MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.14,-88.30 Latitude: 40.14 Longitude: -88.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 996 219 28.2 20.7 64 7.5 22.9 135 7 301.7 304.6 296.1 347.8 15.62 2 950 635 23.6 17.9 71 5.7 19.6 134 8 301.1 303.6 294.7 341.4 13.72 3 900 1105 19.0 16.9 88 2.0 17.6 132 9 301.1 303.5 294.6 341.1 13.62 4 850 1594 14.9 13.3 90 1.6 13.9 129 12 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.4 11.37 5 800 2105 12.0 10.0 88 2.0 10.7 139 13 303.9 305.7 292.5 332.9 9.69 6 750 2643 8.8 6.3 84 2.6 7.3 154 12 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.4 7.99 7 700 3212 5.7 2.0 77 3.7 3.7 181 11 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.3 6.32 8 650 3816 3.4 -8.3 42 11.7 -1.8 188 9 312.8 313.4 289.6 322.9 3.14 9 600 4460 -0.2 -22.4 17 22.2 -7.1 199 5 315.9 316.1 288.6 319.5 1.06 10 550 5150 -5.2 -17.7 37 12.5 -9.4 235 5 318.0 318.3 289.9 323.8 1.73 11 500 5889 -10.8 -19.3 49 8.5 -13.5 239 7 319.9 320.2 290.4 325.5 1.65 12 450 6691 -15.6 -24.4 47 8.7 -17.9 260 8 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.7 1.18 13 400 7569 -21.7 -33.3 34 11.6 -23.8 273 8 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.58 14 350 8537 -28.9 -38.0 41 9.1 -30.2 275 9 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.3 0.41 15 300 9619 -38.1 -46.9 39 8.8 -38.8 268 11 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.19 16 250 10848 -47.1 -57.5 30 10.3 -47.5 243 14 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 17 200 12306 -50.8 -69.9 9 19.1 -51.2 254 23 352.3 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.02 18 150 14171 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 241 18 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16704 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 267 16 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.03 m Freezing level: 602.30 mb = 4430.35 m = 14535.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.49 mb = 3611.94 m = 11850.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.91 mb = 1172.60 m = 3847.06 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 28.24 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1332.45 m = 4371.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.91 C = 82.23 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1491.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.81 mb = 1308.62 m = 4293.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.81 mb = 1357.39 m = 4453.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.81 mb = 11570.63 m = 37960.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1475.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.81 mb = 14434.19 m = 47355.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 169.1 at 8.7 knts Storm direction: 199.1 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 456.18 Bulk Shear: 3.27 m/s