MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508251800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 25 AUG 25 Station: 42.66,-83.31 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -83.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 982 279 20.4 11.2 56 9.2 14.7 283 9 295.1 296.6 288.6 319.7 8.53 2 950 560 15.5 8.7 64 6.8 11.5 286 11 292.9 294.2 286.8 314.2 7.43 3 900 1015 10.9 7.3 78 3.6 8.9 284 12 292.8 294.0 286.5 313.3 7.13 4 850 1489 6.7 4.5 86 2.2 5.5 282 13 293.1 294.2 285.7 311.1 6.22 5 800 1983 2.9 -0.2 80 3.1 1.4 282 15 294.2 295.0 284.5 308.0 4.69 6 750 2502 -0.8 -2.6 88 1.8 -1.7 285 14 295.7 296.4 284.6 308.1 4.20 7 700 3050 -3.3 -5.8 83 2.4 -4.4 297 12 298.8 299.4 285.1 309.5 3.55 8 650 3634 -5.6 -10.0 71 4.5 -7.2 294 14 302.7 303.2 285.7 311.1 2.74 9 600 4258 -8.9 -15.6 59 6.6 -11.1 289 16 305.8 306.1 285.9 311.8 1.89 10 550 4926 -13.8 -21.1 54 7.3 -15.7 286 20 307.8 308.0 286.1 312.0 1.29 11 500 5642 -18.9 -28.2 44 9.3 -20.7 290 23 310.0 310.1 286.2 312.5 0.75 12 450 6418 -24.4 -34.0 40 9.7 -25.8 298 19 312.6 312.7 286.8 314.3 0.48 13 400 7263 -31.3 -41.0 38 9.7 -32.3 306 16 314.2 314.3 287.2 315.2 0.26 14 350 8192 -39.5 -49.6 33 10.1 -40.1 306 15 315.5 315.5 287.4 315.9 0.12 15 300 9229 -46.8 -57.2 30 10.4 -47.1 278 25 319.3 319.3 288.6 319.5 0.06 16 250 10426 -48.2 -69.2 7 21.0 -48.6 265 42 334.5 334.5 292.9 334.5 0.01 17 200 11908 -45.8 -76.5 2 30.7 -46.6 257 43 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.3 0.01 18 150 13807 -49.5 -79.3 2 29.8 -50.1 260 46 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 19 100 16439 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.9 254 30 424.9 424.9 308.3 424.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5518.70 m Freezing level: 761.32 mb = 2384.76 m = 7823.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 777.34 mb = 2214.25 m = 7264.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.04 % Est. max temperature: 18.84 C = 65.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.05 mb = 1420.28 m = 4659.66 ft T: 7.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.71 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.47 mb = 1435.61 m = 4709.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.42 C = 65.15 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 27.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 104.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.26 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.54 mb = 1444.64 m = 4739.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.54 mb = 1493.17 m = 4898.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 639.54 mb = 3760.66 m = 12337.97 ft B at Equ Level: 105.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.54 mb = 7271.45 m = 23856.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 27.34 Bulk Shear: 3.87 m/s