MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 38,-89 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -89.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 131 18.9 17.6 92 1.3 18.1 86 3 292.0 294.2 291.2 328.1 12.77 1 1000 134 19.1 17.3 90 1.7 17.9 80 3 292.2 294.5 291.1 327.8 12.55 2 950 577 19.5 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 168 17 297.0 299.3 292.7 333.9 12.74 3 900 1041 17.1 14.9 87 2.2 15.6 174 19 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.8 11.89 4 850 1527 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 169 19 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.8 11.33 5 800 2036 10.7 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 165 18 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.97 6 750 2573 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 163 16 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.6 8.59 7 700 3139 4.6 4.3 97 0.4 4.4 170 16 307.6 309.0 291.8 330.3 7.44 8 650 3740 1.1 0.9 98 0.3 1.0 177 16 310.2 311.4 291.6 329.6 6.27 9 600 4380 -2.6 -2.8 98 0.3 -2.7 184 15 313.2 314.1 291.6 329.4 5.17 10 550 5066 -6.7 -7.1 97 0.4 -6.9 204 15 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.3 4.09 11 500 5804 -11.4 -13.2 86 1.8 -12.1 220 17 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.76 12 450 6603 -17.1 -20.1 78 2.9 -18.0 242 15 321.7 322.1 291.0 327.6 1.73 13 400 7476 -22.9 -26.2 74 3.3 -23.7 270 16 325.2 325.5 291.5 329.2 1.13 14 350 8440 -30.4 -34.1 70 3.7 -30.9 284 23 327.8 327.9 291.7 330.0 0.61 15 300 9515 -40.0 -43.8 67 3.8 -40.3 289 31 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.26 16 250 10735 -47.9 -58.0 30 10.1 -48.3 277 46 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12195 -51.2 -70.1 9 19.0 -51.5 272 66 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14037 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -57.0 280 47 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16582 -61.5 -86.0 2 24.6 -61.7 285 22 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.43 m Freezing level: 634.87 mb = 3933.77 m = 12905.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.03 mb = 3901.24 m = 12799.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.35 mb = 287.92 m = 944.61 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 6.27 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1328.44 m = 4358.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 24.65 C K Index: 38.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 326.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.65 mb = 883.91 m = 2899.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.65 mb = 2123.64 m = 6967.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.65 mb = 10179.09 m = 33395.55 ft B at Equ Level: 320.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.65 mb = 11824.80 m = 38794.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.8 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 210.8 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.2 neg: -15.6 tot: 70.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 48.64 Bulk Shear: 6.72 m/s