MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 7 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 183 SFC 998 205 27.8 16.5 50 11.3 20.2 95 6 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.3 11.95 2 950 634 23.9 15.0 58 8.8 18.0 140 8 301.4 303.5 293.0 335.0 11.38 3 900 1104 19.9 14.6 72 5.3 16.4 177 7 302.0 304.2 293.4 336.6 11.70 4 850 1593 15.3 13.5 89 1.9 14.1 191 7 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.2 11.49 5 800 2105 12.7 2.1 48 10.6 6.9 217 9 304.6 305.7 289.2 321.5 5.56 6 750 2643 10.4 -16.0 14 26.4 0.5 248 7 307.9 308.2 286.3 312.7 1.46 7 700 3215 8.7 -34.9 3 43.7 -2.6 295 6 312.2 312.2 286.5 313.2 0.28 8 650 3823 5.1 -15.3 21 20.4 -2.7 306 7 314.7 315.0 288.9 320.6 1.79 9 600 4470 0.2 -2.4 83 2.6 -1.2 311 12 316.3 317.3 292.6 333.3 5.33 10 550 5161 -4.5 -10.0 65 5.6 -6.8 295 15 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.4 3.24 11 500 5905 -8.8 -18.0 47 9.2 -11.9 286 18 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.6 1.85 12 450 6714 -13.5 -26.7 32 13.3 -16.9 278 22 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.7 0.95 13 400 7601 -18.3 -43.9 9 25.6 -22.1 268 24 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.0 0.19 14 350 8584 -24.5 -45.8 12 21.2 -27.2 266 27 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.18 15 300 9685 -33.0 -36.7 69 3.7 -33.5 275 34 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.0 0.55 16 250 10943 -43.4 -46.7 70 3.3 -43.6 295 33 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.23 17 200 12397 -56.3 -60.4 59 4.2 -56.3 294 29 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.06 18 150 14195 -60.0 -77.5 8 17.5 -60.2 269 22 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.01 19 100 16717 -61.6 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 255 13 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.37 m Freezing level: 598.31 mb = 4492.99 m = 14740.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.13 mb = 2730.60 m = 8958.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.47 mb = 1628.58 m = 5343.05 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 23.91 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.78 mb = 2096.68 m = 6878.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lifted Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: -6.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 193.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 162.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.74 mb = 1726.04 m = 5662.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 571.74 mb = 4853.18 m = 15922.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.74 mb = 6351.66 m = 20838.52 ft B at Equ Level: 14.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 421.74 mb = 7202.13 m = 23628.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.9 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 303.9 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 59.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 38.04 m/s