MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 44.57,-83.94 Latitude: 44.57 Longitude: -83.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 185 SFC 984 324 26.1 14.6 49 11.4 18.5 165 9 300.6 302.5 292.2 331.9 10.68 2 950 632 21.4 12.6 57 8.9 15.8 169 14 298.9 300.7 290.9 327.3 9.68 3 900 1097 16.8 11.5 71 5.3 13.5 172 16 298.8 300.6 290.7 326.7 9.52 4 850 1581 12.4 9.4 82 3.0 10.6 181 20 299.1 300.7 290.2 324.7 8.73 5 800 2087 10.5 6.2 75 4.2 8.0 191 19 302.3 303.7 290.2 324.6 7.47 6 750 2623 8.3 0.1 56 8.2 4.1 213 13 305.6 306.6 289.2 321.3 5.13 7 700 3191 5.5 -0.3 66 5.9 2.5 248 11 308.6 309.6 290.3 325.1 5.34 8 650 3793 1.8 -1.1 81 2.9 0.3 259 12 311.0 312.0 291.1 327.9 5.42 9 600 4435 -1.9 -3.6 88 1.7 -2.8 259 13 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.3 4.88 10 550 5124 -5.3 -6.7 90 1.4 -6.0 267 15 317.8 318.6 292.1 331.4 4.22 11 500 5865 -10.1 -12.8 81 2.7 -11.1 275 13 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.2 2.86 12 450 6670 -15.1 -17.2 84 2.1 -15.8 295 14 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.8 2.21 13 400 7549 -20.8 -25.5 66 4.7 -22.0 296 14 327.9 328.2 292.3 332.2 1.20 14 350 8522 -27.7 -38.5 35 10.8 -29.2 303 14 331.4 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.39 15 300 9612 -36.3 -44.0 45 7.6 -37.1 303 19 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.1 0.26 16 250 10846 -47.2 -52.8 53 5.6 -47.5 303 26 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12284 -57.2 -65.9 32 8.7 -57.4 283 34 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 14106 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 258 25 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16657 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.3 261 14 411.7 411.7 306.7 411.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.60 m Freezing level: 625.86 mb = 4102.50 m = 13459.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.96 mb = 3854.95 m = 12647.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.30 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.45 mb = 1754.99 m = 5757.77 ft T: 11.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 10.66 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.38 mb = 2251.22 m = 7385.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.07 C Showalter Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.48 C K Index: 25.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6965.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.31 mb = 1756.42 m = 5762.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.9 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 257.9 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 63.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 23.92 m/s