MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.70,-89.79 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -89.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 150 21.5 19.4 88 2.1 20.1 69 4 294.6 297.2 293.2 335.5 14.30 1 1000 154 22.4 19.8 86 2.5 20.6 54 4 295.5 298.1 293.7 337.7 14.69 2 950 603 21.7 17.6 78 4.1 18.9 104 16 299.2 301.7 294.0 338.5 13.48 3 900 1070 17.5 15.8 90 1.6 16.4 102 17 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.5 12.65 4 850 1556 14.6 12.9 89 1.8 13.5 107 12 301.5 303.5 292.8 334.0 11.04 5 800 2068 12.0 9.8 86 2.2 10.6 106 11 303.9 305.7 292.4 332.4 9.53 6 750 2606 9.0 6.6 85 2.4 7.6 105 10 306.3 307.9 292.0 331.2 8.20 7 700 3175 6.0 3.1 82 2.9 4.4 112 6 309.2 310.5 291.8 330.3 6.87 8 650 3780 2.9 -1.2 74 4.1 0.8 141 2 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.2 5.40 9 600 4423 -0.6 -7.3 60 6.7 -3.6 237 2 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.67 10 550 5114 -4.4 -25.6 17 21.2 -10.4 239 2 318.9 319.1 289.3 321.9 0.86 11 500 5855 -10.3 -25.4 28 15.1 -14.3 299 0 320.5 320.7 289.9 323.8 0.97 12 450 6658 -16.0 -27.7 36 11.8 -18.7 301 3 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.2 0.87 13 400 7535 -21.7 -25.1 74 3.4 -22.5 239 10 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.1 1.24 14 350 8503 -29.0 -33.6 65 4.6 -29.7 246 4 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.9 0.64 15 300 9587 -37.2 -42.8 56 5.6 -37.7 0 13 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.1 0.29 16 250 10822 -46.6 -55.8 34 9.2 -47.0 352 20 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12283 -48.2 -73.6 4 25.4 -48.8 248 13 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 14156 -54.1 -82.8 2 28.7 -54.5 249 23 376.9 376.9 301.8 376.9 0.00 19 100 16698 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.5 273 23 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.88 m Freezing level: 608.63 mb = 4312.09 m = 14147.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.11 mb = 3890.28 m = 12763.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.03 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.99 mb = 420.89 m = 1380.85 ft T: 21.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.61 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1207.52 m = 3961.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 34.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 617.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.74 mb = 995.70 m = 3266.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.74 mb = 1628.78 m = 5343.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.74 mb = 11014.50 m = 36136.37 ft B at Equ Level: 599.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.74 mb = 12870.70 m = 42226.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 108.7 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 138.7 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -5.6 tot: 24.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 264.69 Bulk Shear: 2.33 m/s