MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.73,-87.90 Latitude: 41.73 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 996 204 24.9 20.1 74 4.9 21.5 92 7 298.5 301.2 294.8 342.1 15.00 2 950 614 21.8 16.9 73 5.0 18.5 115 12 299.3 301.7 293.5 336.7 12.81 3 900 1081 17.6 15.7 88 1.9 16.4 126 13 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.4 12.55 4 850 1567 13.8 12.9 94 1.0 13.2 133 15 300.6 302.7 292.6 333.1 11.05 5 800 2077 11.2 9.7 90 1.6 10.3 143 17 303.1 304.9 292.1 331.3 9.47 6 750 2614 8.2 6.5 88 1.8 7.2 141 16 305.5 307.0 291.7 329.9 8.10 7 700 3181 5.2 3.1 87 2.1 4.0 162 11 308.2 309.5 291.5 329.2 6.86 8 650 3784 1.8 -0.5 85 2.3 0.6 176 8 311.0 312.0 291.3 328.6 5.68 9 600 4425 -1.6 -3.6 86 2.1 -2.6 165 8 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.8 4.88 10 550 5114 -4.9 -30.6 11 25.7 -11.2 185 5 318.3 318.4 288.8 320.3 0.55 11 500 5855 -10.4 -20.1 45 9.6 -13.4 177 5 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.6 1.55 12 450 6657 -15.3 -36.2 15 20.9 -19.1 183 7 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.39 13 400 7536 -20.8 -32.6 34 11.8 -23.1 163 7 327.9 328.0 291.7 330.1 0.61 14 350 8509 -27.7 -41.8 25 14.1 -29.5 112 7 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.4 0.28 15 300 9597 -36.8 -45.6 39 8.8 -37.5 176 7 333.6 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10831 -46.9 -51.9 56 5.1 -47.1 203 17 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.13 17 200 12285 -52.9 -68.6 13 15.7 -53.2 213 41 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14128 -55.6 -81.4 3 25.7 -56.0 230 35 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16669 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.6 261 12 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.24 m Freezing level: 623.58 mb = 4122.62 m = 13525.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.43 mb = 3902.52 m = 12803.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.37 % Est. max temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.34 mb = 822.48 m = 2698.38 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1269.39 m = 4164.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.52 C = 79.73 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 35.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 189.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 608.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.85 mb = 1167.75 m = 3831.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.85 mb = 1409.88 m = 4625.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.85 mb = 10940.26 m = 35892.81 ft B at Equ Level: 605.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.85 mb = 13109.48 m = 43009.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 148.2 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 178.2 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.1 neg: -3.0 tot: 42.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 99.67 Bulk Shear: 6.10 m/s