MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.80,-88.16 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 189 SFC 997 218 25.7 16.3 56 9.4 19.4 83 6 299.2 301.3 292.7 333.6 11.78 2 950 638 22.3 13.4 57 8.9 16.5 91 8 299.8 301.7 291.6 329.7 10.20 3 900 1104 17.8 12.5 71 5.3 14.4 111 7 299.9 301.7 291.6 329.7 10.16 4 850 1590 13.3 10.4 83 2.9 11.5 125 6 300.1 301.8 291.0 327.6 9.37 5 800 2098 11.9 -8.6 23 20.5 3.0 13 4 303.9 304.3 285.9 311.7 2.50 6 750 2634 8.5 -16.1 16 24.6 -0.5 44 2 305.8 306.1 285.5 310.5 1.45 7 700 3201 6.2 -11.9 26 18.1 -1.2 91 5 309.3 309.7 287.5 316.4 2.19 8 650 3804 3.6 -27.3 8 30.9 -5.3 66 3 313.0 313.1 287.1 315.2 0.62 9 600 4448 -0.1 -29.8 9 29.6 -7.9 284 3 316.0 316.1 288.1 317.9 0.54 10 550 5139 -4.8 -20.4 28 15.6 -9.8 268 7 318.3 318.6 289.7 323.0 1.37 11 500 5879 -10.1 -24.9 29 14.7 -14.1 268 7 320.7 320.9 290.0 324.2 1.02 12 450 6683 -15.7 -24.6 46 8.9 -18.0 269 8 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.6 1.16 13 400 7559 -22.0 -32.9 36 10.9 -24.0 268 11 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.60 14 350 8527 -28.8 -45.0 20 16.2 -30.5 267 12 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.20 15 300 9613 -37.0 -52.2 19 15.1 -38.0 258 11 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.10 16 250 10843 -48.0 -55.8 40 7.8 -48.3 242 11 334.6 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 17 200 12295 -51.4 -69.8 9 18.4 -51.8 260 22 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.4 0.02 18 150 14162 -53.5 -79.7 3 26.2 -53.9 254 26 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16710 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 291 12 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.85 m Freezing level: 601.88 mb = 4424.19 m = 14514.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.22 mb = 2554.03 m = 8379.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.40 mb = 1407.81 m = 4618.75 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 23.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2245.08 m = 7365.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.80 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 15.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 144.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6667.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.90 mb = 1679.92 m = 5511.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 69.3 at 5.3 knts Storm direction: 99.3 at 4.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -14.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: -5.1 tot: 1.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 1.15 m/s