MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 37.16,-88.40 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1012 124 18.5 12.9 70 5.6 15.0 47 3 290.7 292.3 287.7 316.8 9.24 1 1000 223 16.2 11.4 73 4.8 13.3 47 3 289.3 290.8 286.5 313.3 8.48 2 950 660 16.2 6.0 51 10.2 10.6 73 4 293.6 294.7 285.9 311.5 6.18 3 900 1116 12.1 4.0 58 8.1 7.8 76 3 294.0 295.0 285.5 310.5 5.68 4 850 1592 8.9 -0.0 54 8.9 4.5 10 6 295.4 296.3 284.8 308.7 4.49 5 800 2092 6.6 0.9 67 5.7 3.8 339 16 298.2 299.2 286.5 313.5 5.12 6 750 2620 5.2 -1.3 63 6.5 2.0 323 22 302.2 303.1 287.5 316.3 4.64 7 700 3181 3.4 -12.7 30 16.0 -2.8 318 23 306.2 306.6 286.3 312.8 2.06 8 650 3779 1.5 -25.5 11 27.0 -6.2 313 22 310.7 310.8 286.5 313.2 0.74 9 600 4420 -0.4 -27.3 11 26.9 -7.9 308 24 315.7 315.8 288.1 318.0 0.68 10 550 5110 -4.4 -26.0 17 21.6 -10.4 312 28 318.8 319.0 289.3 321.8 0.83 11 500 5853 -9.6 -33.3 13 23.6 -14.8 311 34 321.3 321.4 289.6 323.0 0.46 12 450 6656 -16.1 -38.5 13 22.4 -19.9 307 36 323.0 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.31 13 400 7532 -21.7 -46.2 9 24.5 -24.7 310 43 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.4 0.15 14 350 8500 -29.0 -41.2 30 12.3 -30.4 305 47 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.30 15 300 9584 -37.5 -49.9 26 12.4 -38.4 312 50 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10817 -46.1 -56.1 31 10.0 -46.5 323 77 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 17 200 12265 -55.6 -63.5 36 8.0 -55.7 321 82 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.0 0.04 18 150 14089 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 310 51 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16594 -63.5 -87.6 2 24.2 -63.7 303 35 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.83 m Freezing level: 610.48 mb = 4285.97 m = 14061.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.06 mb = 2850.30 m = 9351.25 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.15 % Est. max temperature: 22.94 C = 73.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.47 mb = 835.29 m = 2740.43 ft T: 14.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.87 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.44 mb = 3199.10 m = 10495.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.23 C = 93.61 F Cap Strength: 11.15 C Lifted Index: 11.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.39 C Showalter Index: 13.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.52 C Cross Totals Index: 9.61 C K Index: 2.47 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11537.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.31 mb = 1549.77 m = 5084.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 348.3 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -11.7 tot: -6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 52.24 m/s