MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.48,-86.99 Latitude: 41.48 Longitude: -86.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 167 SFC 994 218 25.9 20.0 70 5.9 21.8 129 6 299.6 302.3 295.1 343.4 15.00 2 950 616 22.2 17.0 72 5.3 18.7 131 8 299.7 302.1 293.7 337.5 12.90 3 900 1083 17.6 15.8 89 1.8 16.4 130 9 299.7 302.0 293.5 336.7 12.66 4 850 1569 13.7 12.3 92 1.3 12.8 128 12 300.5 302.4 292.2 331.8 10.65 5 800 2078 10.7 9.1 90 1.5 9.7 141 14 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.6 9.13 6 750 2614 7.6 5.9 89 1.7 6.6 149 11 304.8 306.2 291.2 328.2 7.79 7 700 3180 4.5 2.3 85 2.3 3.3 176 11 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.2 6.45 8 650 3781 1.9 -2.8 71 4.6 -0.4 159 10 311.1 312.0 290.6 326.1 4.80 9 600 4422 -1.1 -23.1 17 22.1 -7.8 138 12 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.2 0.99 10 550 5111 -4.7 -38.7 5 34.0 -11.6 157 7 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.4 0.24 11 500 5854 -9.3 -26.1 24 16.8 -13.7 182 5 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.9 0.91 12 450 6658 -14.9 -35.2 16 20.3 -18.8 192 10 324.4 324.5 290.6 326.0 0.43 13 400 7538 -20.9 -34.7 28 13.8 -23.4 202 9 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.50 14 350 8510 -27.9 -41.5 26 13.6 -29.6 242 7 331.1 331.1 292.3 332.2 0.29 15 300 9598 -36.5 -44.2 45 7.7 -37.2 225 15 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.8 0.25 16 250 10834 -46.1 -52.9 46 6.9 -46.4 228 33 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.11 17 200 12289 -53.7 -67.0 18 13.2 -54.0 228 60 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.02 18 150 14120 -56.4 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 234 39 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16651 -61.9 -88.9 2 26.9 -62.2 261 14 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.71 m Freezing level: 618.37 mb = 4186.61 m = 13735.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.99 mb = 3706.51 m = 12160.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.72 % Est. max temperature: 27.05 C = 80.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.84 mb = 960.66 m = 3151.72 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 25.13 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.03 mb = 1254.52 m = 4115.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.61 C K Index: 33.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 664.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.87 mb = 1217.61 m = 3994.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.87 mb = 1362.83 m = 4471.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.87 mb = 10810.46 m = 35466.94 ft B at Equ Level: 663.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.87 mb = 13291.14 m = 43605.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.9 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 178.9 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -0.4 tot: 21.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 405.52 Bulk Shear: 1.64 m/s