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: 42.28,-89.49 Latitude: 42.28 Longitude: -89.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 987 258 24.9 22.0 84 2.9 22.8 137 10 299.1 302.2 296.4 349.0 17.09 2 950 595 24.4 19.7 75 4.6 21.1 153 23 301.9 304.7 296.0 347.4 15.41 3 900 1067 20.6 17.0 80 3.6 18.1 167 23 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.2 13.68 4 850 1559 19.5 6.4 42 13.1 11.7 191 17 306.6 307.9 291.2 328.3 7.13 5 800 2079 17.0 7.2 52 9.8 11.0 237 19 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.7 7.97 6 750 2626 13.3 5.4 59 7.9 8.6 262 29 311.0 312.4 292.9 334.2 7.51 7 700 3202 9.0 0.6 55 8.4 4.4 276 32 312.5 313.6 291.8 330.3 5.71 8 650 3811 4.3 -0.5 71 4.9 1.8 293 28 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.7 5.67 9 600 4457 -0.4 -2.3 87 1.8 -1.4 313 27 315.6 316.7 292.4 332.8 5.40 10 550 5147 -5.2 -7.1 87 1.9 -6.1 326 28 317.9 318.7 292.0 331.1 4.08 11 500 5889 -10.1 -12.3 84 2.2 -10.9 332 31 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.6 2.97 12 450 6695 -14.3 -16.1 87 1.8 -15.0 321 27 325.2 325.7 292.6 333.4 2.42 13 400 7579 -19.5 -21.7 83 2.2 -20.1 312 25 329.7 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.69 14 350 8558 -26.1 -28.9 77 2.8 -26.7 307 25 333.6 333.8 293.6 337.2 1.00 15 300 9656 -34.3 -37.4 74 3.1 -34.7 308 26 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.51 16 250 10904 -44.6 -48.1 68 3.5 -44.8 306 28 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.20 17 200 12355 -56.7 -60.7 60 4.1 -56.8 302 39 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14132 -62.5 -69.6 38 7.1 -62.6 294 24 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.02 19 100 16663 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 265 9 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.02 m Freezing level: 604.53 mb = 4398.20 m = 14429.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.91 mb = 4167.38 m = 13672.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.28 % Est. max temperature: 32.97 C = 91.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.91 mb = 623.50 m = 2045.57 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.33 mb = 2182.31 m = 7159.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.29 C = 95.53 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.60 C Cross Totals Index: 16.52 C K Index: 27.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 142.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1339.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.56 mb = 1235.32 m = 4052.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.56 mb = 3112.45 m = 10211.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.56 mb = 12751.56 m = 41835.32 ft B at Equ Level: 1323.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.56 mb = 15652.78 m = 51353.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.3 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 315.3 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 397.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 397.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.43 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 221.34 m/s