MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.87,-90.97 Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -90.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 147 SFC 993 212 27.7 16.2 50 11.5 19.9 38 3 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.2 11.78 2 950 597 23.3 14.3 57 9.0 17.4 37 3 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.7 10.84 3 900 1065 18.7 13.3 71 5.4 15.2 31 2 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.4 10.73 4 850 1552 13.9 12.3 90 1.6 12.9 17 1 300.7 302.7 292.3 332.0 10.62 5 800 2061 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 259 6 301.3 302.9 291.0 327.5 8.85 6 750 2593 5.7 1.7 76 3.9 3.6 277 8 302.7 303.8 288.8 320.2 5.79 7 700 3154 3.1 -6.4 49 9.6 -1.1 327 8 306.0 306.6 287.6 316.5 3.38 8 650 3752 0.9 -16.9 25 17.8 -5.3 345 10 310.0 310.3 287.1 315.1 1.57 9 600 4391 -1.7 -27.9 11 26.2 -8.7 319 12 314.1 314.3 287.5 316.4 0.64 10 550 5076 -6.6 -22.7 26 16.1 -11.3 320 20 316.3 316.5 288.8 320.1 1.12 11 500 5814 -10.8 -28.1 23 17.3 -15.0 318 26 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.5 0.75 12 450 6615 -15.5 -40.6 10 25.1 -19.6 315 31 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.7 0.25 13 400 7494 -20.9 -36.0 25 15.0 -23.5 306 35 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.4 0.44 14 350 8467 -27.6 -42.0 24 14.3 -29.4 303 31 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.27 15 300 9557 -36.3 -43.1 49 6.8 -37.0 302 32 334.2 334.3 293.2 335.3 0.28 16 250 10791 -47.4 -53.2 52 5.8 -47.7 298 29 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.11 17 200 12232 -55.5 -67.2 22 11.7 -55.7 313 45 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14057 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 316 53 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16570 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.3 322 33 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.25 m Freezing level: 632.71 mb = 3972.54 m = 13033.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 711.66 mb = 3019.39 m = 9906.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.37 mb = 1657.82 m = 5438.97 ft T: 12.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 21.13 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.89 mb = 1712.78 m = 5619.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 27.42 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 260.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.24 mb = 1719.27 m = 5640.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.24 mb = 1769.72 m = 5806.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.24 mb = 7342.19 m = 24088.25 ft B at Equ Level: 258.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.24 mb = 11378.80 m = 37331.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.8 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 349.8 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.1 neg: -0.1 tot: 22.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 17.24 Bulk Shear: 15.09 m/s