MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 41.8,-82.3 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -82.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 992 175 23.9 22.8 94 1.0 23.2 220 9 297.8 301.0 296.6 349.8 17.93 2 950 547 21.1 19.9 93 1.2 20.2 227 10 298.6 301.4 295.2 343.8 15.55 3 900 1015 18.8 17.0 90 1.7 17.6 283 7 300.8 303.4 294.6 341.1 13.71 4 850 1505 16.3 14.4 89 1.9 15.0 296 8 303.2 305.4 294.2 339.5 12.22 5 800 2019 13.6 11.7 89 1.8 12.4 292 10 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.3 10.89 6 750 2561 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.4 288 13 308.1 309.9 293.5 336.8 9.45 7 700 3134 7.5 5.4 87 2.0 6.3 281 17 310.8 312.3 293.2 335.6 8.08 8 650 3741 4.1 1.9 85 2.2 2.9 279 19 313.6 314.9 293.0 334.8 6.77 9 600 4389 0.7 -2.0 82 2.7 -0.7 278 20 316.9 318.0 292.9 334.4 5.51 10 550 5083 -2.6 -5.5 80 3.0 -4.0 280 21 321.0 322.0 293.3 336.1 4.61 11 500 5835 -6.4 -13.6 57 7.2 -9.3 282 19 325.2 325.7 292.9 334.2 2.67 12 450 6651 -11.7 -22.5 40 10.8 -14.9 298 15 328.6 328.9 292.7 333.5 1.40 13 400 7539 -19.1 -26.2 53 7.1 -20.8 293 18 330.2 330.4 292.9 334.2 1.13 14 350 8522 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.2 247 29 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.8 1.17 15 300 9624 -33.0 -36.1 74 3.0 -33.5 226 35 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.58 16 250 10879 -44.0 -47.3 69 3.4 -44.2 229 43 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12331 -56.5 -60.3 62 3.8 -56.6 230 53 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14124 -61.3 -75.4 14 14.1 -61.4 252 49 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16634 -63.6 -85.2 4 21.6 -63.8 258 27 404.8 404.8 305.9 404.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.08 m Freezing level: 589.66 mb = 4532.40 m = 14869.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.21 mb = 4252.28 m = 13950.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.87 mb = 304.70 m = 999.65 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.15 C/km ThetaE index: 15.35 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 984.98 m = 3231.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 35.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 643.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.21 mb = 794.69 m = 2607.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.21 mb = 1522.60 m = 4995.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.21 mb = 12386.99 m = 40639.22 ft B at Equ Level: 637.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.21 mb = 14198.50 m = 46582.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.4 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 309.4 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.7 neg: -3.6 tot: 11.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 32.79 Bulk Shear: 19.62 m/s