MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.35,-90.49 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -90.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 191 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 26 6 290.6 292.7 289.8 323.6 11.69 2 950 606 19.0 16.4 85 2.6 17.2 53 11 296.4 298.7 292.3 332.3 12.42 3 900 1070 16.5 14.0 85 2.5 14.9 328 11 298.5 300.6 292.0 331.2 11.21 4 850 1554 12.7 11.4 92 1.3 11.9 320 12 299.5 301.3 291.3 328.7 10.00 5 800 2061 9.3 6.1 80 3.2 7.5 322 12 301.1 302.5 289.7 323.1 7.41 6 750 2593 6.4 1.3 69 5.2 3.7 309 10 303.6 304.6 288.9 320.5 5.59 7 700 3156 3.8 -5.7 50 9.4 -0.5 301 12 306.6 307.3 288.0 317.8 3.58 8 650 3755 0.8 -10.8 41 11.6 -3.9 300 14 309.9 310.3 288.1 318.1 2.58 9 600 4394 -1.1 -39.9 3 38.8 -9.1 313 16 314.8 314.9 287.3 315.6 0.20 10 550 5082 -5.1 -32.9 9 27.8 -11.5 320 19 318.0 318.1 288.6 319.6 0.44 11 500 5824 -8.1 -41.1 5 33.0 -14.3 321 20 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.9 0.21 12 450 6633 -14.5 -30.6 24 16.1 -18.1 319 23 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.67 13 400 7513 -21.1 -42.9 12 21.9 -24.1 320 28 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.22 14 350 8482 -29.0 -47.6 15 18.5 -30.9 311 31 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.2 0.15 15 300 9567 -37.4 -54.8 15 17.3 -38.5 304 36 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 16 250 10797 -47.8 -61.9 18 14.1 -48.2 302 38 335.0 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.04 17 200 12231 -58.4 -66.3 36 7.9 -58.5 310 45 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 18 150 14033 -59.5 -80.0 5 20.5 -59.7 320 50 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16555 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.8 324 28 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.02 m Freezing level: 629.24 mb = 4020.16 m = 13189.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.02 mb = 3086.40 m = 10125.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.05 mb = 320.46 m = 1051.36 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.45 C/km ThetaE index: 14.48 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.78 mb = 1339.87 m = 4395.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.64 C = 78.15 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 22.78 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.12 mb = 927.11 m = 3041.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.12 mb = 1853.17 m = 6079.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 630.12 mb = 4002.87 m = 13132.61 ft B at Equ Level: 67.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 530.12 mb = 5368.55 m = 17613.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.3 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 349.3 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: -21.5 tot: -17.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.05 Bulk Shear: 33.68 m/s