MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 9 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 127 SFC 991 205 27.4 22.6 75 4.8 23.9 167 11 301.3 304.6 297.3 353.3 17.65 2 950 580 25.5 20.8 76 4.6 22.1 186 27 303.0 306.1 297.1 352.0 16.53 3 900 1054 21.8 19.2 85 2.6 19.9 202 30 304.0 306.9 296.8 350.8 15.73 4 850 1550 21.0 9.3 47 11.7 13.7 216 17 308.1 309.8 292.9 334.6 8.69 5 800 2072 17.6 14.0 79 3.7 15.1 310 4 309.9 312.3 296.3 348.4 12.63 6 750 2622 16.8 3.5 41 13.3 9.0 283 4 314.8 316.1 293.2 335.5 6.58 7 700 3207 13.7 -3.4 30 17.2 4.8 323 10 317.7 318.5 292.1 331.4 4.23 8 650 3825 8.7 -7.7 30 16.4 1.0 318 14 318.8 319.5 291.6 329.6 3.29 9 600 4480 3.3 -7.2 46 10.5 -1.6 332 15 319.9 320.7 292.3 332.1 3.72 10 550 5178 -2.8 -10.8 54 8.0 -6.2 348 15 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.8 3.04 11 500 5924 -9.0 -14.5 64 5.5 -11.0 355 15 322.1 322.6 291.9 330.5 2.49 12 450 6730 -15.1 -20.7 62 5.6 -16.7 343 15 324.3 324.6 291.7 329.9 1.63 13 400 7612 -19.6 -38.6 17 19.1 -22.7 325 12 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.34 14 350 8588 -27.0 -40.3 27 13.3 -28.8 324 14 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.33 15 300 9681 -35.1 -52.5 15 17.4 -36.4 310 17 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.10 16 250 10924 -45.2 -58.7 21 13.5 -45.7 284 20 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 12378 -55.6 -68.0 20 12.4 -55.8 250 20 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 14173 -62.1 -77.6 11 15.5 -62.3 296 20 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16662 -63.2 -86.9 3 23.6 -63.4 250 5 405.6 405.6 305.9 405.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.44 m Freezing level: 573.13 mb = 4855.20 m = 15928.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.43 mb = 4062.26 m = 13327.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.73 % Est. max temperature: 34.51 C = 94.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.13 mb = 822.24 m = 2697.60 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.36 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 807.23 mb = 1994.89 m = 6544.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.74 C = 96.32 F Cap Strength: 3.21 C Lifted Index: -6.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.68 C Showalter Index: 0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.94 C Cross Totals Index: 18.28 C K Index: 22.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 160.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.70 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2182.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 218.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.58 mb = 1184.57 m = 3886.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.58 mb = 4060.42 m = 13321.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.58 mb = 13334.38 m = 43747.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2152.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 319.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -62.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.8 neg: -13.7 tot: 173.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 57.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 20.30 Bulk Shear: 107.50 m/s