MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 8 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 143 SFC 993 205 26.7 22.9 80 3.8 23.9 196 7 300.4 303.7 297.3 353.1 17.96 2 950 595 24.6 21.2 81 3.4 22.2 213 24 302.1 305.2 297.1 352.1 16.90 3 900 1068 21.0 19.6 92 1.4 20.1 220 20 303.2 306.1 296.9 351.1 16.18 4 850 1562 18.4 13.6 74 4.8 15.2 228 14 305.4 307.6 294.3 340.1 11.57 5 800 2079 15.1 9.1 67 6.0 11.4 252 11 307.3 309.0 293.0 334.9 9.10 6 750 2624 13.0 2.4 48 10.6 7.1 262 14 310.7 311.8 291.6 329.5 6.06 7 700 3200 8.3 6.0 85 2.3 6.9 258 16 311.7 313.3 293.7 337.6 8.41 8 650 3808 3.9 3.0 93 1.0 3.4 270 19 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.3 7.32 9 600 4454 0.1 -3.4 77 3.5 -1.6 267 18 316.3 317.2 292.3 332.1 4.98 10 550 5147 -4.0 -12.5 51 8.5 -7.4 259 20 319.3 319.8 291.2 328.1 2.65 11 500 5891 -9.2 -20.5 39 11.3 -12.8 256 19 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.49 12 450 6696 -15.2 -20.3 65 5.1 -16.7 247 11 324.2 324.5 291.7 330.0 1.69 13 400 7576 -20.8 -23.6 78 2.8 -21.5 250 2 328.0 328.3 292.5 333.0 1.43 14 350 8551 -26.7 -29.6 76 3.0 -27.3 4 8 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.2 0.94 15 300 9645 -35.0 -38.2 73 3.2 -35.4 347 21 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.47 16 250 10892 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.7 327 33 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12345 -56.6 -60.5 61 3.9 -56.7 320 44 343.1 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14125 -58.2 -71.9 16 13.7 -58.5 1 17 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.02 19 100 16650 -59.8 -86.4 2 26.6 -60.1 294 13 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.54 m Freezing level: 598.57 mb = 4474.18 m = 14678.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.08 mb = 4240.64 m = 13912.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.90 mb = 688.58 m = 2259.09 ft T: 23.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 23.68 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1276.56 m = 4188.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.63 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -6.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2547.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.09 mb = 1028.13 m = 3373.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.09 mb = 1671.78 m = 5484.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.09 mb = 13028.04 m = 42742.40 ft B at Equ Level: 2533.58 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -11.0 tot: 64.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 140.44 Bulk Shear: 18.14 m/s