MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.48,-89.00 Latitude: 39.48 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 196 24.9 19.3 71 5.6 21.1 102 10 298.4 301.0 294.3 340.0 14.31 2 950 611 20.7 16.8 78 3.9 18.1 98 13 298.1 300.5 293.1 335.2 12.75 3 900 1076 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.2 96 14 298.8 300.9 292.3 332.2 11.46 4 850 1561 14.4 4.5 51 9.9 8.9 93 16 301.2 302.4 288.7 319.9 6.23 5 800 2070 11.3 2.6 55 8.7 6.6 84 8 303.2 304.2 288.9 320.6 5.78 6 750 2608 8.4 7.6 95 0.7 7.9 169 8 305.6 307.3 292.3 332.1 8.79 7 700 3177 5.8 4.9 94 0.9 5.3 184 8 308.9 310.3 292.4 332.7 7.79 8 650 3781 2.9 -7.5 46 10.3 -1.7 186 8 312.2 312.9 289.6 322.9 3.35 9 600 4424 -0.2 -37.3 4 37.1 -8.5 184 8 315.9 315.9 287.7 316.8 0.26 10 550 5114 -4.6 -23.7 21 19.0 -10.2 192 7 318.6 318.8 289.4 322.1 1.03 11 500 5855 -10.2 -24.4 30 14.2 -14.1 173 7 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.3 1.06 12 450 6658 -15.0 -34.6 17 19.6 -18.8 162 8 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.45 13 400 7538 -21.0 -35.6 26 14.6 -23.5 149 7 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.4 0.46 14 350 8510 -28.0 -32.3 67 4.3 -28.7 163 6 331.0 331.1 292.7 333.6 0.73 15 300 9596 -36.9 -43.7 50 6.7 -37.5 187 14 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.27 16 250 10831 -46.5 -57.5 27 11.0 -46.9 202 16 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.06 17 200 12287 -52.3 -70.4 10 18.1 -52.7 213 31 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14134 -55.7 -83.0 2 27.2 -56.1 228 37 374.1 374.1 301.3 374.1 0.00 19 100 16664 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 250 9 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.02 m Freezing level: 603.57 mb = 4377.88 m = 14362.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.41 mb = 3626.59 m = 11898.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.19 mb = 904.01 m = 2965.89 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 20.12 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.53 mb = 1368.55 m = 4489.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: 6.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 14.75 C K Index: 28.31 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.54 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 161.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.65 mb = 1136.20 m = 3727.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.65 mb = 1980.13 m = 6496.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 618.65 mb = 4177.92 m = 13706.93 ft B at Equ Level: 30.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.65 mb = 11704.91 m = 38401.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 143.1 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 173.1 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -19.3 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.05 Bulk Shear: 8.48 m/s