MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 190 SFC 998 204 22.8 20.6 87 2.2 21.2 171 5 296.1 298.9 294.4 340.6 15.45 2 950 638 22.2 19.3 84 2.8 20.2 194 13 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.5 15.00 3 900 1107 19.4 14.2 72 5.2 16.0 214 7 301.5 303.6 293.1 335.1 11.39 4 850 1596 16.2 11.7 75 4.5 13.3 266 6 303.1 305.0 292.7 333.5 10.21 5 800 2109 14.0 1.1 41 13.0 7.1 264 5 306.1 307.0 289.3 321.9 5.16 6 750 2651 11.8 -0.3 43 12.1 5.4 294 4 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.9 4.99 7 700 3225 8.1 0.3 58 7.8 3.9 309 9 311.4 312.5 291.4 328.9 5.59 8 650 3832 3.9 -3.0 61 6.9 0.4 339 13 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.3 4.71 9 600 4477 -0.6 -11.3 44 10.7 -5.0 344 16 315.4 316.0 290.0 324.2 2.68 10 550 5166 -5.4 -16.6 41 11.2 -9.4 332 17 317.7 318.0 290.0 324.0 1.89 11 500 5906 -10.4 -22.0 38 11.6 -13.8 323 19 320.3 320.6 290.2 324.8 1.31 12 450 6707 -16.7 -22.0 63 5.3 -18.1 306 14 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.2 1.46 13 400 7581 -22.5 -26.9 67 4.4 -23.5 290 17 325.8 326.0 291.6 329.5 1.06 14 350 8549 -29.0 -42.4 26 13.4 -30.6 287 20 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.26 15 300 9633 -36.9 -52.2 19 15.3 -37.9 281 27 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.10 16 250 10870 -45.7 -62.5 13 16.8 -46.3 256 38 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12323 -54.9 -72.2 10 17.2 -55.2 244 53 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14131 -59.5 -75.9 10 16.4 -59.7 270 29 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.01 19 100 16673 -59.5 -87.0 2 27.5 -59.8 248 17 412.8 412.8 306.9 412.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.42 m Freezing level: 606.56 mb = 4392.49 m = 14410.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.01 mb = 3881.83 m = 12735.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.68 mb = 485.71 m = 1593.52 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 21.61 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1509.98 m = 4953.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 30.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 171.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 990.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 92.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.28 mb = 1074.94 m = 3526.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.28 mb = 3363.22 m = 11034.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.28 mb = 11182.77 m = 36688.43 ft B at Equ Level: 990.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.28 mb = 14203.33 m = 46598.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 22.71 Bulk Shear: 43.63 m/s