MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.16,-84.65 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -84.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 988 261 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.8 220 3 291.2 292.9 288.5 319.2 9.90 2 950 598 20.3 12.1 59 8.2 15.2 299 7 297.8 299.5 290.3 325.2 9.40 3 900 1062 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.3 298 12 298.4 300.2 290.6 326.0 9.44 4 850 1545 12.4 8.8 79 3.6 10.2 299 14 299.1 300.6 289.9 323.7 8.38 5 800 2051 8.5 5.9 84 2.5 7.1 321 12 300.2 301.5 289.3 321.8 7.32 6 750 2581 5.1 0.6 73 4.5 2.8 325 17 302.1 303.1 288.1 318.2 5.33 7 700 3142 2.2 -0.6 81 2.9 0.8 321 22 304.9 305.9 289.0 320.9 5.22 8 650 3738 0.3 -8.3 52 8.6 -3.4 315 21 309.3 309.9 288.5 319.2 3.13 9 600 4376 -2.6 -27.6 13 25.1 -9.2 309 19 313.2 313.3 287.2 315.4 0.66 10 550 5061 -6.7 -30.7 13 24.0 -12.3 308 21 316.1 316.2 288.1 318.0 0.54 11 500 5799 -10.1 -47.5 3 37.4 -15.7 316 26 320.8 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.10 12 450 6601 -16.2 -36.3 16 20.0 -19.8 325 36 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.2 0.38 13 400 7475 -22.8 -37.9 24 15.1 -25.1 326 45 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.36 14 350 8439 -29.7 -46.2 19 16.5 -31.3 326 54 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.17 15 300 9519 -38.1 -50.0 27 12.0 -38.9 330 60 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.3 0.13 16 250 10749 -47.4 -60.2 21 12.9 -47.8 329 67 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 12188 -57.3 -67.5 26 10.3 -57.4 319 63 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13994 -58.5 -78.9 6 20.4 -58.7 309 53 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.01 19 100 16526 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 309 32 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.77 m Freezing level: 644.91 mb = 3802.86 m = 12476.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.61 mb = 3250.35 m = 10663.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.84 % Est. max temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.07 mb = 706.55 m = 2318.06 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.62 C/km ThetaE index: 7.84 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.31 mb = 1841.82 m = 6042.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.53 C = 77.95 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: 3.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 18.84 C K Index: 28.34 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.19 mb = 1493.90 m = 4901.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.19 mb = 2579.05 m = 8461.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 700.19 mb = 3139.44 m = 10299.87 ft B at Equ Level: 27.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 630.19 mb = 3984.72 m = 13073.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 343.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.9 neg: -2.5 tot: 43.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 21.93 m/s