MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 42.0,-87.9 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 999 204 29.7 15.4 42 14.3 20.1 117 4 302.9 305.0 293.3 335.8 11.08 2 950 649 23.3 14.2 56 9.2 17.3 136 4 300.9 302.9 292.4 332.5 10.75 3 900 1117 18.7 13.3 71 5.4 15.2 157 3 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.4 10.73 4 850 1604 14.4 9.9 75 4.4 11.6 199 5 301.2 302.8 291.1 328.0 9.06 5 800 2114 11.6 3.2 56 8.4 7.0 217 8 303.5 304.6 289.3 321.7 6.02 6 750 2650 7.9 3.8 75 4.1 5.6 220 11 305.2 306.4 290.5 325.5 6.72 7 700 3217 6.3 -7.4 37 13.7 0.2 232 8 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.4 3.14 8 650 3822 4.2 -26.5 9 30.7 -4.8 255 7 313.8 313.9 287.5 316.1 0.68 9 600 4467 -0.1 -15.3 31 15.2 -5.8 273 9 316.0 316.4 289.5 322.4 1.94 10 550 5158 -4.3 -25.3 18 21.0 -10.3 273 9 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.1 0.89 11 500 5901 -8.7 -26.8 22 18.1 -13.5 286 12 322.5 322.6 290.4 325.5 0.85 12 450 6710 -13.1 -28.6 26 15.6 -16.9 289 18 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.80 13 400 7598 -18.5 -32.9 27 14.4 -21.4 284 16 330.9 331.1 292.6 333.1 0.60 14 350 8580 -25.0 -41.9 19 16.8 -27.3 297 13 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.1 0.28 15 300 9677 -34.6 -42.4 45 7.7 -35.4 306 17 336.6 336.6 293.7 337.8 0.31 16 250 10925 -44.4 -50.5 51 6.1 -44.7 330 35 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.6 0.15 17 200 12378 -55.6 -63.3 38 7.7 -55.7 334 39 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.04 18 150 14196 -56.2 -83.6 2 27.4 -56.5 263 24 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16721 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 224 12 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.98 m Freezing level: 601.18 mb = 4451.77 m = 14605.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.05 mb = 3239.88 m = 10629.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.79 mb = 1990.74 m = 6531.21 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.09 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 2105.54 m = 6907.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.50 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.02 C Cross Totals Index: 18.58 C K Index: 19.24 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 140.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.81 mb = 1846.84 m = 6059.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.81 mb = 2531.07 m = 8303.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 730.81 mb = 2863.03 m = 9393.03 ft B at Equ Level: 15.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 680.81 mb = 3444.02 m = 11299.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 277.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -0.9 tot: 22.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.04 Bulk Shear: 14.86 m/s