MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 42.66,-83.57 Latitude: 42.66 Longitude: -83.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 983 301 16.7 14.0 84 2.7 15.0 275 8 291.3 293.1 288.8 320.3 10.26 2 950 588 14.1 13.7 97 0.4 13.8 295 18 291.5 293.4 289.0 321.0 10.42 3 900 1044 12.1 10.2 88 1.9 11.0 296 18 294.0 295.5 288.4 319.0 8.71 4 850 1521 9.6 5.7 76 4.0 7.5 289 19 296.3 297.5 287.4 315.9 6.75 5 800 2022 6.2 1.7 73 4.5 3.9 283 21 297.8 298.7 286.6 313.8 5.42 6 750 2547 2.3 -1.3 77 3.5 0.5 273 24 299.0 299.9 286.4 312.9 4.65 7 700 3100 -1.2 -3.0 88 1.8 -2.0 267 26 301.2 302.0 286.9 314.5 4.39 8 650 3689 -4.2 -5.4 91 1.2 -4.8 270 28 304.2 304.9 287.5 316.2 3.93 9 600 4315 -7.9 -9.2 90 1.3 -8.4 281 28 307.0 307.6 287.8 317.0 3.17 10 550 4987 -11.6 -13.2 88 1.6 -12.2 290 28 310.3 310.8 288.2 318.4 2.52 11 500 5711 -16.0 -17.9 85 1.9 -16.5 288 29 313.6 313.9 288.6 319.7 1.88 12 450 6497 -21.2 -23.4 82 2.2 -21.7 282 30 316.6 316.8 289.0 321.0 1.29 13 400 7355 -27.9 -30.4 79 2.5 -28.3 279 29 318.7 318.9 289.2 321.4 0.76 14 350 8296 -36.3 -39.5 72 3.2 -36.6 273 27 319.8 319.9 289.1 321.1 0.35 15 300 9344 -45.6 -49.1 68 3.5 -45.8 265 41 321.0 321.1 289.2 321.6 0.15 16 250 10535 -52.1 -58.5 46 6.4 -52.3 274 46 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.06 17 200 11980 -51.7 -71.4 8 19.7 -52.1 301 43 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13840 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 312 35 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16450 -53.3 -82.2 2 28.9 -54.0 315 21 424.7 424.7 308.3 424.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5557.98 m Freezing level: 716.96 mb = 2912.70 m = 9555.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.14 mb = 2663.94 m = 8739.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.47 % Est. max temperature: 22.15 C = 71.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.29 mb = 639.21 m = 2097.13 ft T: 13.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 8.13 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.16 mb = 1182.79 m = 3880.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.03 C = 68.05 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: 0.44 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: 2.69 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 21.64 C K Index: 29.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.90 mb = 933.26 m = 3061.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.90 mb = 1950.80 m = 6400.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 526.90 mb = 5313.26 m = 17431.73 ft B at Equ Level: 126.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.90 mb = 8555.25 m = 28068.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 311.9 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -0.6 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 8.93 Bulk Shear: 14.17 m/s