MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.50,-84.15 Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -84.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 178 SFC 987 290 14.4 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 264 12 288.6 290.4 287.8 316.9 10.12 2 950 612 12.4 12.0 98 0.4 12.1 263 26 289.7 291.4 287.4 316.0 9.31 3 900 1065 11.0 10.5 97 0.5 10.7 260 30 292.8 294.4 288.2 318.2 8.88 4 850 1541 9.3 8.6 96 0.6 8.9 265 31 295.9 297.4 288.7 319.9 8.30 5 800 2042 6.7 6.0 96 0.6 6.3 265 29 298.3 299.6 288.7 319.9 7.37 6 750 2569 2.9 2.4 97 0.4 2.7 262 24 299.7 300.8 288.0 317.8 6.09 7 700 3125 -0.1 -0.4 98 0.3 -0.3 266 20 302.4 303.4 288.2 318.4 5.30 8 650 3716 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.7 272 19 306.2 307.1 289.0 320.8 4.76 9 600 4348 -5.7 -6.5 94 0.8 -6.1 277 20 309.5 310.2 289.3 321.8 3.91 10 550 5026 -9.7 -10.9 91 1.2 -10.1 282 21 312.6 313.2 289.5 322.3 3.03 11 500 5755 -14.3 -16.0 87 1.7 -14.9 286 23 315.6 316.0 289.6 322.8 2.19 12 450 6546 -19.9 -22.0 83 2.1 -20.4 287 25 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.2 1.46 13 400 7408 -26.4 -28.9 79 2.5 -26.8 290 29 320.7 320.9 289.9 323.8 0.88 14 350 8356 -34.4 -37.5 73 3.1 -34.7 289 33 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.0 0.43 15 300 9414 -43.6 -46.9 70 3.3 -43.8 283 39 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.19 16 250 10611 -51.2 -58.9 39 7.7 -51.4 295 49 330.0 330.0 291.7 330.2 0.05 17 200 12062 -50.9 -74.1 5 23.2 -51.3 305 50 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13912 -55.0 -80.9 3 25.9 -55.4 310 47 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16491 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 313 25 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5577.05 m Freezing level: 701.54 mb = 3107.46 m = 10194.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.66 mb = 3071.16 m = 10075.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.93 % Est. max temperature: 22.22 C = 72.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.33 mb = 354.61 m = 1163.41 ft T: 13.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.72 mb = 956.22 m = 3137.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.84 C = 64.12 F Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lifted Index: 3.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.74 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.98 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8430.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.39 mb = 795.37 m = 2609.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.4 neg: -32.0 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.59 Bulk Shear: 1.78 m/s