MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 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 137 SFC 986 257 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.7 7 2 289.1 291.0 288.4 318.9 10.61 2 950 580 22.0 13.9 60 8.1 16.7 41 1 299.5 301.4 291.9 330.5 10.58 3 900 1046 17.7 11.9 69 5.8 14.1 93 1 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.5 9.79 4 850 1532 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.8 100 1 299.9 301.6 291.3 328.5 9.74 5 800 2038 10.2 0.8 52 9.5 5.3 105 0 302.0 303.0 287.9 317.3 5.06 6 750 2575 10.7 -21.1 9 31.8 -0.1 315 5 308.2 308.4 285.8 311.4 0.94 7 700 3147 9.3 -18.8 12 28.1 -0.9 318 9 312.8 313.0 287.8 316.9 1.24 8 650 3756 5.4 -11.2 29 16.6 -1.6 310 9 315.1 315.6 289.8 323.3 2.51 9 600 4405 1.7 -17.2 23 18.8 -5.2 303 11 318.0 318.4 289.9 323.6 1.66 10 550 5101 -2.6 -24.0 17 21.4 -9.1 271 15 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.5 1.00 11 500 5847 -8.1 -23.8 27 15.8 -12.6 272 19 323.2 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.11 12 450 6656 -14.0 -24.2 42 10.2 -16.7 289 19 325.7 325.9 291.7 329.9 1.20 13 400 7540 -19.3 -34.8 24 15.4 -22.2 296 18 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.50 14 350 8518 -26.7 -40.9 25 14.2 -28.6 306 14 332.7 332.8 292.8 333.9 0.30 15 300 9611 -35.8 -54.8 13 19.0 -37.0 306 16 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.2 0.07 16 250 10850 -45.9 -58.9 22 12.9 -46.4 289 13 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.05 17 200 12299 -54.3 -68.3 16 14.1 -54.5 300 16 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14121 -59.9 -79.3 6 19.4 -60.0 312 25 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16628 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 306 19 405.9 405.9 306.0 405.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.85 m Freezing level: 580.52 mb = 4676.07 m = 15341.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.17 mb = 2561.84 m = 8404.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.21 % Est. max temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.01 mb = 292.43 m = 959.39 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.14 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1870.67 m = 6137.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.97 C = 80.54 F Cap Strength: 5.83 C Lifted Index: 4.29 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.83 C Showalter Index: 3.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.16 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 4.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 154.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6646.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.68 mb = 1445.26 m = 4741.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.8 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 320.8 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -174.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: -6.6 tot: -1.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 10.31 m/s