MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.48,-85.80 Latitude: 40.48 Longitude: -85.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 987 256 19.6 17.9 90 1.7 18.5 319 7 293.9 296.2 292.2 331.6 13.21 2 950 586 18.3 15.7 85 2.6 16.6 324 18 295.8 297.9 291.7 330.1 11.91 3 900 1047 15.2 12.1 82 3.1 13.3 308 21 297.2 299.0 290.5 325.9 9.89 4 850 1529 11.6 9.2 86 2.3 10.2 298 23 298.2 299.8 289.8 323.5 8.64 5 800 2032 7.8 6.4 91 1.4 7.0 296 24 299.5 300.9 289.3 321.7 7.55 6 750 2563 5.0 2.7 85 2.3 3.7 300 24 302.0 303.1 288.9 320.5 6.19 7 700 3123 2.2 -2.8 70 5.0 -0.2 303 23 304.9 305.7 288.2 318.5 4.44 8 650 3718 -0.4 -21.5 19 21.1 -6.8 310 23 308.5 308.7 286.0 312.0 1.05 9 600 4354 -3.6 -22.1 22 18.5 -9.1 319 23 311.9 312.1 287.3 315.6 1.08 10 550 5036 -7.2 -48.9 2 41.7 -13.5 331 23 315.6 315.6 287.3 315.9 0.08 11 500 5770 -12.5 -41.4 7 28.8 -17.2 335 26 317.7 317.8 288.2 318.5 0.20 12 450 6566 -17.6 -40.6 12 22.9 -21.1 326 35 321.1 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.25 13 400 7436 -24.1 -38.6 25 14.5 -26.2 321 41 323.6 323.7 290.2 324.9 0.34 14 350 8393 -32.1 -37.2 61 5.1 -32.8 318 51 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.45 15 300 9462 -40.4 -53.4 24 13.0 -41.1 323 63 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.8 0.09 16 250 10680 -49.0 -60.5 25 11.5 -49.3 329 71 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 12117 -56.5 -66.3 28 9.8 -56.6 322 71 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 13944 -56.3 -81.1 3 24.8 -56.6 315 49 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16498 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 318 30 414.9 414.9 307.1 414.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5626.75 m Freezing level: 657.99 mb = 3622.60 m = 11885.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.73 mb = 3091.23 m = 10141.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.85 mb = 469.85 m = 1541.49 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.59 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.66 mb = 1230.19 m = 4036.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.32 C = 73.97 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 28.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 204.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.20 mb = 1035.74 m = 3398.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.20 mb = 1467.71 m = 4815.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 326.20 mb = 8881.28 m = 29137.71 ft B at Equ Level: 204.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.20 mb = 11045.84 m = 36239.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.4 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 344.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.2 neg: -2.6 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 20.39 Bulk Shear: 10.04 m/s