MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.21,-88.69 Latitude: 42.21 Longitude: -88.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 989 261 24.5 20.7 79 3.8 21.8 102 6 298.6 301.5 295.4 344.5 15.75 2 950 610 22.0 17.4 75 4.6 18.9 110 10 299.5 302.0 293.9 338.3 13.27 3 900 1077 17.6 16.4 93 1.2 16.8 115 11 299.6 302.0 293.8 338.0 13.13 4 850 1564 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.3 132 12 301.1 303.4 293.5 336.7 12.07 5 800 2075 10.9 10.6 98 0.4 10.7 163 16 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.7 10.07 6 750 2610 7.3 6.3 93 1.0 6.8 182 16 304.6 306.0 291.3 328.6 8.01 7 700 3176 4.7 2.7 86 2.1 3.6 215 11 307.7 309.0 291.2 328.0 6.64 8 650 3779 2.6 -4.9 58 7.5 -0.9 189 5 311.9 312.7 290.2 324.8 4.10 9 600 4421 -0.7 -35.1 5 34.4 -8.7 196 4 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.4 0.32 10 550 5109 -5.4 -25.6 19 20.2 -10.9 256 5 317.7 317.9 289.0 320.7 0.87 11 500 5849 -10.6 -22.8 36 12.1 -14.1 265 8 320.1 320.3 290.0 324.3 1.23 12 450 6652 -15.8 -29.1 31 13.3 -18.8 233 10 323.4 323.5 290.6 326.1 0.77 13 400 7529 -21.3 -38.8 19 17.5 -24.0 221 11 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.33 14 350 8500 -27.9 -43.7 21 15.8 -29.7 246 5 331.2 331.2 292.3 332.1 0.23 15 300 9589 -36.3 -47.7 30 11.4 -37.2 276 17 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.17 16 250 10824 -46.5 -52.0 54 5.5 -46.8 256 29 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.13 17 200 12265 -58.3 -61.7 64 3.5 -58.3 242 39 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 18 150 14092 -55.5 -81.2 3 25.8 -55.8 263 21 374.5 374.5 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16641 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 274 9 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.18 m Freezing level: 610.86 mb = 4281.58 m = 14047.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.17 mb = 3652.37 m = 11982.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.99 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.54 mb = 742.74 m = 2436.77 ft T: 20.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 28.03 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1192.72 m = 3913.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.86 C = 78.54 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 37.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.41 mb = 1120.93 m = 3677.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.41 mb = 1264.80 m = 4149.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.41 mb = 11637.35 m = 38179.82 ft B at Equ Level: 878.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.41 mb = 14074.83 m = 46176.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.8 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 209.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 80.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 58.53 Bulk Shear: 15.03 m/s