MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.00,-85.09 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -85.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 989 241 19.7 15.7 78 4.0 17.1 280 5 293.8 295.8 290.6 326.3 11.38 2 950 591 19.1 13.5 70 5.6 15.5 288 14 296.6 298.4 290.7 326.4 10.30 3 900 1053 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.4 287 15 296.6 298.5 290.6 326.3 10.24 4 850 1533 11.1 8.8 86 2.3 9.7 303 18 297.7 299.3 289.4 322.2 8.37 5 800 2037 7.9 5.6 85 2.3 6.6 309 22 299.5 300.8 288.9 320.6 7.12 6 750 2567 4.5 2.1 84 2.4 3.2 306 25 301.5 302.6 288.5 319.3 5.94 7 700 3126 1.4 -2.2 77 3.5 -0.3 303 24 304.0 304.8 288.2 318.2 4.66 8 650 3719 -1.3 -13.8 38 12.5 -5.9 306 22 307.4 307.8 286.7 313.9 2.02 9 600 4353 -4.3 -21.1 26 16.8 -9.3 315 23 311.2 311.4 287.1 315.1 1.19 10 550 5032 -8.9 -29.5 17 20.6 -13.7 320 26 313.5 313.6 287.3 315.6 0.60 11 500 5762 -13.1 -42.8 6 29.7 -17.7 330 29 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.7 0.18 12 450 6558 -17.7 -41.0 11 23.3 -21.2 339 37 321.0 321.0 289.3 321.9 0.23 13 400 7427 -24.5 -37.0 31 12.5 -26.3 334 44 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.6 0.40 14 350 8383 -32.8 -39.6 51 6.8 -33.6 335 49 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.8 0.35 15 300 9449 -40.9 -55.2 20 14.3 -41.6 337 60 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.07 16 250 10665 -49.5 -60.2 28 10.7 -49.8 339 73 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 17 200 12100 -55.7 -67.8 21 12.0 -55.9 330 72 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.02 18 150 13939 -55.3 -81.1 3 25.8 -55.6 322 55 374.9 374.9 301.4 374.9 0.00 19 100 16502 -57.5 -85.4 2 27.9 -57.9 308 27 416.6 416.6 307.3 416.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5614.29 m Freezing level: 674.96 mb = 3422.79 m = 11229.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.64 mb = 3072.09 m = 10078.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.05 C = 75.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.05 mb = 754.08 m = 2473.98 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.48 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.77 mb = 1359.48 m = 4460.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.28 C = 73.90 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: 2.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 29.41 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 131.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.95 mb = 1204.14 m = 3950.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.95 mb = 1543.72 m = 5064.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.95 mb = 5931.18 m = 19459.01 ft B at Equ Level: 130.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 288.95 mb = 9698.97 m = 31820.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 342.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: -6.1 tot: 65.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.62 Bulk Shear: 23.35 m/s