MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 152 SFC 994 206 32.6 19.9 47 12.7 23.5 151 8 306.3 309.1 296.8 351.0 14.89 2 950 608 27.0 18.8 61 8.2 21.2 169 10 304.6 307.3 296.1 347.8 14.49 3 900 1083 22.3 17.9 76 4.4 19.2 182 11 304.5 307.2 296.1 347.6 14.46 4 850 1578 17.5 16.8 95 0.7 17.0 193 11 304.5 307.1 296.0 347.0 14.28 5 800 2093 13.8 9.0 73 4.8 10.9 233 11 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.2 9.06 6 750 2637 13.9 -4.3 28 18.2 4.9 211 9 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.5 3.72 7 700 3214 9.8 -5.4 34 15.2 2.5 218 4 313.4 314.1 290.3 325.1 3.65 8 650 3824 5.3 -4.8 48 10.1 0.4 286 10 314.9 315.7 291.2 328.1 4.12 9 600 4472 0.4 -5.4 65 5.7 -2.4 298 18 316.6 317.4 291.8 330.3 4.28 10 550 5163 -5.0 -9.9 68 4.9 -7.1 306 18 318.2 318.8 291.4 328.9 3.28 11 500 5904 -10.0 -20.6 42 10.6 -13.2 302 17 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.9 1.49 12 450 6709 -14.6 -32.8 20 18.1 -18.4 308 21 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.8 0.54 13 400 7590 -20.8 -35.9 25 15.1 -23.4 311 28 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.45 14 350 8562 -28.1 -44.6 19 16.6 -29.9 316 33 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.21 15 300 9649 -36.8 -50.8 22 13.9 -37.8 320 33 333.4 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 16 250 10883 -47.4 -57.5 30 10.2 -47.7 322 37 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.06 17 200 12318 -57.7 -64.0 45 6.3 -57.9 330 35 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.03 18 150 14128 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.3 277 30 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16665 -60.5 -85.3 2 24.8 -60.7 274 16 410.8 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.67 m Freezing level: 596.44 mb = 4521.01 m = 14832.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.26 mb = 3908.73 m = 12823.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.61 mb = 1804.71 m = 5920.89 ft T: 15.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 27.54 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1656.23 m = 5433.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.03 C = 87.86 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -5.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.78 C K Index: 29.05 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2234.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.97 mb = 1678.63 m = 5507.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.97 mb = 1729.41 m = 5673.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 764.97 mb = 2470.62 m = 8105.61 ft B at Equ Level: 28.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.6 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 296.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 7.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.2 neg: -22.2 tot: 31.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 58.64 Bulk Shear: 38.11 m/s