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: 42.23,-84.41 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -84.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 138 SFC 981 304 15.5 10.9 74 4.7 12.8 206 9 290.3 291.8 286.7 314.0 8.35 2 950 573 17.5 10.7 64 6.9 13.4 240 29 295.0 296.5 288.6 319.5 8.51 3 900 1033 14.2 10.3 77 3.9 11.9 247 21 296.2 297.7 289.2 321.6 8.78 4 850 1513 9.8 9.0 95 0.8 9.3 251 21 296.4 297.9 289.0 321.0 8.49 5 800 2014 6.7 6.1 96 0.6 6.3 265 18 298.3 299.6 288.8 320.0 7.39 6 750 2541 3.4 1.9 90 1.5 2.7 271 20 300.3 301.4 288.0 317.8 5.86 7 700 3099 0.6 -0.8 90 1.4 -0.1 280 22 303.2 304.1 288.3 318.8 5.16 8 650 3690 -2.6 -3.5 94 0.8 -3.0 286 25 306.0 306.8 288.7 320.0 4.55 9 600 4322 -5.7 -6.4 95 0.7 -6.0 288 30 309.5 310.3 289.3 321.9 3.95 10 550 4998 -10.4 -11.7 91 1.2 -10.9 293 34 311.7 312.3 289.0 320.9 2.85 11 500 5725 -14.8 -20.5 62 5.7 -16.4 293 36 315.0 315.3 288.7 320.0 1.49 12 450 6515 -19.7 -28.8 44 9.1 -21.5 284 31 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.2 0.79 13 400 7377 -26.5 -35.5 43 9.0 -27.8 277 29 320.5 320.6 289.4 322.2 0.46 14 350 8324 -34.6 -38.6 67 4.0 -35.1 290 33 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.5 0.39 15 300 9379 -44.6 -48.3 67 3.7 -44.8 295 38 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.16 16 250 10569 -54.7 -59.1 59 4.3 -54.8 304 50 324.7 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.05 17 200 12000 -52.8 -70.9 9 18.1 -53.1 305 39 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 13852 -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 -55.4 309 28 421.7 421.7 307.9 421.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5587.38 m Freezing level: 690.66 mb = 3209.16 m = 10528.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.77 mb = 3078.26 m = 10099.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.02 % Est. max temperature: 22.30 C = 72.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.09 mb = 901.08 m = 2956.27 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 3.85 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1654.41 m = 5427.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.11 C = 71.79 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 32.16 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8488.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.20 mb = 1402.78 m = 4602.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.5 neg: -23.7 tot: 148.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 40.02 m/s