MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.50,-86.96 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -86.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 1000 140 27.6 16.6 51 11.0 20.2 4 7 300.8 303.0 293.3 336.1 12.00 2 950 587 22.3 14.5 61 7.8 17.2 5 7 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.1 11.00 3 900 1054 17.8 13.6 76 4.2 15.1 6 7 299.8 301.8 292.2 331.8 10.92 4 850 1540 13.1 12.4 96 0.7 12.7 7 7 299.8 301.8 292.0 331.2 10.71 5 800 2047 9.0 5.6 79 3.4 7.1 322 6 300.7 302.1 289.3 321.9 7.14 6 750 2578 5.6 1.2 73 4.4 3.3 319 10 302.6 303.7 288.5 319.4 5.55 7 700 3139 2.8 -3.7 62 6.6 -0.3 292 12 305.6 306.4 288.2 318.4 4.14 8 650 3737 1.1 -16.9 25 17.9 -5.2 274 16 310.2 310.5 287.2 315.3 1.57 9 600 4377 -1.3 -31.2 8 29.8 -8.8 267 15 314.6 314.7 287.5 316.2 0.47 10 550 5066 -3.7 -46.4 2 42.7 -11.3 268 17 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.1 0.11 11 500 5812 -7.9 -42.0 5 34.1 -14.2 271 22 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.1 0.19 12 450 6621 -14.3 -40.2 9 25.9 -18.7 275 23 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.2 0.26 13 400 7499 -22.2 -40.7 17 18.5 -24.9 287 23 326.1 326.1 290.9 327.1 0.27 14 350 8467 -28.1 -58.0 4 29.9 -30.3 299 24 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.04 15 300 9555 -36.2 -51.8 18 15.6 -37.2 294 30 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 16 250 10792 -47.1 -55.9 36 8.9 -47.4 299 39 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.4 0.08 17 200 12226 -58.3 -64.1 48 5.7 -58.4 303 44 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.03 18 150 14030 -60.2 -80.5 5 20.4 -60.4 301 43 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16537 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 318 23 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.38 m Freezing level: 627.98 mb = 4018.65 m = 13184.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.82 mb = 3095.03 m = 10154.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.61 mb = 1523.89 m = 4999.57 ft T: 13.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.02 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.49 mb = 1535.11 m = 5036.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.67 C = 80.01 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: 2.74 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.32 C K Index: 26.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.99 mb = 1559.79 m = 5117.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.99 mb = 1609.20 m = 5279.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 592.99 mb = 4469.72 m = 14664.25 ft B at Equ Level: 168.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 302.99 mb = 9485.46 m = 31119.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 150.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: -2.2 tot: 3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.20 Bulk Shear: 22.14 m/s