MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 41.56,-88.49 Latitude: 41.56 Longitude: -88.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 163 SFC 997 193 24.2 19.0 73 5.2 20.6 93 6 297.6 300.2 293.9 338.4 14.05 2 950 611 21.5 15.6 69 6.0 17.6 104 14 299.0 301.2 292.6 333.4 11.79 3 900 1077 17.1 14.7 86 2.4 15.5 108 14 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.5 11.79 4 850 1562 13.2 10.7 85 2.5 11.6 119 10 300.0 301.7 291.2 328.0 9.53 5 800 2069 9.3 4.2 71 5.1 6.5 88 3 301.1 302.2 288.9 320.4 6.49 6 750 2601 6.8 -3.2 49 10.1 2.0 127 4 304.0 304.7 287.5 316.3 4.01 7 700 3169 6.9 -28.4 6 35.3 -3.1 134 8 310.1 310.2 286.0 312.0 0.53 8 650 3772 2.9 -33.7 5 36.6 -6.1 146 6 312.2 312.3 286.5 313.4 0.34 9 600 4414 -1.1 -37.5 4 36.3 -9.0 166 5 314.8 314.9 287.3 315.7 0.25 10 550 5101 -5.3 -33.6 9 28.3 -11.7 186 3 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.41 11 500 5841 -10.7 -22.9 36 12.1 -14.2 229 3 319.9 320.2 290.0 324.1 1.21 12 450 6641 -17.0 -28.3 37 11.3 -19.6 209 4 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.7 0.82 13 400 7512 -23.0 -32.4 42 9.4 -24.7 196 14 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.3 0.63 14 350 8481 -27.8 -34.3 54 6.5 -28.9 205 17 331.3 331.4 292.7 333.5 0.60 15 300 9568 -37.1 -44.4 47 7.3 -37.8 202 13 333.0 333.1 292.8 334.0 0.25 16 250 10798 -47.9 -58.4 29 10.5 -48.3 186 12 334.8 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 17 200 12249 -50.8 -70.8 8 20.0 -51.2 215 23 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14116 -53.4 -82.3 2 28.9 -53.8 239 25 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16669 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 269 11 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.87 m Freezing level: 614.19 mb = 4231.47 m = 13882.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.49 mb = 2818.11 m = 9245.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.23 % Est. max temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.28 mb = 847.49 m = 2780.45 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 21.59 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.39 mb = 1351.13 m = 4432.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.34 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 21.42 C K Index: -0.70 Risk: None Sweat Index: 152.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.36 mb = 1244.93 m = 4084.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.36 mb = 1488.91 m = 4884.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.36 mb = 3082.87 m = 10114.29 ft B at Equ Level: 75.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.36 mb = 12014.23 m = 39416.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 130.3 at 6.4 knts Storm direction: 160.3 at 4.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -12.0 tot: 9.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 66.63 Bulk Shear: 4.85 m/s