MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.09,-85.01 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -85.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 162 SFC 991 239 17.3 15.4 89 1.9 16.1 227 12 291.2 293.2 289.6 322.8 11.18 2 950 597 13.7 12.5 93 1.2 13.0 251 24 291.1 292.8 288.2 318.4 9.64 3 900 1053 13.1 11.4 90 1.7 12.0 279 23 295.0 296.7 289.4 322.1 9.43 4 850 1532 10.6 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 294 19 297.2 298.8 289.8 323.2 8.94 5 800 2036 7.6 5.8 88 1.8 6.6 301 22 299.3 300.6 288.9 320.6 7.24 6 750 2565 4.0 2.1 87 1.9 3.0 304 29 300.9 302.0 288.3 318.7 5.95 7 700 3122 0.5 0.0 97 0.4 0.3 300 33 303.0 304.0 288.6 319.6 5.49 8 650 3714 -3.0 -3.8 94 0.9 -3.4 300 33 305.6 306.4 288.5 319.2 4.43 9 600 4344 -6.2 -8.4 84 2.2 -7.1 304 31 309.0 309.6 288.6 319.7 3.39 10 550 5020 -10.2 -13.1 79 2.9 -11.2 307 32 312.0 312.5 288.8 320.2 2.53 11 500 5747 -15.0 -18.3 76 3.3 -16.0 308 31 314.8 315.1 289.0 320.8 1.81 12 450 6536 -20.6 -23.6 77 3.0 -21.2 302 31 317.4 317.7 289.3 321.7 1.27 13 400 7396 -26.9 -30.1 74 3.3 -27.5 289 31 320.1 320.2 289.6 322.8 0.78 14 350 8342 -35.3 -39.9 63 4.6 -35.7 276 29 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.4 0.34 15 300 9396 -43.4 -50.4 46 7.0 -43.7 291 30 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.7 0.13 16 250 10604 -49.0 -62.5 19 13.5 -49.4 318 43 333.2 333.2 292.6 333.3 0.03 17 200 12057 -51.4 -72.2 7 20.8 -51.8 318 49 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13906 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 315 50 374.8 374.8 301.4 374.8 0.00 19 100 16482 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 326 26 420.0 420.0 307.7 420.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.68 m Freezing level: 693.31 mb = 3201.54 m = 10503.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.50 mb = 3162.37 m = 10375.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.64 C = 74.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.54 mb = 476.83 m = 1564.38 ft T: 14.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 4.51 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1345.77 m = 4415.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.41 C = 72.35 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.55 mb = 871.82 m = 2860.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.55 mb = 2956.10 m = 9698.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 634.55 mb = 3903.05 m = 12805.14 ft B at Equ Level: 24.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 534.55 mb = 5237.71 m = 17183.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.3 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 328.3 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 170.4 neg: -7.5 tot: 163.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 64.41 m/s