MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.00,-83.28 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -83.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 982 299 25.1 15.5 55 9.6 18.7 301 5 299.8 301.8 292.5 333.0 11.35 2 950 591 22.1 13.7 59 8.5 16.7 299 9 299.6 301.5 291.7 330.1 10.40 3 900 1057 17.6 12.7 73 4.8 14.5 297 10 299.6 301.5 291.7 329.8 10.32 4 850 1542 12.9 11.3 90 1.5 11.9 294 10 299.6 301.5 291.4 328.9 9.97 5 800 2048 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.1 289 13 300.0 301.5 290.2 324.8 8.42 6 750 2578 4.5 -3.6 56 8.1 0.8 295 18 301.5 302.2 286.5 313.3 3.91 7 700 3140 4.5 -19.1 16 23.6 -3.4 294 16 307.4 307.7 285.8 311.4 1.21 8 650 3737 0.8 -18.5 22 19.3 -5.6 299 17 309.9 310.2 286.9 314.4 1.37 9 600 4376 -2.1 -22.7 19 20.5 -8.3 299 19 313.6 313.8 287.8 317.1 1.03 10 550 5063 -5.3 -27.4 16 22.1 -11.1 294 23 317.8 317.9 288.8 320.3 0.73 11 500 5804 -9.1 -37.6 8 28.5 -14.7 291 28 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.30 12 450 6611 -14.8 -43.2 7 28.3 -19.3 287 32 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.19 13 400 7488 -22.3 -46.5 9 24.2 -25.2 283 36 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.15 14 350 8453 -29.5 -52.4 9 22.9 -31.4 283 39 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 15 300 9537 -37.1 -52.1 20 15.0 -38.1 285 47 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 16 250 10768 -47.9 -53.1 55 5.2 -48.1 292 53 334.8 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 17 200 12197 -59.1 -63.2 59 4.1 -59.2 299 56 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 18 150 14001 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -59.0 301 48 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16530 -61.0 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 299 24 409.9 409.9 306.5 409.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.57 m Freezing level: 636.00 mb = 3916.33 m = 12848.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.74 mb = 2678.88 m = 8788.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.91 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.69 mb = 1505.35 m = 4938.74 ft T: 13.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 21.59 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1646.35 m = 5401.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 2.66 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.45 C K Index: 9.74 Risk: None Sweat Index: 185.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.49 mb = 1636.05 m = 5367.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.49 mb = 1685.85 m = 5530.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 605.49 mb = 4303.36 m = 14118.46 ft B at Equ Level: 91.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 465.49 mb = 6351.73 m = 20838.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.0 neg: -3.7 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.24 Bulk Shear: 12.68 m/s