MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.3,-85.43 Latitude: 42.30 Longitude: -85.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 212 SFC 993 271 29.2 19.1 54 10.1 22.1 146 8 302.9 305.5 295.4 344.8 14.13 2 950 665 24.1 16.6 63 7.4 19.0 147 8 301.6 303.9 294.0 338.8 12.63 3 900 1135 19.5 15.8 79 3.7 17.0 147 9 301.6 303.9 294.0 338.7 12.61 4 850 1624 14.8 14.1 95 0.8 14.3 148 9 301.7 303.9 293.6 337.0 11.96 5 800 2135 12.1 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 186 10 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.4 9.50 6 750 2674 9.1 6.0 81 3.1 7.3 215 7 306.4 307.9 291.7 330.1 7.84 7 700 3242 5.7 2.5 80 3.2 3.9 232 8 308.8 310.0 291.4 328.9 6.56 8 650 3845 2.4 -3.6 65 5.9 -0.5 248 9 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.9 4.53 9 600 4488 -0.9 -18.1 26 17.2 -6.8 277 10 315.0 315.3 288.8 320.2 1.53 10 550 5178 -4.9 -21.5 26 16.7 -10.0 273 9 318.3 318.6 289.5 322.6 1.24 11 500 5918 -10.4 -25.3 28 15.0 -14.3 268 9 320.4 320.6 289.9 323.8 0.97 12 450 6721 -15.4 -31.0 25 15.6 -18.7 275 9 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.2 0.64 13 400 7598 -22.1 -33.8 34 11.6 -24.2 297 9 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.2 0.55 14 350 8565 -29.1 -39.5 36 10.4 -30.4 320 11 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.9 0.35 15 300 9647 -37.0 -48.0 31 11.0 -37.8 340 18 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.17 16 250 10886 -46.1 -52.7 47 6.6 -46.4 351 29 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.12 17 200 12331 -56.2 -64.4 35 8.2 -56.4 340 20 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14162 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 263 14 377.0 377.0 301.8 377.0 0.00 19 100 16711 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 267 5 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.66 m Freezing level: 614.15 mb = 4305.91 m = 14126.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.70 mb = 3774.43 m = 12383.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.52 mb = 1548.55 m = 5080.49 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 24.63 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.66 mb = 1567.07 m = 5141.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.03 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 36.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 991.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.54 mb = 1588.34 m = 5211.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.54 mb = 1638.40 m = 5375.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.54 mb = 11467.39 m = 37622.20 ft B at Equ Level: 985.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.54 mb = 14223.18 m = 46663.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 24.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 63.62 Bulk Shear: 15.58 m/s