MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.68,-83.54 Latitude: 42.68 Longitude: -83.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 982 303 17.5 16.1 91 1.4 16.6 265 10 292.2 294.3 290.5 325.7 11.80 2 950 581 14.6 14.5 99 0.2 14.6 271 18 292.0 294.0 289.7 323.1 10.96 3 900 1036 11.5 11.2 98 0.3 11.3 298 21 293.4 295.0 288.7 320.0 9.30 4 850 1513 9.2 7.8 91 1.4 8.4 292 21 295.8 297.2 288.3 318.6 7.85 5 800 2013 6.5 4.6 88 1.9 5.5 294 21 298.1 299.3 287.9 317.6 6.65 6 750 2540 3.4 1.2 85 2.2 2.2 293 24 300.3 301.3 287.7 316.9 5.56 7 700 3097 -0.3 -2.4 86 2.1 -1.3 282 25 302.2 303.0 287.5 316.1 4.58 8 650 3686 -3.1 -4.5 90 1.4 -3.8 274 27 305.4 306.2 288.2 318.4 4.20 9 600 4316 -6.6 -7.6 92 1.0 -7.0 281 29 308.5 309.2 288.7 319.8 3.60 10 550 4991 -10.9 -12.2 90 1.3 -11.3 285 28 311.2 311.7 288.7 319.9 2.73 11 500 5717 -15.3 -17.0 87 1.6 -15.8 288 25 314.4 314.8 289.0 321.0 2.03 12 450 6504 -20.9 -22.8 84 1.9 -21.3 288 24 317.0 317.3 289.2 321.6 1.36 13 400 7363 -27.5 -29.9 80 2.4 -27.9 287 26 319.2 319.4 289.4 322.0 0.80 14 350 8307 -35.6 -38.9 72 3.2 -36.0 276 31 320.7 320.8 289.4 322.1 0.38 15 300 9358 -45.4 -49.1 66 3.7 -45.6 267 33 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.15 16 250 10548 -53.0 -58.2 53 5.2 -53.1 278 38 327.3 327.3 291.0 327.5 0.06 17 200 11986 -51.7 -73.5 6 21.8 -52.1 302 40 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13844 -52.7 -81.7 2 29.0 -53.1 313 34 379.3 379.3 302.1 379.3 0.00 19 100 16451 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.5 319 25 423.7 423.7 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5572.67 m Freezing level: 703.72 mb = 3055.23 m = 10023.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.05 mb = 2891.32 m = 9485.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.90 C = 71.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.07 mb = 482.27 m = 1582.24 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 9.64 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 798.17 m = 2618.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.96 C = 64.33 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 30.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 140.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.95 mb = 805.72 m = 2643.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.95 mb = 851.37 m = 2793.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 469.95 mb = 6180.08 m = 20275.61 ft B at Equ Level: 140.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.95 mb = 10548.96 m = 34609.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.4 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 315.4 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.5 neg: -13.1 tot: 38.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 12.66 Bulk Shear: 11.08 m/s