MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 42.01,-88.31 Latitude: 42.01 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 161 SFC 990 253 27.0 21.6 72 5.4 23.1 168 4 301.0 304.1 296.6 349.9 16.62 2 950 614 24.6 18.9 71 5.7 20.6 178 8 302.2 304.9 295.6 345.4 14.64 3 900 1085 20.1 18.0 88 2.1 18.7 179 9 302.2 304.9 295.6 345.2 14.56 4 850 1576 16.1 13.8 86 2.3 14.6 196 9 303.0 305.2 293.8 337.9 11.75 5 800 2089 13.6 3.1 49 10.5 7.8 221 8 305.6 306.7 289.9 323.8 5.99 6 750 2631 12.0 1.6 49 10.4 6.3 251 10 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.3 5.73 7 700 3205 8.0 1.8 65 6.3 4.6 270 16 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.8 6.23 8 650 3812 3.9 0.7 79 3.3 2.2 276 23 313.4 314.6 292.4 332.8 6.19 9 600 4458 0.2 -6.4 61 6.6 -2.9 269 31 316.3 317.1 291.4 329.0 3.94 10 550 5150 -4.6 -12.2 55 7.6 -7.6 267 33 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.73 11 500 5892 -9.4 -22.9 33 13.5 -13.3 262 32 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.7 1.21 12 450 6700 -13.9 -27.4 31 13.5 -17.2 255 31 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.0 0.90 13 400 7583 -19.8 -23.3 74 3.5 -20.7 252 29 329.3 329.6 292.9 334.5 1.47 14 350 8563 -25.8 -28.5 78 2.7 -26.4 262 25 334.0 334.2 293.7 337.7 1.04 15 300 9661 -34.3 -37.5 73 3.2 -34.7 279 21 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.9 0.50 16 250 10907 -45.2 -48.7 68 3.5 -45.4 285 20 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.18 17 200 12353 -58.0 -62.0 60 4.0 -58.0 307 37 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 18 150 14129 -59.6 -72.0 19 12.4 -59.8 287 18 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.5 0.02 19 100 16661 -59.7 -87.1 2 27.4 -60.0 262 10 412.4 412.4 306.8 412.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.16 m Freezing level: 598.29 mb = 4482.10 m = 14704.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.54 mb = 4083.24 m = 13396.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.20 mb = 939.00 m = 3080.68 ft T: 21.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 26.05 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1353.85 m = 4441.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.39 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1482.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.27 mb = 1265.66 m = 4152.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.27 mb = 1413.07 m = 4635.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.27 mb = 12791.89 m = 41967.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1467.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.27 mb = 15204.88 m = 49884.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 288.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 49.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 29.17 Bulk Shear: 50.81 m/s