MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 146 SFC 993 206 28.6 21.8 67 6.8 23.7 161 8 302.3 305.4 297.1 352.0 16.81 2 950 600 25.5 20.1 72 5.4 21.6 179 20 303.1 306.0 296.6 349.8 15.77 3 900 1074 21.2 19.6 91 1.6 20.1 192 20 303.4 306.4 297.0 351.5 16.21 4 850 1568 17.7 16.9 95 0.8 17.2 210 13 304.7 307.4 296.1 347.7 14.41 5 800 2084 14.1 9.2 72 4.9 11.0 230 6 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.7 9.14 6 750 2628 13.2 1.5 45 11.7 6.8 223 7 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.69 7 700 3205 9.8 -2.2 43 12.1 3.6 231 9 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.1 4.64 8 650 3815 4.7 -1.7 63 6.4 1.4 233 13 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.7 5.18 9 600 4461 -0.1 -0.8 95 0.6 -0.4 246 13 316.0 317.1 293.1 335.1 6.04 10 550 5153 -4.8 -6.3 89 1.5 -5.5 255 13 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.5 4.35 11 500 5895 -9.7 -12.9 77 3.2 -10.9 261 12 321.2 321.8 291.9 330.7 2.83 12 450 6700 -15.2 -19.1 72 3.9 -16.4 340 10 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.88 13 400 7581 -20.2 -22.7 80 2.5 -20.8 358 26 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.2 1.54 14 350 8561 -25.2 -27.9 78 2.7 -25.8 337 43 334.8 335.0 294.0 338.8 1.10 15 300 9663 -33.6 -36.6 75 2.9 -34.0 319 46 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.1 0.56 16 250 10915 -43.6 -47.1 68 3.5 -43.8 313 55 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12372 -56.6 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.7 314 66 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14138 -63.8 -72.2 31 8.4 -63.8 320 36 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16666 -61.0 -85.6 2 24.7 -61.2 290 13 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.74 m Freezing level: 601.43 mb = 4442.59 m = 14575.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.36 mb = 4296.38 m = 14095.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.18 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.60 mb = 1068.01 m = 3503.94 ft T: 21.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.42 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1386.86 m = 4550.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -7.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 26.59 C K Index: 32.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2171.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.43 mb = 1234.34 m = 4049.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.43 mb = 1583.30 m = 5194.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.43 mb = 13426.83 m = 44050.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2144.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: -7.5 tot: 63.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 115.23 Bulk Shear: 18.84 m/s