MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.05,-90.38 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -90.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 161 26.1 17.4 59 8.7 20.2 72 4 299.2 301.5 293.3 336.0 12.61 1 1000 166 24.9 16.5 60 8.4 19.3 69 4 298.0 300.2 292.4 332.6 11.90 2 950 612 20.1 14.6 71 5.5 16.5 72 4 297.6 299.6 291.7 329.8 11.10 3 900 1077 17.1 10.9 67 6.2 13.3 290 4 299.1 300.8 290.5 325.8 9.12 4 850 1561 12.9 9.1 78 3.8 10.6 280 5 299.7 301.2 290.2 324.8 8.55 5 800 2067 9.5 1.6 58 7.8 5.4 270 7 301.2 302.2 287.9 317.4 5.38 6 750 2599 5.1 2.3 82 2.9 3.6 295 8 302.1 303.2 288.8 320.2 6.02 7 700 3158 2.4 -5.3 57 7.7 -1.1 322 12 305.1 305.8 287.6 316.5 3.68 8 650 3755 0.8 -19.4 20 20.2 -5.8 320 12 309.9 310.1 286.8 314.1 1.27 9 600 4394 -1.9 -32.7 7 30.8 -9.2 305 10 313.9 314.0 287.2 315.4 0.41 10 550 5078 -7.0 -31.3 12 24.3 -12.6 299 15 315.8 315.9 287.9 317.6 0.51 11 500 5814 -11.1 -38.1 9 27.0 -16.1 294 18 319.5 319.5 288.9 320.5 0.29 12 450 6615 -15.7 -45.3 6 29.6 -20.0 296 23 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.0 0.15 13 400 7493 -20.8 -52.4 4 31.6 -24.2 296 25 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.07 14 350 8466 -27.7 -44.8 18 17.1 -29.6 302 26 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.20 15 300 9557 -36.1 -54.8 13 18.7 -37.2 297 30 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10792 -47.4 -53.6 49 6.2 -47.7 289 34 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12227 -56.7 -65.7 31 9.0 -56.9 305 46 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 14045 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 316 56 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16559 -63.1 -86.0 3 23.0 -63.3 323 33 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.63 m Freezing level: 634.81 mb = 3948.93 m = 12955.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.66 mb = 3024.15 m = 9921.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.45 mb = 1253.00 m = 4110.85 ft T: 15.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.63 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.58 mb = 1634.10 m = 5361.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: 0.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.21 C K Index: 25.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.81 mb = 1414.51 m = 4640.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.81 mb = 1965.32 m = 6447.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 639.81 mb = 3880.90 m = 12732.46 ft B at Equ Level: 82.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 409.81 mb = 7312.60 m = 23991.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.8 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 332.8 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 176.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.6 neg: -2.4 tot: 19.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.80 Bulk Shear: 22.33 m/s