3 -13.1 280 5 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.2 1.25 12 450 6654 -14.4 -31.2 22 16.9 -18.1 263 10 325.2 325.3 291.0 327.4 0.63 13 400 7536 -19.9 -40.6 14 20.7 -23.1 270 14 329.1 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.28 14 350 8512 -27.6 -39.1 32 11.5 -29.2 270 19 331.6 331.7 292.5 333.0 0.37 15 300 9602 -36.3 -48.1 29 11.8 -37.2 265 26 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.16 16 250 10844 -43.6 -54.8 28 11.2 -44.1 319 55 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.7 0.09 17 200 12311 -53.6 -63.1 30 9.5 -53.8 297 30 347.8 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 14137 -55.9 -83.5 2 27.6 -56.2 286 41 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16651 -64.7 -87.3 3 22.6 -64.9 292 26 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.32 m Freezing level: 593.57 mb = 4501.55 m = 14768.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.98 mb = 3413.46 m = 11198.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.61 mb = 988.76 m = 3243.91 ft T: 18.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 28.67 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.06 mb = 1165.73 m = 3824.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.03 C = 80.66 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.47 C K Index: 29.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 676.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.06 mb = 1127.47 m = 3699.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.06 mb = 1271.79 m = 4172.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.06 mb = 10627.95 m = 34868.16 ft B at Equ Level: 670.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.06 mb = 13415.62 m = 44013.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 119.5 at 7.4 knts Storm direction: 149.5 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.4 neg: -1.6 tot: 39.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 186.92 Bulk Shear: 3.62 m/s