MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 122 SFC 991 206 33.1 22.3 53 10.7 25.2 198 15 307.0 310.3 298.6 359.5 17.40 2 950 579 27.3 21.2 69 6.1 22.9 204 22 304.9 308.0 297.8 355.4 16.93 3 900 1056 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.8 209 24 304.8 307.9 297.6 354.5 16.65 4 850 1553 22.6 9.9 44 12.8 14.5 220 23 309.8 311.5 293.7 337.4 9.02 5 800 2079 21.5 -3.6 18 25.1 8.5 239 18 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.8 3.67 6 750 2633 17.3 3.1 39 14.2 9.0 243 13 315.3 316.6 293.2 335.5 6.37 7 700 3217 13.3 -1.7 35 15.0 5.3 257 11 317.2 318.2 292.4 332.7 4.82 8 650 3835 9.0 -7.4 31 16.4 1.2 269 12 319.2 319.8 291.7 330.2 3.38 9 600 4490 3.1 -7.9 44 11.0 -2.0 267 10 319.7 320.3 292.0 331.1 3.50 10 550 5187 -3.3 -10.0 60 6.7 -6.2 252 8 320.2 320.8 291.9 330.9 3.25 11 500 5931 -9.3 -17.5 51 8.2 -12.1 262 7 321.8 322.1 291.2 328.3 1.94 12 450 6738 -14.7 -23.5 47 8.8 -17.1 259 5 324.8 325.1 291.5 329.3 1.28 13 400 7621 -19.5 -33.2 29 13.7 -22.2 251 6 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.7 0.58 14 350 8597 -26.8 -40.3 27 13.5 -28.6 273 8 332.7 332.7 292.7 333.9 0.33 15 300 9691 -35.1 -46.3 31 11.3 -36.1 303 8 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.7 0.20 16 250 10934 -45.7 -55.6 32 9.9 -46.1 317 11 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.5 0.08 17 200 12381 -56.0 -67.5 22 11.5 -56.2 306 7 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 14178 -62.2 -76.9 12 14.6 -62.4 233 4 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16660 -62.8 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 179 9 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.33 m Freezing level: 575.96 mb = 4825.31 m = 15830.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.51 mb = 4071.31 m = 13357.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.84 % Est. max temperature: 36.63 C = 97.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.10 mb = 1562.07 m = 5124.83 ft T: 22.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 33.67 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 750.98 mb = 2621.56 m = 8600.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.33 C = 106.39 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: -8.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.23 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.88 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: 26.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2932.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 222.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.76 mb = 1413.22 m = 4636.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.76 mb = 3723.53 m = 12216.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.76 mb = 13823.76 m = 45352.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2894.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 30.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.3 neg: -4.2 tot: 69.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 184.92 Bulk Shear: 15.86 m/s