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: 42.05,-89.37 Latitude: 42.05 Longitude: -89.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 989 246 25.4 22.7 85 2.7 23.5 133 7 299.5 302.8 297.0 351.7 17.85 2 950 605 24.7 19.8 74 4.9 21.2 156 14 302.2 305.1 296.1 347.9 15.46 3 900 1077 20.3 18.4 89 1.8 19.0 167 16 302.4 305.1 295.9 346.7 14.98 4 850 1569 17.5 10.6 64 6.9 13.1 195 13 304.4 306.2 292.4 332.8 9.47 5 800 2086 16.8 3.5 41 13.3 9.2 247 11 309.0 310.2 291.2 328.0 6.15 6 750 2632 12.4 5.0 61 7.4 8.1 271 18 310.0 311.4 292.4 332.6 7.33 7 700 3207 8.3 4.6 78 3.7 6.2 279 26 311.7 313.1 293.2 335.3 7.63 8 650 3815 4.0 1.6 85 2.3 2.7 281 32 313.4 314.7 292.9 334.2 6.65 9 600 4460 -0.4 -1.7 91 1.3 -1.1 280 33 315.6 316.7 292.7 333.5 5.64 10 550 5151 -4.9 -6.3 90 1.4 -5.5 279 35 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.4 4.35 11 500 5894 -9.7 -11.3 88 1.6 -10.3 282 36 321.3 321.9 292.2 332.0 3.23 12 450 6701 -14.1 -15.9 87 1.7 -14.7 282 36 325.5 325.9 292.7 333.8 2.46 13 400 7586 -19.2 -21.4 83 2.2 -19.8 287 34 330.0 330.4 293.3 336.1 1.73 14 350 8566 -26.1 -28.8 78 2.7 -26.7 294 31 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.2 1.01 15 300 9663 -34.3 -37.4 74 3.1 -34.7 294 27 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.51 16 250 10911 -44.8 -48.3 68 3.5 -45.0 296 26 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 17 200 12360 -57.1 -61.1 60 4.0 -57.2 305 39 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14137 -61.2 -68.5 37 7.3 -61.3 288 21 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.03 19 100 16665 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 257 9 412.9 412.9 306.9 412.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.93 m Freezing level: 604.86 mb = 4397.47 m = 14427.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.58 mb = 4266.57 m = 13997.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.55 mb = 590.91 m = 1938.65 ft T: 24.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 23.74 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1369.47 m = 4492.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.74 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.24 C K Index: 34.03 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1761.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.38 mb = 1140.60 m = 3742.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 748.38 mb = 2649.60 m = 8692.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.38 mb = 13066.49 m = 42868.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1729.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.38 mb = 16163.36 m = 53028.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.1 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 299.1 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.8 neg: -0.2 tot: 170.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 13.05 Bulk Shear: 134.97 m/s