MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.07,-89.45 Latitude: 40.07 Longitude: -89.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 997 179 26.3 20.8 72 5.5 22.4 79 9 299.7 302.6 295.7 345.7 15.73 2 950 599 21.8 17.9 79 3.9 19.2 78 11 299.3 301.8 294.2 339.4 13.74 3 900 1066 17.3 16.7 96 0.6 16.9 77 11 299.3 301.8 293.9 338.4 13.40 4 850 1553 14.3 12.1 87 2.2 12.9 102 12 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.9 10.47 5 800 2063 11.3 9.2 87 2.1 10.0 112 10 303.2 304.9 291.8 330.4 9.15 6 750 2599 8.1 5.7 85 2.4 6.7 98 7 305.4 306.8 291.3 328.5 7.67 7 700 3166 5.3 1.5 76 3.8 3.2 160 6 308.3 309.5 290.9 327.1 6.09 8 650 3769 2.2 -6.5 52 8.8 -1.7 178 6 311.5 312.2 289.6 322.9 3.60 9 600 4410 -0.8 -24.6 15 23.8 -7.8 175 6 315.1 315.3 288.1 318.1 0.86 10 550 5099 -5.3 -22.2 25 16.9 -10.4 220 4 317.8 318.1 289.3 321.8 1.17 11 500 5838 -11.9 -19.2 54 7.3 -14.1 215 6 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.2 1.67 12 450 6634 -18.0 -21.4 74 3.5 -18.9 201 10 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.9 1.53 13 400 7507 -22.3 -25.9 73 3.6 -23.1 186 12 326.0 326.3 291.7 330.1 1.16 14 350 8473 -29.6 -34.9 60 5.3 -30.4 209 7 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.9 0.56 15 300 9551 -38.9 -49.5 32 10.6 -39.6 190 7 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.14 16 250 10775 -47.2 -61.9 17 14.7 -47.6 186 7 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.04 17 200 12248 -46.6 -74.3 3 27.7 -47.3 219 27 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 18 150 14131 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.1 224 35 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16675 -63.6 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.8 239 14 404.9 404.9 305.9 404.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.57 m Freezing level: 613.69 mb = 4234.73 m = 13893.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.45 mb = 3553.47 m = 11658.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.12 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.42 mb = 872.47 m = 2862.41 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 27.63 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.73 mb = 1039.99 m = 3411.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.88 C = 78.59 F Cap Strength: -0.11 C Lifted Index: -5.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.93 C K Index: 34.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.59 mb = 1050.90 m = 3447.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.59 mb = 1098.44 m = 3603.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.59 mb = 11139.08 m = 36545.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1399.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.59 mb = 13849.31 m = 45436.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.9 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 158.9 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -178.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -6.9 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 163.00 Bulk Shear: 8.67 m/s