MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 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 188 SFC 998 204 25.1 20.7 77 4.3 22.0 127 1 298.4 301.2 295.2 343.7 15.59 2 950 638 23.0 19.0 78 4.0 20.2 197 11 300.5 303.2 295.2 343.7 14.74 3 900 1108 19.2 15.8 80 3.4 16.9 193 11 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.5 12.62 4 850 1597 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.8 185 10 302.7 304.5 292.2 331.7 9.77 5 800 2109 13.4 3.1 50 10.3 7.7 198 9 305.4 306.6 289.9 323.7 6.00 6 750 2650 10.9 -0.8 44 11.7 4.8 275 5 308.4 309.3 289.8 323.4 4.83 7 700 3222 7.7 -2.9 47 10.6 2.4 328 11 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.8 4.40 8 650 3828 3.6 -3.3 61 6.8 0.2 328 12 313.0 313.9 291.0 327.6 4.62 9 600 4473 -0.4 -3.8 78 3.3 -2.0 315 8 315.6 316.6 292.0 331.0 4.83 10 550 5163 -4.9 -6.6 88 1.7 -5.7 286 5 318.2 319.0 292.2 332.0 4.25 11 500 5906 -9.7 -13.6 73 3.9 -11.1 280 7 321.3 321.8 291.7 330.2 2.68 12 450 6710 -15.2 -18.3 77 3.1 -16.2 288 12 324.1 324.5 292.0 330.9 2.01 13 400 7591 -20.4 -22.9 81 2.5 -21.1 287 16 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.8 1.52 14 350 8566 -26.8 -29.3 79 2.5 -27.3 257 20 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.2 0.96 15 300 9663 -33.9 -39.5 56 5.7 -34.6 245 34 337.6 337.7 294.1 339.2 0.41 16 250 10915 -43.9 -50.5 48 6.6 -44.2 246 49 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.5 0.15 17 200 12373 -55.3 -59.9 56 4.7 -55.4 254 57 345.2 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14173 -61.6 -76.6 12 15.0 -61.8 244 34 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16695 -61.8 -87.8 2 26.0 -62.0 233 16 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.56 m Freezing level: 605.17 mb = 4405.77 m = 14454.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.22 mb = 3874.70 m = 12712.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.00 mb = 757.93 m = 2486.63 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 20.39 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1390.80 m = 4562.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.75 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.70 C K Index: 25.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 797.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.93 mb = 1155.85 m = 3792.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.93 mb = 1697.53 m = 5569.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.93 mb = 11183.71 m = 36691.51 ft B at Equ Level: 793.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.93 mb = 14175.60 m = 46507.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.4 neg: -9.9 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 64.33 Bulk Shear: 12.39 m/s