MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 4 JUN 25 Station: 41.902,-87.68 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -87.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 987 184 27.7 17.5 54 10.3 20.6 190 13 302.0 304.4 294.3 340.0 12.84 2 950 519 26.7 16.2 53 10.5 19.5 196 26 304.2 306.5 294.5 340.8 12.27 3 900 993 22.1 14.8 63 7.3 17.2 197 30 304.2 306.4 294.2 339.5 11.82 4 850 1486 17.3 13.4 78 3.9 14.7 197 33 304.3 306.4 293.9 338.5 11.46 5 800 2000 13.3 12.3 94 1.0 12.7 211 38 305.3 307.4 294.1 339.2 11.33 6 750 2542 10.4 9.3 93 1.0 9.7 227 39 307.8 309.7 293.8 337.8 9.89 7 700 3114 6.9 5.7 92 1.2 6.2 232 38 310.1 311.7 293.2 335.5 8.25 8 650 3719 2.9 0.6 85 2.3 1.7 230 39 312.2 313.4 292.1 331.4 6.15 9 600 4363 -0.6 -5.0 72 4.4 -2.7 225 42 315.4 316.3 291.6 329.5 4.41 10 550 5056 -2.8 -24.1 18 21.3 -9.2 226 47 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.2 0.99 11 500 5804 -7.1 -48.9 2 41.8 -13.8 221 48 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.8 0.09 12 450 6616 -12.8 -52.8 2 40.1 -18.1 218 47 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.06 13 400 7505 -17.3 -41.2 11 23.8 -21.2 222 42 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.5 0.26 14 350 8492 -23.6 -52.9 5 29.2 -26.7 215 49 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.2 0.08 15 300 9597 -33.0 -48.0 21 14.9 -34.4 217 48 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.17 16 250 10852 -43.3 -49.6 50 6.3 -43.7 217 47 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.17 17 200 12311 -55.4 -61.1 49 5.7 -55.6 230 53 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.05 18 150 14086 -67.0 -73.8 37 6.8 -67.0 246 44 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 19 100 16543 -64.0 -85.0 4 20.9 -64.2 255 23 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.68 m Freezing level: 608.64 mb = 4251.94 m = 13949.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.85 mb = 3959.77 m = 12991.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.24 C = 86.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.81 mb = 1487.69 m = 4880.81 ft T: 17.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 802.25 mb = 1976.59 m = 6484.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.48 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 162.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.68 mb = 1804.43 m = 5919.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.68 mb = 2500.79 m = 8204.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.68 mb = 7435.45 m = 24394.24 ft B at Equ Level: 159.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.68 mb = 11019.04 m = 36151.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 242.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 2.78 Bulk Shear: 58.22 m/s