MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 41.00,-87.05 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -87.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 SFC 990 208 22.3 18.0 77 4.3 19.4 230 9 296.3 298.7 292.9 334.5 13.25 2 950 563 19.0 16.9 88 2.1 17.6 231 19 296.5 298.8 292.7 333.5 12.84 3 900 1026 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.2 243 23 298.3 300.7 293.3 335.9 12.93 4 850 1512 14.6 14.4 99 0.1 14.5 238 24 301.4 303.6 293.7 337.5 12.24 5 800 2024 11.8 11.3 97 0.5 11.5 231 30 303.7 305.7 293.2 335.3 10.60 6 750 2562 8.9 7.4 90 1.5 8.0 228 39 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.4 8.65 7 700 3131 5.6 1.8 76 3.8 3.6 223 42 308.7 309.9 291.1 327.9 6.24 8 650 3735 3.3 -5.2 54 8.4 -0.7 223 50 312.7 313.4 290.4 325.4 4.01 9 600 4379 0.2 -20.0 20 20.1 -6.5 222 55 316.3 316.6 289.0 320.7 1.31 10 550 5071 -4.1 -22.5 22 18.4 -9.8 222 57 319.2 319.4 289.7 323.1 1.14 11 500 5814 -9.0 -18.2 47 9.2 -12.1 224 56 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.2 1.82 12 450 6622 -13.7 -26.7 33 13.0 -17.0 218 52 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.96 13 400 7507 -19.4 -28.1 46 8.7 -21.4 215 47 329.8 330.0 292.6 333.3 0.95 14 350 8486 -25.4 -28.0 79 2.6 -26.0 221 39 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.5 1.09 15 300 9586 -34.2 -37.2 74 3.0 -34.6 225 39 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.2 0.52 16 250 10835 -44.0 -47.4 69 3.4 -44.2 209 43 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12292 -56.0 -59.4 66 3.4 -56.1 206 55 344.1 344.1 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14089 -62.3 -76.7 13 14.4 -62.5 235 47 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16568 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 235 30 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.99 m Freezing level: 598.15 mb = 4404.62 m = 14450.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.61 mb = 3627.27 m = 11900.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.81 mb = 747.17 m = 2451.32 ft T: 17.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 16.73 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.19 mb = 1100.43 m = 3610.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.76 C = 76.56 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.02 mb = 893.94 m = 2932.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.02 mb = 2796.08 m = 9173.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.02 mb = 3378.71 m = 11084.88 ft B at Equ Level: 11.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 619.02 mb = 4127.80 m = 13542.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 41.3 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.8 neg: -1.9 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 88.75 m/s