MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.19,-84.32 Latitude: 42.19 Longitude: -84.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 139 SFC 981 306 15.4 10.9 74 4.6 12.7 206 9 290.2 291.7 286.7 313.8 8.36 2 950 574 17.5 10.5 63 7.0 13.3 240 28 295.0 296.5 288.5 319.3 8.42 3 900 1034 14.2 10.1 77 4.1 11.7 247 21 296.1 297.7 289.1 321.2 8.65 4 850 1513 9.7 8.9 95 0.8 9.2 251 21 296.3 297.8 289.0 320.8 8.44 5 800 2015 6.8 6.2 96 0.5 6.5 269 18 298.3 299.7 288.8 320.2 7.46 6 750 2542 3.5 2.0 90 1.4 2.7 275 20 300.3 301.4 288.1 318.0 5.92 7 700 3099 0.6 -1.8 84 2.4 -0.6 283 22 303.2 304.0 288.0 317.7 4.80 8 650 3691 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.4 287 25 305.9 306.7 288.5 319.1 4.29 9 600 4322 -5.9 -7.1 91 1.2 -6.4 289 29 309.3 310.0 289.0 321.0 3.73 10 550 4998 -10.4 -11.6 91 1.2 -10.8 294 33 311.8 312.3 289.0 321.0 2.87 11 500 5725 -14.9 -20.9 60 6.0 -16.6 294 35 314.9 315.1 288.6 319.7 1.44 12 450 6515 -19.7 -29.0 43 9.3 -21.6 284 30 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.2 0.77 13 400 7377 -26.6 -36.0 40 9.5 -27.9 278 28 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.1 0.44 14 350 8324 -34.7 -39.1 65 4.4 -35.2 290 32 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.37 15 300 9379 -44.7 -48.7 64 4.0 -44.9 294 37 322.4 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.15 16 250 10568 -54.7 -59.0 59 4.3 -54.8 304 50 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.0 0.05 17 200 11999 -53.0 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.3 305 40 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13851 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 313 41 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16447 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.4 308 27 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.63 m Freezing level: 690.87 mb = 3207.42 m = 10522.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.63 mb = 3000.45 m = 9843.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.24 % Est. max temperature: 22.28 C = 72.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.91 mb = 885.12 m = 2903.91 ft T: 15.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.43 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1686.19 m = 5532.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.21 C = 71.98 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.42 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7377.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.79 mb = 1417.41 m = 4650.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.4 neg: -20.2 tot: 147.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.49 Bulk Shear: 40.43 m/s