MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.75,-85.65 Latitude: 42.75 Longitude: -85.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 990 231 16.3 15.7 96 0.6 15.9 237 7 290.3 292.3 289.5 322.3 11.39 2 950 579 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.1 263 20 292.6 294.7 290.2 324.8 11.32 3 900 1035 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 288 20 294.5 296.3 289.8 323.4 10.07 4 850 1514 10.0 9.5 97 0.5 9.7 294 19 296.6 298.2 289.4 322.1 8.79 5 800 2016 7.1 5.3 88 1.8 6.1 293 26 298.7 300.0 288.5 319.3 6.98 6 750 2545 4.6 1.2 79 3.4 2.8 288 31 301.6 302.6 288.2 318.3 5.56 7 700 3104 1.3 -1.3 83 2.6 0.0 286 33 303.9 304.8 288.4 319.0 4.96 8 650 3697 -1.9 -6.9 69 4.9 -4.1 288 34 306.8 307.4 288.0 317.7 3.52 9 600 4328 -6.0 -10.8 69 4.8 -7.8 290 33 309.2 309.7 288.1 318.1 2.80 10 550 5004 -10.3 -16.5 60 6.2 -12.3 289 35 311.8 312.2 288.1 318.1 1.91 11 500 5731 -14.7 -25.0 41 10.3 -17.2 288 35 315.1 315.3 288.3 318.5 1.00 12 450 6520 -20.2 -24.1 71 3.9 -21.1 287 32 317.9 318.1 289.3 322.0 1.21 13 400 7382 -26.5 -33.9 50 7.4 -27.6 286 35 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.5 0.54 14 350 8330 -34.4 -37.8 71 3.4 -34.8 290 34 322.3 322.4 289.9 323.9 0.42 15 300 9386 -44.5 -48.2 66 3.7 -44.6 300 38 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.16 16 250 10576 -55.2 -59.5 58 4.4 -55.2 310 44 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.05 17 200 11994 -53.5 -71.1 10 17.6 -53.8 305 36 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 13847 -52.5 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.0 321 35 379.6 379.6 302.2 379.6 0.00 19 100 16449 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.4 316 26 421.8 421.8 307.9 421.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5588.62 m Freezing level: 680.11 mb = 3339.67 m = 10956.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.76 mb = 3106.50 m = 10191.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.00 C = 73.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.02 mb = 305.60 m = 1002.62 ft T: 16.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.55 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.20 mb = 802.20 m = 2631.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.51 C = 67.13 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.18 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 128.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.41 mb = 718.49 m = 2357.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.41 mb = 1040.99 m = 3415.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.41 mb = 6862.82 m = 22515.53 ft B at Equ Level: 127.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.41 mb = 11121.93 m = 36488.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.5 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 317.5 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 115.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.39 Bulk Shear: 37.90 m/s