MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 41.89,-88.32 Latitude: 41.89 Longitude: -88.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 979 237 18.1 17.4 96 0.7 17.7 229 9 293.0 295.3 291.6 329.6 12.87 2 950 497 16.3 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 239 22 293.7 295.9 291.2 328.4 12.15 3 900 956 14.1 12.7 91 1.4 13.3 250 29 296.0 297.9 290.5 325.8 10.32 4 850 1437 11.0 6.3 73 4.6 8.3 263 30 297.7 298.9 288.2 318.4 7.08 5 800 1940 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 5.1 266 34 299.4 300.5 287.7 316.8 5.85 6 750 2470 5.6 3.2 85 2.4 4.3 260 32 302.7 303.9 289.3 322.0 6.44 7 700 3032 2.1 0.9 92 1.2 1.5 251 31 304.9 305.9 289.5 322.6 5.85 8 650 3626 -1.3 -2.0 95 0.7 -1.7 247 36 307.5 308.4 289.7 323.1 5.08 9 600 4261 -4.4 -5.2 95 0.7 -4.8 247 35 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.7 4.34 10 550 4943 -7.8 -8.7 93 0.9 -8.2 243 38 314.8 315.5 290.7 326.4 3.60 11 500 5677 -12.2 -13.5 90 1.3 -12.6 245 45 318.2 318.7 290.9 327.2 2.71 12 450 6477 -17.0 -18.6 87 1.6 -17.5 245 53 321.9 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.96 13 400 7348 -24.0 -26.2 82 2.2 -24.5 245 58 323.8 324.0 291.1 327.8 1.13 14 350 8306 -31.6 -34.4 76 2.8 -32.0 249 66 326.1 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.59 15 300 9378 -40.3 -43.5 72 3.2 -40.6 242 70 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 16 250 10591 -50.9 -54.3 67 3.4 -51.0 241 78 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.09 17 200 12014 -58.0 -65.4 38 7.4 -58.2 255 80 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.03 18 150 13838 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 262 53 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16423 -55.9 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 256 23 419.8 419.8 307.7 419.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.20 m Freezing level: 669.20 mb = 3398.15 m = 11148.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.54 mb = 3305.34 m = 10844.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.45 C = 74.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.84 mb = 320.52 m = 1051.56 ft T: 17.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 12.77 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 971.04 m = 3185.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.16 C = 70.09 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: 0.54 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 28.26 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.72 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.15 mb = 805.36 m = 2642.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.15 mb = 1230.34 m = 4036.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 551.15 mb = 4926.29 m = 16162.18 ft B at Equ Level: 116.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.15 mb = 8484.44 m = 27835.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.2 neg: -25.2 tot: 96.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 3.54 Bulk Shear: 33.02 m/s