MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.31,-81.71 Latitude: 41.31 Longitude: -81.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 141 SFC 984 278 15.9 14.5 91 1.5 15.0 231 9 290.4 292.3 288.8 320.2 10.57 2 950 576 13.5 13.2 99 0.2 13.3 241 18 290.8 292.6 288.5 319.4 10.11 3 900 1030 11.3 10.6 95 0.7 10.9 277 20 293.1 294.7 288.3 318.6 8.92 4 850 1507 9.2 7.5 89 1.7 8.2 298 17 295.7 297.1 288.1 318.0 7.67 5 800 2008 6.6 4.3 85 2.4 5.4 297 18 298.2 299.4 287.9 317.4 6.50 6 750 2535 3.5 1.6 87 1.9 2.5 287 20 300.4 301.5 287.9 317.6 5.74 7 700 3092 0.4 -2.4 81 2.8 -0.9 286 23 303.0 303.8 287.7 316.9 4.58 8 650 3684 -2.4 -6.9 71 4.5 -4.4 290 27 306.2 306.9 287.8 317.1 3.49 9 600 4314 -6.3 -21.2 30 14.9 -10.6 287 29 308.8 309.1 286.3 312.7 1.17 10 550 4989 -10.5 -33.9 13 23.5 -15.1 293 34 311.7 311.7 286.4 313.0 0.39 11 500 5714 -15.3 -38.3 12 23.0 -19.0 295 37 314.4 314.5 287.2 315.4 0.28 12 450 6501 -20.8 -45.4 9 24.6 -23.7 308 40 317.1 317.1 288.0 317.6 0.15 13 400 7360 -27.0 -46.0 15 19.0 -28.9 320 50 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.5 0.15 14 350 8307 -34.7 -52.5 15 17.8 -35.8 326 56 322.0 322.0 289.5 322.3 0.08 15 300 9365 -43.2 -54.4 28 11.3 -43.6 330 58 324.5 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.08 16 250 10567 -51.3 -62.5 25 11.2 -51.5 321 53 329.8 329.8 291.7 329.9 0.03 17 200 12010 -51.5 -70.5 9 19.0 -51.9 308 47 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13865 -53.9 -80.7 2 26.9 -54.3 311 48 377.3 377.3 301.8 377.3 0.00 19 100 16460 -55.7 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.2 289 27 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5573.02 m Freezing level: 692.25 mb = 3183.89 m = 10445.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.27 mb = 2940.52 m = 9647.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.78 % Est. max temperature: 22.01 C = 71.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.80 mb = 462.98 m = 1518.93 ft T: 14.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 2.85 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.80 mb = 875.15 m = 2871.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.85 C = 64.13 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Showalter Index: 2.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 29.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8371.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.26 mb = 807.07 m = 2647.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.5 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 319.5 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.9 neg: -4.0 tot: 103.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 47.16 m/s