MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508151200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 15 AUG 25 Station: 38.2,-84.3 Latitude: 38.20 Longitude: -84.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 987 277 22.2 21.4 95 0.8 21.7 135 1 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.1 16.50 2 950 611 24.7 19.8 74 4.9 21.2 153 7 302.2 305.1 296.2 348.0 15.48 3 900 1085 21.5 17.5 78 4.0 18.7 134 5 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.5 14.10 4 850 1578 18.4 11.9 66 6.5 14.2 111 4 305.4 307.4 293.4 336.6 10.37 5 800 2095 14.7 10.0 73 4.7 11.7 255 3 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.1 9.68 6 750 2638 11.1 8.4 84 2.7 9.5 287 12 308.6 310.4 293.6 336.9 9.28 7 700 3211 7.0 3.9 81 3.0 5.2 290 14 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.6 7.27 8 650 3819 6.8 -20.8 12 27.6 -2.8 266 3 316.7 316.9 288.9 320.5 1.12 9 600 4470 1.7 -15.8 26 17.5 -4.9 289 2 318.1 318.5 290.0 324.3 1.86 10 550 5165 -2.4 -27.3 13 24.8 -9.4 316 8 321.2 321.4 289.9 323.9 0.74 11 500 5913 -7.3 -26.0 21 18.8 -12.5 328 9 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.4 0.92 12 450 6727 -11.8 -31.5 18 19.8 -16.3 256 8 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.7 0.61 13 400 7617 -18.2 -39.6 14 21.4 -21.8 240 9 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.31 14 350 8596 -26.7 -39.3 29 12.6 -28.5 220 10 332.7 332.8 292.8 334.1 0.36 15 300 9689 -34.7 -41.8 48 7.1 -35.5 241 21 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.32 16 250 10944 -41.8 -65.1 6 23.2 -42.7 243 38 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 17 200 12417 -53.1 -64.7 23 11.7 -53.4 237 49 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14225 -62.1 -77.3 12 15.1 -62.3 238 36 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16707 -66.2 -86.3 4 20.1 -66.4 268 6 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.00 m Freezing level: 579.31 mb = 4757.52 m = 15608.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.40 mb = 3602.60 m = 11819.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.94 mb = 375.88 m = 1233.20 ft T: 22.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 16.39 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1732.56 m = 5684.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 909.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.14 mb = 1228.43 m = 4030.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 790.14 mb = 2199.71 m = 7216.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.14 mb = 11490.55 m = 37698.19 ft B at Equ Level: 904.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.14 mb = 15094.58 m = 49522.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.4 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 322.4 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -11.0 tot: 24.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 57.01 Bulk Shear: 15.96 m/s