MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.09,-86.64 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -86.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 999 164 26.0 16.8 57 9.1 19.8 4 6 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.7 12.16 2 950 600 19.9 14.7 72 5.3 16.5 2 7 297.4 299.4 291.6 329.6 11.10 3 900 1063 15.7 12.8 82 3.0 13.8 329 9 297.7 299.6 291.1 327.8 10.36 4 850 1546 12.4 10.0 85 2.4 11.0 301 12 299.2 300.8 290.5 325.9 9.12 5 800 2052 9.1 5.1 76 4.1 6.9 294 14 300.9 302.2 289.2 321.3 6.88 6 750 2583 5.6 0.4 69 5.2 2.9 290 16 302.6 303.6 288.2 318.5 5.25 7 700 3144 2.9 -8.5 43 11.5 -1.9 275 13 305.7 306.3 287.0 314.7 2.86 8 650 3742 1.0 -24.0 13 25.1 -6.3 261 11 310.1 310.3 286.4 313.0 0.84 9 600 4380 -2.2 -29.0 11 26.8 -9.1 270 10 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.6 0.58 10 550 5067 -4.9 -37.8 6 32.9 -11.7 283 15 318.3 318.3 288.5 319.2 0.27 11 500 5811 -7.9 -44.2 4 36.4 -14.2 285 22 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.15 12 450 6619 -14.7 -39.0 11 24.3 -18.9 292 26 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.29 13 400 7497 -22.0 -45.6 10 23.7 -24.9 292 30 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.1 0.16 14 350 8465 -28.5 -60.7 3 32.2 -30.6 293 35 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.03 15 300 9550 -37.0 -52.1 19 15.2 -37.9 294 38 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10783 -47.8 -53.6 51 5.8 -48.0 293 43 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 17 200 12212 -59.5 -63.2 62 3.6 -59.6 299 51 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 18 150 14011 -59.8 -80.2 5 20.4 -60.0 308 47 367.1 367.1 300.0 367.1 0.00 19 100 16525 -61.3 -87.1 2 25.8 -61.6 326 28 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.67 m Freezing level: 634.01 mb = 3946.13 m = 12946.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.68 mb = 2918.95 m = 9576.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.05 % Est. max temperature: 25.97 C = 78.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.10 mb = 1309.71 m = 4296.91 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.04 C/km ThetaE index: 21.70 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1432.19 m = 4698.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.60 C = 78.07 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: 3.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 5.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.29 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 18.86 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.39 mb = 1316.59 m = 4319.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.39 mb = 1660.82 m = 5448.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 608.39 mb = 4269.65 m = 14007.86 ft B at Equ Level: 88.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 498.39 mb = 5836.05 m = 19146.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.0 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 318.0 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -14.8 tot: -13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: -1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 22.56 m/s