MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.30,-86.86 Latitude: 41.30 Longitude: -86.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 SFC 995 212 16.1 13.4 84 2.8 14.4 202 4 289.7 291.5 287.8 317.2 9.74 2 950 605 18.0 10.5 61 7.5 13.4 253 16 295.4 296.9 288.6 319.7 8.39 3 900 1064 13.8 9.5 75 4.3 11.2 255 20 295.7 297.2 288.6 319.7 8.29 4 850 1543 9.8 7.2 84 2.6 8.3 262 21 296.4 297.7 288.2 318.3 7.51 5 800 2044 7.1 6.5 96 0.5 6.8 283 18 298.7 300.1 289.0 321.1 7.62 6 750 2573 4.5 3.9 96 0.6 4.1 301 18 301.4 302.6 289.2 321.5 6.74 7 700 3132 1.5 1.3 98 0.3 1.4 304 20 304.2 305.3 289.5 322.3 6.00 8 650 3726 -2.4 -2.6 98 0.2 -2.5 300 21 306.3 307.2 289.1 321.2 4.86 9 600 4357 -6.3 -6.7 97 0.4 -6.5 301 19 308.8 309.5 289.0 320.9 3.85 10 550 5032 -10.7 -11.9 91 1.2 -11.1 301 16 311.4 312.0 288.9 320.4 2.80 11 500 5758 -15.5 -18.4 78 2.9 -16.4 311 15 314.1 314.4 288.8 320.0 1.79 12 450 6544 -21.0 -26.7 60 5.7 -22.2 308 17 316.8 317.0 288.8 320.1 0.96 13 400 7404 -27.1 -35.4 45 8.3 -28.3 315 18 319.8 319.8 289.2 321.4 0.47 14 350 8350 -34.8 -44.2 38 9.4 -35.7 323 20 321.8 321.8 289.5 322.6 0.21 15 300 9409 -42.5 -54.2 27 11.7 -43.0 318 29 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.08 16 250 10615 -50.5 -59.3 35 8.8 -50.8 303 41 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.05 17 200 12059 -53.0 -73.3 7 20.4 -53.3 298 55 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13905 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 300 48 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16491 -56.1 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.6 307 36 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5593.07 m Freezing level: 680.41 mb = 3364.89 m = 11039.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.32 mb = 3337.21 m = 10948.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.03 % Est. max temperature: 23.02 C = 73.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.38 mb = 565.14 m = 1854.10 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 1.48 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1692.33 m = 5552.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.46 C = 74.23 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: 1.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 1.85 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.72 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 143.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7700.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.39 mb = 1353.95 m = 4442.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.4 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 320.4 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 122.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.10 Bulk Shear: 20.66 m/s