MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 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 152 SFC 994 205 27.0 22.3 75 4.7 23.6 230 5 300.7 303.9 297.0 351.4 17.27 2 950 604 24.7 21.4 82 3.3 22.3 226 19 302.3 305.4 297.3 352.8 17.10 3 900 1076 20.9 19.4 91 1.4 19.9 230 17 303.0 306.0 296.7 350.4 15.97 4 850 1569 17.5 14.1 80 3.4 15.3 241 11 304.5 306.7 294.4 340.3 11.99 5 800 2085 14.1 7.4 64 6.7 10.1 232 10 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.8 8.12 6 750 2627 11.5 4.8 63 6.8 7.6 229 17 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.1 7.18 7 700 3201 7.9 4.0 76 3.9 5.6 228 23 311.2 312.6 292.7 333.8 7.31 8 650 3808 3.4 0.5 82 2.8 1.8 221 25 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.0 6.13 9 600 4452 -1.0 -2.0 93 1.0 -1.5 213 22 315.0 316.0 292.4 332.4 5.50 10 550 5142 -5.2 -6.7 89 1.5 -5.8 197 5 317.9 318.8 292.2 331.6 4.22 11 500 5884 -9.7 -11.4 87 1.7 -10.4 29 15 321.3 321.9 292.2 331.9 3.21 12 450 6693 -13.1 -14.8 87 1.7 -13.7 355 19 326.8 327.4 293.3 336.0 2.70 13 400 7582 -18.2 -20.4 83 2.1 -18.9 311 20 331.3 331.7 293.8 337.9 1.89 14 350 8564 -25.7 -28.5 77 2.8 -26.3 288 20 334.1 334.4 293.8 338.0 1.05 15 300 9661 -34.5 -37.6 73 3.1 -34.9 303 22 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.6 0.50 16 250 10910 -43.9 -47.4 68 3.5 -44.1 316 31 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12364 -57.0 -60.9 61 3.9 -57.1 316 31 342.5 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14128 -65.5 -73.6 32 8.1 -65.6 321 43 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16662 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 296 11 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.47 m Freezing level: 611.24 mb = 4307.21 m = 14131.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.51 mb = 4155.60 m = 13633.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.91 % Est. max temperature: 31.03 C = 87.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.90 mb = 809.42 m = 2655.55 ft T: 23.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.55 C/km ThetaE index: 22.01 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1212.15 m = 3976.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.54 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.77 C K Index: 37.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2468.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.38 mb = 1053.25 m = 3455.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.38 mb = 1394.75 m = 4575.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 167.38 mb = 13455.66 m = 44145.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2467.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 4.5 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -5.5 tot: 32.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3077.94 Bulk Shear: 0.80 m/s