MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.66,-84.31 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -84.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 SFC 984 289 19.2 15.1 77 4.1 16.6 347 2 293.8 295.8 290.4 325.4 11.06 2 950 591 21.3 12.0 55 9.4 15.4 3 8 298.8 300.5 290.6 326.0 9.28 3 900 1056 17.3 10.8 66 6.4 13.3 305 5 299.3 301.0 290.6 326.0 9.09 4 850 1541 12.8 9.1 78 3.7 10.6 282 8 299.6 301.1 290.2 324.7 8.55 5 800 2047 8.6 3.8 72 4.8 6.0 289 12 300.4 301.5 288.5 319.1 6.31 6 750 2577 5.3 -4.1 51 9.4 1.0 303 13 302.3 303.0 286.6 313.8 3.75 7 700 3139 5.2 -31.6 5 36.8 -4.3 307 8 308.3 308.3 285.2 309.6 0.39 8 650 3740 1.9 -21.1 16 22.9 -5.5 293 10 311.1 311.3 287.0 314.7 1.09 9 600 4380 -2.0 -23.9 17 21.8 -8.4 291 13 313.7 313.9 287.7 316.9 0.92 10 550 5066 -6.0 -28.8 15 22.8 -11.7 279 18 317.0 317.1 288.5 319.3 0.65 11 500 5805 -9.8 -40.7 6 30.9 -15.4 269 26 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.22 12 450 6609 -15.6 -43.2 7 27.6 -19.8 260 34 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.19 13 400 7483 -22.6 -28.0 61 5.4 -23.8 262 33 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.0 0.95 14 350 8453 -28.3 -30.9 78 2.6 -28.7 269 35 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.83 15 300 9537 -37.7 -41.8 66 4.0 -38.1 276 31 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.5 0.33 16 250 10767 -48.1 -51.2 70 3.1 -48.3 273 26 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.14 17 200 12204 -56.7 -65.9 30 9.2 -56.8 289 35 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.03 18 150 14019 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.8 297 47 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16538 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 309 30 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.97 m Freezing level: 626.18 mb = 4044.89 m = 13270.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.92 mb = 2676.04 m = 8779.55 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.29 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.71 mb = 814.02 m = 2670.65 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1885.28 m = 6185.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.55 C = 77.99 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.44 C Showalter Index: 4.04 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: -5.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.18 mb = 1657.78 m = 5438.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.18 mb = 2221.24 m = 7287.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 733.18 mb = 2761.74 m = 9060.72 ft B at Equ Level: 21.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 693.18 mb = 3218.66 m = 10559.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -11.5 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 20.97 m/s