MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.66,-86.30 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -86.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 145 SFC 989 238 21.5 16.1 71 5.4 17.9 239 5 295.5 297.6 291.5 329.1 11.67 2 950 591 20.6 13.6 64 7.0 16.1 256 13 298.1 300.0 291.2 328.3 10.37 3 900 1055 16.4 12.6 78 3.8 14.0 269 15 298.4 300.2 291.2 328.2 10.24 4 850 1539 12.3 10.6 90 1.7 11.3 285 17 299.0 300.8 290.8 326.9 9.51 5 800 2044 8.8 5.9 82 2.9 7.2 304 25 300.5 301.9 289.4 322.2 7.30 6 750 2575 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.2 311 26 302.5 303.5 288.4 319.0 5.50 7 700 3136 2.2 -2.3 72 4.5 0.0 318 21 304.9 305.8 288.4 319.0 4.61 8 650 3732 -0.0 -6.6 61 6.6 -3.0 315 18 308.9 309.6 288.8 320.2 3.58 9 600 4368 -3.7 -20.4 26 16.7 -8.9 325 20 311.8 312.0 287.4 316.0 1.25 10 550 5050 -7.9 -37.0 8 29.1 -13.5 337 23 314.8 314.8 287.3 315.8 0.29 11 500 5783 -12.5 -46.3 4 33.8 -17.4 348 28 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.3 0.12 12 450 6579 -17.4 -39.9 12 22.5 -20.9 344 37 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.26 13 400 7450 -23.8 -40.1 21 16.4 -26.0 339 43 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.29 14 350 8407 -32.3 -42.4 36 10.1 -33.4 337 48 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.26 15 300 9477 -39.9 -55.7 17 15.8 -40.6 340 62 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.5 0.07 16 250 10698 -48.5 -60.5 24 12.0 -48.8 340 72 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.04 17 200 12139 -55.1 -67.2 21 12.2 -55.3 329 72 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13972 -56.5 -80.1 4 23.5 -56.8 318 50 372.7 372.7 301.0 372.7 0.00 19 100 16511 -60.0 -87.3 2 27.4 -60.3 319 36 411.9 411.9 306.7 411.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.60 m Freezing level: 650.92 mb = 3721.46 m = 12209.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.67 mb = 3140.23 m = 10302.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.30 C = 77.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.63 mb = 926.07 m = 3038.26 ft T: 17.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 10.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.85 mb = 1559.75 m = 5117.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.05 C = 77.09 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.56 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.17 mb = 1389.00 m = 4557.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.17 mb = 1836.69 m = 6025.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.17 mb = 6575.69 m = 21573.53 ft B at Equ Level: 130.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.17 mb = 10431.20 m = 34222.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.6 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 347.6 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: -6.5 tot: 135.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 2.91 Bulk Shear: 47.33 m/s