MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 14 AUG 25 Station: 42.5,-90.5 Latitude: 42.50 Longitude: -90.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 131 SFC 985 257 16.3 16.1 98 0.2 16.1 352 2 290.7 292.7 289.9 323.7 11.72 2 950 576 22.5 14.5 60 8.0 17.2 57 2 300.0 302.0 292.3 332.2 10.96 3 900 1043 18.2 12.5 69 5.7 14.6 38 4 300.3 302.1 291.7 330.1 10.14 4 850 1529 13.6 10.2 80 3.4 11.5 32 4 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.6 9.25 5 800 2037 11.5 -2.5 37 14.0 4.6 43 5 303.4 304.2 287.3 315.6 3.98 6 750 2576 11.8 -18.2 11 30.0 0.8 344 3 309.4 309.6 286.5 313.4 1.22 7 700 3150 9.9 -22.1 9 32.0 -1.0 310 7 313.4 313.6 287.6 316.6 0.93 8 650 3760 6.0 -15.7 19 21.7 -2.4 305 8 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.5 1.73 9 600 4410 2.2 -24.9 11 27.1 -6.1 303 10 318.7 318.9 289.3 321.7 0.85 10 550 5107 -1.7 -28.2 11 26.4 -9.1 281 13 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.68 11 500 5855 -8.0 -25.1 24 17.1 -12.8 276 21 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.8 1.00 12 450 6663 -14.0 -28.6 28 14.6 -17.5 287 25 325.6 325.7 291.3 328.4 0.80 13 400 7548 -19.2 -30.4 37 11.1 -21.6 285 25 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.8 0.77 14 350 8525 -26.8 -42.0 22 15.2 -28.7 288 19 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.7 0.27 15 300 9617 -35.7 -54.9 12 19.1 -37.0 292 18 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.07 16 250 10857 -46.0 -56.9 28 10.9 -46.4 299 18 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12306 -54.5 -65.9 23 11.3 -54.8 277 24 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.03 18 150 14125 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 286 28 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16645 -61.7 -88.7 2 27.0 -62.0 281 21 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.70 m Freezing level: 571.75 mb = 4803.60 m = 15759.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 728.49 mb = 2817.98 m = 9245.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.85 C = 80.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.11 mb = 286.76 m = 940.79 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 18.77 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.16 mb = 3230.72 m = 10599.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.30 C = 102.73 F Cap Strength: 5.66 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.66 C Showalter Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.61 C Cross Totals Index: 18.24 C K Index: -0.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6205.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.54 mb = 1443.91 m = 4737.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.5 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 329.5 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -5.9 tot: -2.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 11.84 m/s