MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.98,-89.21 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -89.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 244 24.3 21.5 84 2.8 22.3 113 3 298.2 301.2 295.7 346.0 16.46 2 950 611 22.1 16.6 71 5.6 18.4 136 9 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.4 12.57 3 900 1078 17.6 15.6 88 2.0 16.3 136 10 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.2 12.49 4 850 1565 14.2 12.2 88 2.0 12.9 150 10 301.0 303.0 292.3 332.2 10.57 5 800 2075 11.1 9.2 88 1.9 9.9 172 16 303.0 304.7 291.8 330.3 9.17 6 750 2611 7.9 6.1 88 1.8 6.9 182 12 305.2 306.7 291.4 329.0 7.89 7 700 3178 5.1 1.9 80 3.1 3.4 188 8 308.1 309.3 291.0 327.4 6.29 8 650 3780 2.8 -8.0 45 10.8 -2.0 194 5 312.1 312.7 289.5 322.4 3.21 9 600 4424 -0.5 -37.3 4 36.8 -8.7 225 3 315.5 315.5 287.6 316.4 0.26 10 550 5112 -5.4 -24.0 22 18.6 -10.8 255 3 317.7 317.9 289.1 321.1 1.00 11 500 5852 -10.7 -19.6 48 8.9 -13.5 249 5 319.9 320.3 290.4 325.4 1.62 12 450 6654 -15.5 -31.2 25 15.7 -18.8 224 7 323.7 323.9 290.6 326.0 0.63 13 400 7533 -20.9 -36.1 24 15.2 -23.5 228 7 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.4 0.44 14 350 8506 -26.8 -49.4 10 22.6 -29.1 185 9 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.12 15 300 9598 -36.3 -46.8 33 10.5 -37.2 251 9 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 16 250 10836 -46.0 -49.7 67 3.6 -46.3 247 18 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.16 17 200 12278 -58.0 -62.6 55 4.7 -58.0 252 34 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.04 18 150 14110 -55.3 -81.7 2 26.4 -55.7 242 18 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16662 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 280 10 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.97 m Freezing level: 608.16 mb = 4318.89 m = 14169.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.50 mb = 3552.25 m = 11654.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.44 C = 81.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.46 mb = 597.85 m = 1961.42 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 29.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1280.14 m = 4199.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.30 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.95 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 172.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.08 mb = 1172.61 m = 3847.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.08 mb = 1415.04 m = 4642.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.08 mb = 10699.44 m = 35102.71 ft B at Equ Level: 583.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.08 mb = 13499.50 m = 44289.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.4 at 7.5 knts Storm direction: 209.4 at 5.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.1 neg: -0.9 tot: 41.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 131.38 Bulk Shear: 4.45 m/s