MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 41.95,-88.98 Latitude: 41.95 Longitude: -88.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 194 SFC 993 254 16.5 11.6 73 4.9 13.6 99 4 290.3 291.8 287.0 314.7 8.65 2 950 636 19.3 7.9 48 11.4 12.7 116 12 296.8 298.1 287.9 317.4 7.05 3 900 1098 15.1 6.4 56 8.7 10.2 109 9 297.1 298.3 287.6 316.7 6.71 4 850 1578 12.0 -4.1 32 16.1 4.5 113 9 298.7 299.3 284.8 308.7 3.32 5 800 2085 11.4 -20.0 9 31.3 0.7 138 12 303.3 303.5 284.0 306.5 0.98 6 750 2620 9.1 -26.0 6 35.1 -1.4 130 7 306.5 306.6 284.8 308.6 0.61 7 700 3186 6.1 -26.8 7 32.9 -3.5 89 3 309.2 309.3 285.8 311.3 0.61 8 650 3788 2.6 -28.6 8 31.2 -5.9 345 2 311.9 312.0 286.7 313.9 0.56 9 600 4430 -1.5 -30.3 9 28.8 -8.8 310 4 314.4 314.5 287.5 316.2 0.51 10 550 5119 -5.1 -38.6 5 33.6 -11.9 303 4 318.0 318.1 288.4 319.0 0.25 11 500 5858 -10.5 -46.7 3 36.3 -16.0 306 6 320.3 320.3 288.9 320.7 0.11 12 450 6660 -15.4 -42.7 8 27.3 -19.6 321 7 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.20 13 400 7540 -20.4 -26.2 60 5.8 -21.8 324 21 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.5 1.12 14 350 8515 -27.4 -39.9 29 12.6 -29.0 298 30 331.9 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.34 15 300 9604 -36.5 -41.8 58 5.2 -37.0 297 26 333.9 334.0 293.1 335.2 0.33 16 250 10838 -48.1 -51.7 66 3.7 -48.3 313 29 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12266 -58.7 -63.4 55 4.7 -58.7 290 41 339.8 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.04 18 150 14085 -57.2 -81.7 3 24.5 -57.5 287 28 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16619 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 311 26 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.61 m Freezing level: 618.11 mb = 4197.62 m = 13771.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 783.33 mb = 2259.41 m = 7412.67 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.20 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.36 mb = 888.23 m = 2914.10 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 10.92 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.49 mb = 3732.50 m = 12245.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.90 C = 100.22 F Cap Strength: 8.02 C Lifted Index: 7.85 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.13 C Showalter Index: 12.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 28.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 6.38 C K Index: -14.59 Risk: None Sweat Index: 23.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10677.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.21 mb = 1866.04 m = 6122.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 110.9 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 140.9 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -27.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -10.3 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 28.82 Bulk Shear: 0.90 m/s