MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.23,-85.98 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -85.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 987 258 21.8 17.7 77 4.1 19.0 301 12 296.1 298.4 292.6 333.4 12.98 2 950 585 18.4 15.8 85 2.5 16.7 300 17 295.8 298.0 291.8 330.3 11.98 3 900 1046 14.2 13.4 95 0.8 13.7 298 21 296.2 298.1 291.0 327.4 10.83 4 850 1526 11.0 9.4 90 1.6 10.0 301 23 297.7 299.2 289.7 323.1 8.73 5 800 2030 7.9 4.4 79 3.4 5.9 305 22 299.5 300.7 288.4 319.0 6.57 6 750 2560 5.6 -0.7 64 6.2 2.5 309 24 302.6 303.5 287.9 317.3 4.85 7 700 3121 2.0 -7.9 48 9.9 -2.1 313 26 304.8 305.3 286.8 314.1 3.01 8 650 3715 -0.3 -38.9 4 38.6 -8.2 323 23 308.7 308.7 285.1 309.4 0.20 9 600 4350 -4.2 -20.9 26 16.7 -9.3 330 25 311.2 311.4 287.2 315.2 1.20 10 550 5030 -8.7 -32.4 13 23.7 -13.8 331 29 313.7 313.8 287.2 315.3 0.46 11 500 5760 -13.5 -44.7 5 31.2 -18.0 336 33 316.6 316.6 287.8 317.1 0.14 12 450 6554 -18.1 -49.2 5 31.0 -21.8 344 42 320.4 320.5 289.0 320.8 0.10 13 400 7422 -24.7 -51.1 7 26.4 -27.2 344 45 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.2 0.09 14 350 8377 -32.5 -53.0 11 20.5 -33.9 342 49 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.08 15 300 9444 -41.3 -53.6 25 12.3 -41.9 335 53 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.09 16 250 10658 -48.9 -61.2 22 12.4 -49.2 328 59 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 17 200 12106 -52.7 -69.5 11 16.7 -53.1 321 70 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 13949 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 315 60 372.2 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16501 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 322 26 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5617.36 m Freezing level: 655.68 mb = 3647.39 m = 11966.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.35 mb = 2854.01 m = 9363.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.79 mb = 777.65 m = 2551.32 ft T: 16.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 24.02 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 996.29 m = 3268.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.86 C = 71.36 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: 1.18 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 23.93 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 486.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.96 mb = 980.46 m = 3216.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.96 mb = 1027.58 m = 3371.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.96 mb = 9856.77 m = 32338.09 ft B at Equ Level: 481.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.96 mb = 12042.61 m = 39509.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.2 at 25.1 knts Storm direction: 350.2 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 68.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 25.86 Bulk Shear: 18.80 m/s