MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 40.12,-86.10 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 989 265 20.2 15.6 75 4.6 17.2 237 4 294.3 296.3 290.8 326.9 11.37 2 950 608 16.8 13.0 78 3.8 14.4 258 11 294.2 296.0 289.6 322.8 9.96 3 900 1067 13.8 12.0 89 1.8 12.7 285 17 295.7 297.5 290.0 324.1 9.84 4 850 1547 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.4 292 18 297.2 298.9 290.0 324.1 9.25 5 800 2051 7.8 7.4 98 0.3 7.6 291 24 299.4 300.9 289.8 323.3 8.12 6 750 2580 4.6 4.2 97 0.4 4.4 301 26 301.6 302.9 289.5 322.2 6.92 7 700 3140 1.4 1.0 97 0.5 1.2 304 25 304.1 305.2 289.3 321.9 5.87 8 650 3734 -2.1 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 310 25 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.8 4.93 9 600 4366 -5.8 -6.1 98 0.3 -5.9 317 26 309.4 310.2 289.4 322.1 4.04 10 550 5043 -10.2 -11.0 94 0.8 -10.5 309 27 312.0 312.6 289.3 321.7 3.01 11 500 5770 -15.2 -17.4 83 2.3 -15.9 304 30 314.6 314.9 289.0 321.0 1.95 12 450 6558 -20.5 -26.4 59 5.9 -21.8 305 33 317.4 317.6 289.0 320.8 0.98 13 400 7417 -27.2 -39.5 30 12.3 -28.7 304 38 319.7 319.7 289.0 320.8 0.31 14 350 8365 -34.3 -51.5 16 17.2 -35.4 307 43 322.5 322.5 289.6 322.9 0.09 15 300 9427 -41.1 -58.9 13 17.8 -41.8 307 52 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.05 16 250 10651 -46.4 -62.5 14 16.1 -46.9 305 65 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12111 -51.9 -70.1 10 18.2 -52.2 314 66 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 13953 -56.4 -80.1 4 23.7 -56.7 313 66 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16514 -58.6 -86.3 2 27.7 -58.9 314 33 414.5 414.5 307.0 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5601.99 m Freezing level: 679.54 mb = 3383.15 m = 11099.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.76 mb = 3339.94 m = 10957.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.23 % Est. max temperature: 23.58 C = 74.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.51 mb = 839.24 m = 2753.39 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 4.07 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1326.21 m = 4351.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.42 C = 72.36 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 35.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.80 mb = 1115.87 m = 3660.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.80 mb = 1949.40 m = 6395.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.80 mb = 8168.51 m = 26799.25 ft B at Equ Level: 151.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 279.80 mb = 9894.46 m = 32461.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.5 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 332.5 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 3.48 Bulk Shear: 43.96 m/s