MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.48,-90.76 Latitude: 39.48 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 SFC 999 178 21.9 15.1 65 6.8 17.4 299 4 295.1 297.0 290.6 326.2 10.82 2 950 614 17.5 13.4 77 4.1 14.9 338 5 295.0 296.8 290.1 324.3 10.22 3 900 1074 14.8 10.6 76 4.2 12.3 230 8 296.8 298.4 289.6 322.8 8.97 4 850 1555 11.7 4.6 62 7.1 7.8 192 3 298.4 299.5 287.7 316.8 6.25 5 800 2060 8.8 5.0 77 3.8 6.7 129 3 300.6 301.8 289.0 320.9 6.85 6 750 2591 5.1 0.7 74 4.3 2.9 214 1 302.1 303.1 288.2 318.3 5.39 7 700 3151 2.5 -6.0 54 8.4 -1.3 347 7 305.2 305.9 287.4 316.0 3.49 8 650 3748 0.6 -7.6 54 8.2 -3.0 343 13 309.7 310.3 288.8 320.1 3.31 9 600 4387 -2.1 -25.1 15 23.0 -8.6 335 20 313.7 313.8 287.6 316.5 0.83 10 550 5072 -6.4 -28.3 16 21.9 -11.9 328 25 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.9 0.68 11 500 5809 -11.3 -31.1 18 19.8 -15.7 319 27 319.3 319.4 289.2 321.3 0.57 12 450 6608 -16.8 -29.9 31 13.1 -19.6 315 30 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.7 0.71 13 400 7482 -23.1 -45.4 11 22.3 -25.7 308 38 325.0 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.17 14 350 8445 -29.4 -53.5 8 24.1 -31.3 299 50 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.07 15 300 9531 -36.4 -58.1 9 21.7 -37.6 295 60 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 16 250 10769 -45.1 -66.0 8 20.9 -45.7 291 73 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 17 200 12226 -54.5 -68.8 16 14.3 -54.8 299 69 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14044 -59.5 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.7 311 59 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.01 19 100 16561 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 330 37 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.36 m Freezing level: 638.81 mb = 3891.19 m = 12766.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.36 mb = 2974.67 m = 9759.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.26 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.77 mb = 1038.87 m = 3408.32 ft T: 15.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1618.72 m = 5310.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.47 C = 77.85 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 2.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 6.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 15.82 C K Index: 19.07 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 88.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.71 mb = 1228.11 m = 4029.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.71 mb = 2604.90 m = 8546.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.71 mb = 2936.77 m = 9634.96 ft B at Equ Level: 6.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 678.71 mb = 3399.87 m = 11154.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 325.4 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 355.4 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.6 neg: -43.0 tot: -18.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.88 Bulk Shear: 8.17 m/s