MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 42.34,-84.41 Latitude: 42.34 Longitude: -84.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 205 SFC 990 295 25.0 12.4 45 12.6 17.0 39 5 299.0 300.7 290.5 325.8 9.15 2 950 652 20.7 9.8 50 10.9 14.1 37 5 298.2 299.7 289.3 321.7 8.04 3 900 1115 16.1 8.8 62 7.4 11.7 35 6 298.1 299.6 289.1 321.3 7.90 4 850 1597 11.4 7.7 78 3.8 9.3 33 6 298.1 299.5 289.0 320.9 7.77 5 800 2101 8.2 2.4 67 5.8 5.1 37 17 299.9 300.9 287.7 316.8 5.69 6 750 2631 5.8 -2.6 54 8.5 1.8 45 17 302.9 303.7 287.3 315.7 4.20 7 700 3193 4.4 -8.9 37 13.2 -1.2 38 13 307.3 307.9 287.5 316.2 2.79 8 650 3794 1.7 -14.9 28 16.6 -4.5 24 9 310.8 311.2 287.7 316.9 1.84 9 600 4433 -2.0 -24.9 15 22.9 -8.5 340 8 313.8 314.0 287.6 316.7 0.84 10 550 5118 -6.9 -27.1 18 20.2 -12.1 329 10 315.9 316.0 288.3 318.5 0.76 11 500 5853 -11.9 -38.2 9 26.4 -16.6 314 13 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.6 0.28 12 450 6650 -17.9 -40.5 12 22.6 -21.3 300 19 320.7 320.7 289.2 321.6 0.25 13 400 7518 -24.8 -47.6 10 22.7 -27.2 298 21 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.13 14 350 8474 -31.8 -51.9 12 20.1 -33.3 295 26 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.09 15 300 9547 -39.2 -49.4 33 10.2 -39.9 281 37 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.14 16 250 10769 -48.5 -56.7 38 8.2 -48.7 274 37 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 17 200 12221 -52.0 -69.8 10 17.8 -52.3 280 33 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14064 -56.9 -80.5 4 23.6 -57.2 284 45 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16603 -60.4 -87.6 2 27.3 -60.6 282 28 411.1 411.1 306.6 411.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.15 m Freezing level: 627.20 mb = 4085.33 m = 13403.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.26 mb = 2960.76 m = 9713.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.04 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.12 mb = 1874.03 m = 6148.33 ft T: 9.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 778.12 mb = 2328.36 m = 7638.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.15 C = 80.86 F Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.33 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 17.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8396.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.42 mb = 1993.16 m = 6539.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 9.8 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 39.8 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 169.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.6 neg: -3.1 tot: 5.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 5.74 m/s