MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.63,-86.51 Latitude: 40.63 Longitude: -86.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 181 SFC 997 211 12.0 11.3 95 0.8 11.6 7 3 285.5 286.9 284.9 308.9 8.45 2 950 613 14.1 4.3 52 9.8 8.9 351 8 291.5 292.5 284.3 307.3 5.48 3 900 1068 13.4 -4.4 29 17.8 5.3 310 10 295.3 295.8 283.2 304.4 3.05 4 850 1546 10.7 -3.6 37 14.2 4.1 306 13 297.3 297.9 284.4 307.7 3.45 5 800 2048 8.0 -9.3 28 17.3 0.9 308 12 299.6 300.1 284.1 306.9 2.35 6 750 2577 6.1 -25.7 8 31.8 -3.0 321 11 303.2 303.3 283.5 305.2 0.63 7 700 3138 3.3 -14.1 27 17.3 -3.1 332 13 306.1 306.4 286.0 312.0 1.84 8 650 3735 -0.1 -12.7 38 12.7 -4.9 330 16 308.9 309.3 287.4 316.0 2.21 9 600 4371 -3.1 -20.4 25 17.3 -8.5 321 21 312.5 312.8 287.7 316.7 1.26 10 550 5055 -6.7 -25.4 21 18.7 -11.8 315 26 316.1 316.3 288.5 319.1 0.88 11 500 5792 -11.0 -32.2 16 21.1 -15.6 313 31 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.4 0.52 12 450 6593 -16.0 -37.9 13 21.9 -19.8 308 35 323.1 323.1 290.0 324.3 0.32 13 400 7468 -22.6 -43.9 13 21.3 -25.3 306 40 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.3 0.20 14 350 8431 -30.2 -47.4 17 17.2 -31.9 309 47 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.15 15 300 9509 -38.4 -49.0 32 10.6 -39.2 306 52 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.15 16 250 10735 -49.0 -53.5 59 4.5 -49.1 314 54 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.11 17 200 12160 -58.7 -64.2 48 5.6 -58.7 316 58 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 18 150 13972 -57.9 -80.0 4 22.1 -58.2 313 49 370.2 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16509 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 320 30 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.54 m Freezing level: 650.93 mb = 3723.73 m = 12216.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 788.55 mb = 2165.91 m = 7105.93 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.40 mb = 305.05 m = 1000.81 ft T: 12.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 4.46 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 623.05 mb = 4071.52 m = 13357.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.35 C = 99.24 F Cap Strength: 11.99 C Lifted Index: 13.26 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 17.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.93 C Showalter Index: 12.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.69 C Cross Totals Index: 7.48 C K Index: 0.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 56.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13498.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 13.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.19 mb = 1831.32 m = 6008.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 318.4 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 348.4 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 12.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.81 Bulk Shear: 20.98 m/s