MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.49,-86.91 Latitude: 41.49 Longitude: -86.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 994 220 24.4 21.7 85 2.7 22.5 114 3 298.1 301.1 295.8 346.6 16.71 2 950 618 22.3 16.1 68 6.2 18.1 130 11 299.8 302.1 293.2 335.6 12.21 3 900 1085 17.8 15.0 84 2.8 16.0 128 12 299.9 302.1 293.1 335.1 12.04 4 850 1571 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.7 127 14 300.8 302.7 292.1 331.4 10.40 5 800 2081 11.1 9.0 87 2.0 9.8 137 15 302.9 304.6 291.7 329.9 9.06 6 750 2617 8.0 6.3 89 1.7 7.0 144 13 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.4 8.02 7 700 3184 4.9 2.5 85 2.3 3.6 165 10 307.9 309.1 291.2 328.0 6.58 8 650 3786 1.6 -1.6 79 3.2 -0.0 181 7 310.8 311.7 290.9 327.1 5.24 9 600 4427 -1.9 -6.7 69 4.8 -4.1 161 9 313.9 314.7 290.6 326.2 3.85 10 550 5115 -4.8 -34.0 8 29.1 -11.5 163 8 318.3 318.4 288.6 319.8 0.39 11 500 5857 -9.6 -25.4 26 15.8 -13.9 169 7 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.7 0.97 12 450 6660 -15.3 -30.7 26 15.4 -18.6 195 8 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.4 0.66 13 400 7540 -20.6 -36.2 23 15.7 -23.2 195 6 328.3 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.43 14 350 8514 -27.4 -41.0 26 13.6 -29.1 175 5 331.8 331.9 292.5 333.0 0.30 15 300 9603 -36.4 -41.7 58 5.3 -36.9 209 16 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.4 0.33 16 250 10843 -45.1 -54.8 33 9.7 -45.6 220 43 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.4 0.09 17 200 12303 -53.4 -67.6 16 14.1 -53.7 219 66 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14138 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.7 230 42 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16671 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.1 257 14 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.03 m Freezing level: 627.17 mb = 4078.48 m = 13380.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.53 mb = 3779.15 m = 12398.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.69 % Est. max temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.74 mb = 556.03 m = 1824.22 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 26.83 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1326.62 m = 4352.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.07 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.17 mb = 1216.75 m = 3991.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.17 mb = 1460.27 m = 4790.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.17 mb = 10289.93 m = 33759.20 ft B at Equ Level: 530.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.17 mb = 12933.25 m = 42431.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 149.3 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 179.3 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 263.96 Bulk Shear: 2.02 m/s