MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 44.59,-83.86 Latitude: 44.59 Longitude: -83.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 985 311 28.1 14.9 44 13.2 19.3 270 4 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.8 10.88 2 950 628 22.8 12.7 53 10.1 16.3 277 5 300.3 302.1 291.5 329.0 9.77 3 900 1095 18.2 11.7 66 6.5 14.1 278 5 300.3 302.0 291.3 328.6 9.63 4 850 1581 13.4 10.4 82 3.0 11.5 279 5 300.2 301.9 291.0 327.6 9.33 5 800 2088 8.9 6.7 86 2.3 7.6 288 8 300.7 302.1 289.8 323.5 7.69 6 750 2620 6.2 -4.3 47 10.5 1.3 283 11 303.3 304.0 286.9 314.7 3.70 7 700 3182 3.1 -10.1 37 13.2 -2.3 278 9 305.9 306.4 286.7 313.9 2.53 8 650 3778 0.4 -18.0 24 18.4 -5.8 288 5 309.5 309.7 286.8 314.1 1.43 9 600 4416 -2.2 -21.1 22 18.8 -8.1 339 4 313.5 313.8 287.9 317.5 1.19 10 550 5103 -5.9 -26.5 18 20.5 -11.4 314 5 317.0 317.2 288.7 319.8 0.80 11 500 5841 -10.8 -32.0 16 21.1 -15.4 301 7 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.7 0.52 12 450 6640 -17.2 -39.6 12 22.4 -20.7 315 8 321.7 321.7 289.6 322.7 0.27 13 400 7511 -23.8 -44.5 13 20.7 -26.2 310 9 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.18 14 350 8470 -31.3 -48.9 16 17.5 -32.8 304 14 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.13 15 300 9541 -40.5 -55.4 19 14.9 -41.2 294 20 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.07 16 250 10756 -50.3 -62.8 22 12.4 -50.7 274 16 331.2 331.2 292.1 331.4 0.03 17 200 12193 -53.7 -68.0 16 14.2 -54.0 283 23 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14031 -57.1 -84.9 2 27.8 -57.4 291 20 371.7 371.7 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16571 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 298 19 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.71 m Freezing level: 641.90 mb = 3881.58 m = 12734.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.69 mb = 2821.03 m = 9255.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.57 % Est. max temperature: 25.91 C = 78.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.26 mb = 1961.13 m = 6434.07 ft T: 10.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 20.90 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.95 mb = 1892.58 m = 6209.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.47 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.17 C K Index: 21.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.08 mb = 1911.59 m = 6271.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.08 mb = 1962.91 m = 6439.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 612.08 mb = 4257.36 m = 13967.55 ft B at Equ Level: 80.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.08 mb = 11234.75 m = 36858.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.2 at 6.5 knts Storm direction: 322.2 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -3.1 tot: 2.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 141.48 Bulk Shear: 0.87 m/s