MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 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 137 SFC 992 205 26.7 22.8 80 3.8 23.9 188 9 300.5 303.7 297.3 353.0 17.91 2 950 589 25.2 21.5 80 3.7 22.5 208 28 302.8 306.0 297.5 353.9 17.26 3 900 1063 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 219 24 304.2 307.2 297.2 352.8 16.30 4 850 1558 18.9 15.1 79 3.8 16.3 225 15 305.9 308.3 295.3 344.3 12.80 5 800 2076 15.3 8.8 65 6.4 11.3 244 11 307.4 309.1 292.9 334.5 8.94 6 750 2621 13.3 -1.6 36 14.9 5.5 242 13 311.0 311.9 290.3 325.2 4.53 7 700 3197 9.4 -1.2 48 10.6 3.8 242 15 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.7 5.02 8 650 3807 4.2 1.9 85 2.2 2.9 247 15 313.7 315.0 293.0 334.9 6.79 9 600 4453 0.5 -5.9 62 6.4 -2.5 251 15 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.0 4.11 10 550 5146 -4.3 -13.8 47 9.6 -7.9 255 16 319.0 319.5 290.8 326.9 2.39 11 500 5888 -9.9 -15.1 65 5.2 -11.8 258 13 321.0 321.4 291.4 328.9 2.36 12 450 6694 -14.5 -16.7 83 2.2 -15.3 282 10 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.8 2.29 13 400 7575 -20.9 -23.3 81 2.4 -21.5 317 10 327.8 328.1 292.5 333.0 1.46 14 350 8549 -27.2 -30.0 77 2.8 -27.7 339 16 332.1 332.3 293.2 335.4 0.90 15 300 9642 -35.3 -38.4 73 3.1 -35.7 342 26 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.4 0.46 16 250 10884 -45.7 -49.2 68 3.5 -45.9 341 35 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.17 17 200 12329 -57.6 -61.6 60 4.0 -57.7 339 44 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 14107 -59.0 -73.5 14 14.5 -59.2 336 30 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.5 0.01 19 100 16638 -60.7 -85.4 2 24.7 -61.0 285 13 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.06 m Freezing level: 594.61 mb = 4527.77 m = 14854.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.19 mb = 4146.94 m = 13605.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.46 % Est. max temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.79 mb = 692.99 m = 2273.55 ft T: 24.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 28.70 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.84 mb = 1408.47 m = 4620.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.57 C = 88.82 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -8.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 33.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2945.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.85 mb = 1084.07 m = 3556.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.85 mb = 1732.60 m = 5684.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.85 mb = 13230.70 m = 43407.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2927.05 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.3 neg: -15.0 tot: 84.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.75 Bulk Rich Number: 176.14 Bulk Shear: 16.72 m/s