MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 46.18,-86.68 Latitude: 46.18 Longitude: -86.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 991 247 18.1 17.6 96 0.6 17.8 165 8 292.0 294.3 291.2 328.3 12.83 2 950 611 16.7 16.3 98 0.4 16.4 178 31 294.1 296.3 291.5 329.4 12.35 3 900 1070 13.8 12.3 90 1.5 12.9 171 35 295.8 297.6 290.2 324.7 10.02 4 850 1552 12.8 11.3 90 1.5 11.9 168 31 299.6 301.4 291.3 328.6 9.92 5 800 2061 10.9 10.0 94 0.9 10.3 179 27 302.8 304.6 292.1 331.5 9.66 6 750 2598 8.5 8.1 97 0.4 8.3 193 26 305.8 307.5 292.6 333.2 9.10 7 700 3166 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 208 24 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.7 8.12 8 650 3771 2.4 1.6 95 0.8 2.0 226 23 311.7 312.9 292.3 332.3 6.63 9 600 4413 -1.2 -1.6 97 0.4 -1.4 239 22 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.7 5.69 10 550 5103 -4.6 -5.1 96 0.6 -4.8 248 23 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.0 4.75 11 500 5848 -8.7 -9.9 91 1.1 -9.2 256 25 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.3 3.62 12 450 6658 -13.7 -15.3 88 1.6 -14.3 259 25 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.8 2.58 13 400 7542 -20.1 -22.2 83 2.2 -20.7 259 25 328.9 329.2 292.9 334.6 1.61 14 350 8517 -27.5 -30.1 78 2.7 -28.0 261 24 331.7 331.9 293.0 335.0 0.89 15 300 9606 -36.5 -39.5 74 3.0 -36.8 263 24 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 16 250 10839 -48.2 -51.6 68 3.4 -48.4 272 30 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12266 -58.5 -63.7 52 5.1 -58.6 272 34 340.0 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 18 150 14093 -54.9 -80.8 3 25.9 -55.2 269 28 375.5 375.5 301.5 375.5 0.00 19 100 16663 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.7 -59.0 248 11 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.57 m Freezing level: 616.92 mb = 4195.44 m = 13764.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.76 mb = 4139.92 m = 13582.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.16 mb = 317.23 m = 1040.77 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 902.12 m = 2959.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.26 C = 70.26 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: 3.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.36 C Showalter Index: 3.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.00 C K Index: 32.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6298.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.90 mb = 792.49 m = 2600.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: -35.8 tot: 133.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 25.06 m/s