MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.27,-87.21 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -87.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 995 209 25.9 19.9 70 6.0 21.7 128 8 299.5 302.2 295.0 343.0 14.89 2 950 615 21.9 16.9 73 5.1 18.5 128 10 299.5 301.8 293.6 337.0 12.84 3 900 1081 17.4 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 128 11 299.4 301.7 293.3 336.1 12.55 4 850 1567 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.7 132 15 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.5 10.61 5 800 2076 10.9 9.1 89 1.7 9.8 143 18 302.7 304.4 291.7 329.9 9.14 6 750 2612 7.9 5.9 87 2.0 6.7 139 13 305.1 306.6 291.3 328.5 7.77 7 700 3179 4.7 2.3 84 2.4 3.4 170 10 307.7 308.9 291.0 327.5 6.47 8 650 3780 1.5 -1.7 79 3.2 -0.2 163 9 310.6 311.6 290.8 326.8 5.19 9 600 4421 -1.0 -15.3 33 14.3 -6.2 143 10 315.0 315.4 289.2 321.4 1.93 10 550 5111 -4.6 -35.3 7 30.7 -11.3 151 6 318.7 318.7 288.7 319.9 0.34 11 500 5853 -9.6 -23.0 33 13.4 -13.5 172 5 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.6 1.21 12 450 6657 -15.0 -34.1 18 19.0 -18.8 190 10 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.1 0.47 13 400 7537 -20.7 -35.2 26 14.5 -23.3 201 9 328.0 328.1 291.7 329.8 0.48 14 350 8509 -27.7 -42.8 22 15.0 -29.5 233 7 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.25 15 300 9597 -36.5 -42.5 54 6.0 -37.1 219 16 334.0 334.0 293.1 335.1 0.30 16 250 10834 -45.9 -53.1 44 7.2 -46.2 225 35 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.11 17 200 12291 -53.5 -66.1 20 12.6 -53.8 226 60 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.03 18 150 14123 -56.2 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 231 39 373.2 373.2 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16653 -62.1 -86.8 2 24.7 -62.4 258 14 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.37 m Freezing level: 619.89 mb = 4166.22 m = 13668.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.18 mb = 3752.76 m = 12312.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.13 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.00 mb = 966.95 m = 3172.35 ft T: 18.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 23.06 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1231.93 m = 4041.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: 0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.82 C K Index: 32.98 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 572.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.71 mb = 1198.08 m = 3930.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.71 mb = 1342.89 m = 4405.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.71 mb = 10497.84 m = 34441.32 ft B at Equ Level: 571.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.71 mb = 13225.09 m = 43388.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 145.6 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 175.6 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.1 neg: -7.1 tot: 21.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 444.92 Bulk Shear: 1.29 m/s