MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.15,-85.51 Latitude: 41.15 Longitude: -85.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 149 SFC 987 264 21.6 15.4 68 6.2 17.5 281 11 295.9 297.9 291.2 328.2 11.20 2 950 591 17.7 13.5 76 4.2 15.0 282 16 295.1 297.0 290.2 324.6 10.26 3 900 1050 14.4 9.2 71 5.2 11.3 291 23 296.3 297.8 288.7 320.0 8.14 4 850 1531 11.1 6.5 73 4.6 8.5 291 26 297.8 299.1 288.3 318.7 7.16 5 800 2034 7.7 2.5 70 5.2 4.9 295 26 299.3 300.4 287.5 316.4 5.74 6 750 2562 4.2 3.3 94 0.9 3.7 304 24 301.1 302.3 288.9 320.4 6.46 7 700 3121 0.8 -0.6 90 1.4 0.1 310 22 303.4 304.3 288.5 319.2 5.24 8 650 3713 -2.3 -3.7 90 1.4 -2.9 311 22 306.4 307.2 288.8 320.2 4.49 9 600 4345 -5.7 -6.9 91 1.2 -6.2 312 20 309.5 310.3 289.2 321.5 3.81 10 550 5023 -9.4 -14.3 68 4.8 -11.1 308 19 312.9 313.4 288.9 320.4 2.30 11 500 5752 -14.7 -23.5 47 8.8 -16.9 313 19 315.1 315.3 288.4 319.0 1.15 12 450 6540 -20.9 -26.8 59 5.8 -22.2 313 20 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.2 0.95 13 400 7399 -27.0 -31.2 67 4.2 -27.7 313 25 319.9 320.1 289.5 322.4 0.70 14 350 8345 -34.9 -41.4 52 6.5 -35.5 306 27 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.29 15 300 9402 -43.2 -52.9 34 9.7 -43.6 323 29 324.5 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.09 16 250 10607 -50.0 -62.8 21 12.8 -50.3 327 37 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 17 200 12058 -52.0 -70.9 9 18.9 -52.4 309 45 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13904 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 310 51 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16479 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 305 25 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.12 m Freezing level: 686.92 mb = 3275.73 m = 10747.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.75 mb = 3146.57 m = 10323.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.19 % Est. max temperature: 23.88 C = 74.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.17 mb = 1048.49 m = 3439.89 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.80 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1595.64 m = 5234.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.60 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 30.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 85.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.77 mb = 1327.61 m = 4355.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.77 mb = 2180.63 m = 7154.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 565.77 mb = 4803.11 m = 15758.03 ft B at Equ Level: 60.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 275.77 mb = 9958.52 m = 32671.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 21.3 knts Storm direction: 333.4 at 16.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.0 neg: -0.1 tot: 69.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.89 Bulk Shear: 10.89 m/s