MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.82,-85.36 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -85.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 SFC 994 206 16.0 14.1 88 1.9 14.8 197 3 289.7 291.5 288.2 318.4 10.23 2 950 602 20.7 12.1 58 8.5 15.3 295 6 298.2 299.9 290.5 325.6 9.39 3 900 1066 16.4 11.6 73 4.8 13.4 295 9 298.4 300.1 290.6 326.3 9.55 4 850 1549 12.2 9.8 85 2.4 10.8 298 9 298.9 300.6 290.4 325.3 9.01 5 800 2055 9.0 5.5 79 3.5 7.0 305 10 300.7 302.0 289.3 321.7 7.08 6 750 2586 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.4 315 13 302.5 303.9 290.2 324.7 7.42 7 700 3148 1.9 1.8 99 0.2 1.8 316 18 304.6 305.8 289.8 323.5 6.22 8 650 3744 0.3 -3.3 76 3.7 -1.4 312 19 309.4 310.2 289.9 323.7 4.61 9 600 4384 -1.6 -19.1 25 17.5 -7.4 304 19 314.3 314.6 288.4 319.0 1.41 10 550 5071 -4.4 -39.5 5 35.1 -11.5 309 23 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.7 0.23 11 500 5816 -8.6 -43.7 4 35.1 -14.7 313 29 322.5 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.16 12 450 6621 -15.5 -33.7 19 18.2 -19.1 320 32 323.7 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.49 13 400 7497 -22.1 -38.5 21 16.4 -24.5 323 36 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.34 14 350 8465 -28.9 -47.2 15 18.3 -30.7 319 41 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 15 300 9549 -37.4 -55.6 13 18.1 -38.5 307 46 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.07 16 250 10779 -47.8 -62.0 18 14.1 -48.3 302 50 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 17 200 12212 -58.8 -66.5 37 7.6 -59.0 297 47 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 18 150 14011 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 308 49 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16532 -61.6 -87.3 2 25.7 -61.9 314 33 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.51 m Freezing level: 640.98 mb = 3859.67 m = 12662.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.51 mb = 3482.41 m = 11425.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.79 % Est. max temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.40 mb = 453.50 m = 1487.85 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 3.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1853.61 m = 6081.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: 5.48 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.83 C Cross Totals Index: 18.47 C K Index: 30.52 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.42 mb = 1416.70 m = 4647.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.42 mb = 2936.65 m = 9634.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 688.42 mb = 3282.36 m = 10768.77 ft B at Equ Level: 33.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 628.42 mb = 4014.04 m = 13169.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 339.2 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 20.83 m/s