MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.25,-89.08 Latitude: 42.25 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 177 SFC 993 243 27.6 18.4 57 9.3 21.2 104 9 301.4 303.9 294.6 341.2 13.51 2 950 627 23.1 15.6 62 7.6 18.1 108 11 300.7 302.8 293.2 335.3 11.80 3 900 1095 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 16.0 113 12 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.9 11.63 4 850 1583 15.3 8.6 64 6.7 11.3 147 11 302.2 303.7 290.8 326.8 8.26 5 800 2094 11.9 10.1 89 1.8 10.8 154 12 303.8 305.6 292.5 332.9 9.76 6 750 2632 8.8 5.7 81 3.2 7.0 183 10 306.2 307.6 291.6 329.4 7.67 7 700 3201 5.8 0.9 70 4.9 3.2 204 11 309.0 310.1 290.9 327.0 5.84 8 650 3805 2.9 -3.2 64 6.1 -0.1 217 10 312.3 313.1 290.9 327.0 4.66 9 600 4448 -1.0 -12.1 43 11.1 -5.4 226 10 314.9 315.4 289.7 323.1 2.51 10 550 5138 -4.1 -40.6 4 36.5 -11.3 245 8 319.2 319.2 288.7 319.9 0.20 11 500 5880 -10.0 -19.1 47 9.1 -12.9 257 7 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.6 1.69 12 450 6683 -15.6 -32.4 22 16.7 -19.1 280 8 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.56 13 400 7561 -21.5 -39.4 18 17.9 -24.2 267 7 327.0 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.31 14 350 8530 -28.8 -40.4 32 11.6 -30.2 268 7 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.2 0.32 15 300 9614 -37.3 -44.9 45 7.6 -37.9 268 8 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.23 16 250 10845 -47.8 -55.6 40 7.8 -48.1 253 9 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.08 17 200 12289 -53.3 -69.8 12 16.5 -53.7 311 13 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14140 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 277 13 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16696 -61.0 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 268 10 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.71 m Freezing level: 613.01 mb = 4280.53 m = 14043.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.48 mb = 3786.39 m = 12422.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.45 mb = 1409.64 m = 4624.75 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 14.45 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.83 mb = 1805.95 m = 5924.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 2.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 18.55 C K Index: 28.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.70 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 382.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.58 mb = 1557.18 m = 5108.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.58 mb = 2224.93 m = 7299.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.58 mb = 10907.70 m = 35785.98 ft B at Equ Level: 381.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.58 mb = 12701.62 m = 41671.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 218.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 16.17 Bulk Shear: 23.67 m/s