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: 41.17,-85.53 Latitude: 41.17 Longitude: -85.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 266 21.6 15.5 68 6.1 17.6 282 11 295.9 298.0 291.3 328.5 11.29 2 950 590 17.7 13.6 77 4.1 15.1 283 16 295.1 297.0 290.2 324.8 10.33 3 900 1050 14.3 9.3 72 5.0 11.3 292 23 296.2 297.7 288.8 320.0 8.18 4 850 1530 11.1 6.5 74 4.5 8.5 292 26 297.7 299.0 288.3 318.7 7.17 5 800 2033 7.7 2.8 71 4.9 5.1 296 26 299.3 300.4 287.6 316.7 5.85 6 750 2562 4.2 3.1 93 1.1 3.6 305 24 301.1 302.3 288.8 320.2 6.40 7 700 3121 0.8 -0.8 89 1.5 0.0 311 22 303.4 304.3 288.4 319.0 5.17 8 650 3713 -2.2 -3.9 88 1.7 -3.0 311 22 306.5 307.3 288.8 320.0 4.40 9 600 4345 -5.7 -7.3 88 1.6 -6.4 313 20 309.5 310.2 289.1 321.1 3.69 10 550 5023 -9.4 -14.7 65 5.4 -11.2 309 19 312.9 313.4 288.8 320.1 2.21 11 500 5752 -14.7 -24.2 44 9.5 -17.1 314 19 315.1 315.3 288.3 318.8 1.08 12 450 6540 -20.9 -27.0 58 6.1 -22.2 314 20 316.9 317.1 288.8 320.1 0.93 13 400 7399 -27.0 -31.7 64 4.7 -27.8 313 25 319.9 320.0 289.5 322.3 0.67 14 350 8345 -34.8 -42.0 48 7.2 -35.5 307 27 321.8 321.8 289.6 322.8 0.27 15 300 9402 -43.1 -53.4 31 10.3 -43.6 326 29 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.09 16 250 10607 -50.0 -62.7 21 12.7 -50.4 327 37 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.03 17 200 12058 -52.0 -71.0 9 18.9 -52.4 309 45 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 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 -56.8 -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: 5603.09 m Freezing level: 686.92 mb = 3275.69 m = 10746.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.68 mb = 3124.50 m = 10250.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.22 mb = 1038.49 m = 3407.07 ft T: 14.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 11.75 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1576.31 m = 5171.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.57 C = 74.43 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 30.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 149.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.18 mb = 1313.95 m = 4310.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.18 mb = 2062.44 m = 6766.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 557.18 mb = 4922.36 m = 16149.28 ft B at Equ Level: 64.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.18 mb = 9925.05 m = 32562.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 334.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.7 neg: -0.0 tot: 68.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 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: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 8.66 Bulk Shear: 10.96 m/s