MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.18,-84.17 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -84.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 989 248 21.7 12.2 55 9.5 15.7 233 4 295.7 297.4 289.3 321.9 9.03 2 950 598 20.4 10.3 52 10.1 14.3 256 8 297.9 299.4 289.4 322.2 8.31 3 900 1061 16.0 9.5 65 6.5 12.1 263 8 298.0 299.5 289.4 322.2 8.29 4 850 1543 11.3 8.6 84 2.7 9.7 269 9 298.0 299.5 289.4 322.2 8.28 5 800 2046 7.2 6.0 92 1.2 6.6 304 10 298.8 300.2 288.9 320.5 7.37 6 750 2575 4.6 3.5 93 1.0 4.0 331 18 301.6 302.8 289.1 321.3 6.60 7 700 3135 1.4 0.1 91 1.3 0.8 326 17 304.1 305.1 289.0 320.8 5.52 8 650 3729 -1.3 -4.5 79 3.2 -2.7 303 17 307.5 308.3 288.9 320.6 4.23 9 600 4363 -4.6 -13.5 50 8.8 -7.8 289 19 310.8 311.2 288.1 318.0 2.25 10 550 5042 -9.0 -18.5 46 9.5 -11.9 291 21 313.4 313.7 288.3 318.8 1.62 11 500 5772 -14.0 -24.8 39 10.9 -16.7 304 23 316.0 316.2 288.6 319.5 1.02 12 450 6564 -18.7 -33.2 27 14.5 -21.3 318 26 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.6 0.52 13 400 7432 -24.3 -51.8 6 27.4 -26.9 327 32 323.4 323.4 289.9 323.7 0.08 14 350 8388 -32.6 -50.3 15 17.7 -33.9 329 40 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.11 15 300 9453 -41.6 -53.6 26 12.0 -42.2 322 44 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.1 0.09 16 250 10668 -49.0 -60.5 25 11.5 -49.3 318 47 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.04 17 200 12111 -53.5 -70.7 10 17.3 -53.8 313 50 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 13951 -55.8 -79.6 4 23.8 -56.2 311 49 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16506 -57.8 -85.6 2 27.9 -58.2 311 27 416.1 416.1 307.3 416.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.19 m Freezing level: 673.68 mb = 3447.49 m = 11310.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.89 mb = 3263.08 m = 10705.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.08 C = 75.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.39 mb = 1450.28 m = 4758.08 ft T: 12.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 3.21 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.82 mb = 1924.21 m = 6312.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.56 C = 76.20 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 1.24 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 32.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7495.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.90 mb = 1791.59 m = 5877.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.6 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 330.6 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -4.2 tot: 32.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 21.47 m/s