MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-85.78 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -85.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 261 23.0 17.8 73 5.2 19.5 270 12 297.3 299.7 293.2 335.3 13.14 2 950 588 20.0 14.0 68 6.0 16.1 272 20 297.5 299.4 291.3 328.4 10.65 3 900 1051 15.6 12.2 80 3.4 13.5 272 22 297.6 299.4 290.7 326.7 9.99 4 850 1533 11.4 9.5 88 1.9 10.3 274 25 298.1 299.7 289.9 323.8 8.79 5 800 2037 8.2 4.9 80 3.3 6.4 283 31 299.9 301.2 288.8 320.1 6.82 6 750 2567 4.7 3.7 93 1.0 4.2 300 31 301.7 302.9 289.2 321.6 6.68 7 700 3126 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.0 310 29 304.1 305.2 289.2 321.4 5.70 8 650 3720 -1.7 -3.6 87 1.9 -2.6 306 27 307.0 307.9 289.0 321.0 4.51 9 600 4354 -4.3 -11.8 56 7.5 -7.2 317 26 311.1 311.6 288.5 319.4 2.58 10 550 5034 -9.1 -28.6 19 19.4 -13.7 321 26 313.2 313.4 287.2 315.5 0.66 11 500 5762 -14.3 -42.0 8 27.7 -18.4 322 29 315.7 315.7 287.5 316.4 0.19 12 450 6551 -20.2 -50.7 5 30.6 -23.4 325 31 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.2 0.08 13 400 7413 -25.8 -51.3 7 25.4 -28.1 339 40 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.7 0.09 14 350 8366 -32.9 -53.1 11 20.2 -34.3 345 48 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.08 15 300 9431 -41.7 -58.9 14 17.2 -42.3 339 49 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.05 16 250 10642 -49.9 -60.7 27 10.7 -50.3 327 51 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.04 17 200 12084 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 325 57 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13931 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.4 318 56 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.00 19 100 16497 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 301 25 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.09 m Freezing level: 676.80 mb = 3401.74 m = 11160.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.02 mb = 3287.95 m = 10787.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.71 mb = 911.93 m = 2991.86 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.21 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.89 mb = 1366.86 m = 4484.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 34.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.15 mb = 1315.90 m = 4317.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.15 mb = 1462.20 m = 4797.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 287.15 mb = 9721.71 m = 31894.99 ft B at Equ Level: 579.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.15 mb = 12176.62 m = 39949.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.1 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 333.1 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 162.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 19.23 Bulk Shear: 30.15 m/s