MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 125 SFC 991 206 31.0 20.4 53 10.7 23.3 166 12 305.0 307.8 296.8 350.9 15.37 2 950 580 25.8 19.4 68 6.4 21.2 174 18 303.4 306.1 296.2 348.0 15.05 3 900 1053 22.1 16.8 72 5.2 18.5 190 25 304.3 306.8 295.4 344.5 13.52 4 850 1548 18.8 13.0 69 5.8 15.0 205 24 305.9 308.0 294.1 339.4 11.16 5 800 2066 16.0 8.5 61 7.5 11.4 230 18 308.2 309.9 293.0 334.8 8.74 6 750 2613 13.3 9.6 79 3.6 10.9 276 13 311.0 312.9 294.8 341.9 10.08 7 700 3190 9.8 4.5 69 5.4 6.7 286 9 313.4 314.8 293.6 336.9 7.54 8 650 3805 8.3 -4.3 41 12.6 1.9 348 20 318.3 319.1 292.3 332.1 4.27 9 600 4459 3.0 -11.6 33 14.6 -3.2 350 27 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.63 10 550 5156 -3.1 -11.0 54 8.0 -6.4 350 30 320.5 321.1 291.8 330.4 3.00 11 500 5901 -9.3 -18.9 45 9.6 -12.5 350 25 321.7 322.0 291.0 327.5 1.71 12 450 6709 -12.9 -31.6 19 18.7 -17.1 331 16 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.3 0.61 13 400 7595 -19.9 -30.0 40 10.0 -22.1 326 9 329.1 329.2 292.2 332.0 0.79 14 350 8572 -25.8 -28.3 79 2.5 -26.3 232 10 334.0 334.2 293.8 337.8 1.06 15 300 9671 -34.1 -37.1 74 3.1 -34.5 272 16 337.3 337.4 294.1 339.3 0.53 16 250 10920 -44.1 -50.3 50 6.2 -44.5 251 18 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.15 17 200 12379 -55.8 -62.2 45 6.4 -55.9 276 30 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14160 -63.2 -78.4 11 15.2 -63.3 275 8 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16647 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 300 5 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5775.73 m Freezing level: 575.21 mb = 4804.76 m = 15763.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.42 mb = 4041.82 m = 13260.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.46 mb = 1553.10 m = 5095.40 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.07 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.73 mb = 2036.86 m = 6682.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.16 C = 93.48 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -5.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.03 C Showalter Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1252.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.86 mb = 1538.91 m = 5048.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.86 mb = 4245.68 m = 13929.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.86 mb = 12832.95 m = 42102.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1237.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.86 mb = 15743.82 m = 51652.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.4 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 342.4 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.7 neg: -11.2 tot: 220.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 7.92 Bulk Shear: 158.19 m/s