MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.27,-86.89 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 992 211 24.3 16.1 60 8.2 18.8 286 10 298.1 300.2 292.3 332.0 11.67 2 950 588 20.4 13.7 66 6.7 16.1 282 15 297.8 299.7 291.2 328.1 10.41 3 900 1051 15.9 12.0 77 3.9 13.5 278 17 297.9 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.84 4 850 1534 12.0 9.2 83 2.7 10.3 281 24 298.7 300.2 290.0 324.0 8.65 5 800 2038 8.2 4.2 76 4.0 6.1 283 27 299.9 301.1 288.5 319.1 6.48 6 750 2568 5.0 0.8 74 4.2 2.9 292 28 302.0 303.0 288.2 318.3 5.42 7 700 3128 1.5 1.1 98 0.3 1.3 304 26 304.1 305.2 289.4 322.1 5.94 8 650 3722 -1.7 -4.7 80 3.0 -3.1 311 19 307.1 307.8 288.7 319.9 4.15 9 600 4356 -3.8 -21.2 25 17.3 -9.1 329 20 311.7 311.9 287.3 315.6 1.18 10 550 5038 -7.7 -37.5 7 29.8 -13.5 338 23 314.9 314.9 287.4 315.9 0.28 11 500 5770 -13.0 -33.3 16 20.4 -17.0 333 25 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.9 0.46 12 450 6566 -17.0 -52.4 3 35.4 -21.0 340 31 321.9 321.9 289.4 322.1 0.07 13 400 7438 -23.8 -43.8 14 20.0 -26.2 336 35 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.20 14 350 8396 -32.4 -40.5 44 8.1 -33.3 331 43 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.32 15 300 9463 -41.1 -50.2 37 9.0 -41.6 338 51 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.13 16 250 10678 -49.3 -59.7 29 10.4 -49.7 346 64 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.05 17 200 12112 -56.3 -66.9 25 10.6 -56.5 335 65 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13942 -56.5 -80.2 4 23.7 -56.8 317 51 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16498 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 317 25 416.5 416.5 307.3 416.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.15 m Freezing level: 676.83 mb = 3403.28 m = 11165.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.34 mb = 3297.68 m = 10819.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.11 mb = 1239.85 m = 4067.70 ft T: 14.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.67 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.86 mb = 1515.40 m = 4971.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.68 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: 1.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.91 C Cross Totals Index: 22.21 C K Index: 33.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 213.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.85 mb = 1426.70 m = 4680.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.85 mb = 1673.44 m = 5490.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.85 mb = 6304.67 m = 20684.36 ft B at Equ Level: 199.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.85 mb = 11331.01 m = 37174.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.3 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 338.3 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.34 Bulk Shear: 18.83 m/s