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: 42.41,-84.21 Latitude: 42.41 Longitude: -84.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 982 290 14.9 10.7 76 4.2 12.4 198 8 289.5 291.0 286.3 312.8 8.25 2 950 571 17.8 10.8 64 7.0 13.6 240 26 295.3 296.8 288.8 320.1 8.59 3 900 1031 13.9 10.4 79 3.5 11.8 247 19 295.9 297.4 289.2 321.4 8.82 4 850 1510 9.5 9.0 97 0.5 9.2 251 19 296.1 297.7 289.0 320.8 8.52 5 800 2011 6.8 6.1 95 0.7 6.4 268 17 298.4 299.8 288.8 320.1 7.39 6 750 2538 3.6 1.4 86 2.2 2.5 275 19 300.5 301.5 287.9 317.4 5.66 7 700 3096 0.6 -1.6 85 2.2 -0.5 280 22 303.1 304.0 288.1 317.8 4.85 8 650 3687 -2.7 -4.3 89 1.6 -3.4 282 26 305.9 306.7 288.4 319.0 4.26 9 600 4319 -5.8 -6.4 96 0.5 -6.1 284 31 309.4 310.1 289.3 321.7 3.95 10 550 4995 -10.5 -11.8 91 1.2 -11.0 288 35 311.6 312.1 288.9 320.6 2.82 11 500 5721 -15.0 -20.6 63 5.6 -16.6 289 34 314.7 315.0 288.6 319.7 1.49 12 450 6511 -19.7 -29.3 42 9.6 -21.7 280 31 318.5 318.6 289.1 321.1 0.75 13 400 7373 -26.7 -35.7 42 9.0 -27.9 277 31 320.4 320.4 289.3 322.0 0.46 14 350 8320 -34.7 -38.9 65 4.2 -35.1 286 32 321.9 322.0 289.8 323.3 0.37 15 300 9374 -44.8 -48.4 67 3.6 -45.0 292 37 322.2 322.2 289.6 322.8 0.16 16 250 10562 -55.0 -59.2 60 4.2 -55.1 303 50 324.3 324.4 290.2 324.6 0.05 17 200 11993 -52.6 -71.8 8 19.1 -53.0 306 38 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13846 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.7 313 40 378.3 378.3 301.9 378.3 0.00 19 100 16444 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.3 308 27 422.0 422.0 307.9 422.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.84 m Freezing level: 691.34 mb = 3198.44 m = 10493.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.49 mb = 2998.56 m = 9837.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.88 % Est. max temperature: 22.25 C = 72.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.68 mb = 819.21 m = 2687.67 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.00 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1599.49 m = 5247.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.85 C = 71.34 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8054.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.42 mb = 1368.70 m = 4490.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.7 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 306.7 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.9 neg: -19.5 tot: 137.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.61 Bulk Shear: 35.39 m/s