MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 26 AUG 25 Station: 41.42,-87.40 Latitude: 41.42 Longitude: -87.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 208 10.9 8.8 87 2.0 9.7 277 4 284.2 285.4 283.0 304.0 7.15 2 950 622 14.5 3.3 47 11.2 8.7 328 15 291.9 292.8 284.1 306.7 5.11 3 900 1075 10.4 0.3 49 10.1 5.5 331 16 292.2 293.0 283.3 304.8 4.33 4 850 1547 5.8 -0.4 64 6.2 2.9 334 15 292.3 293.1 283.4 305.0 4.37 5 800 2039 1.9 -3.9 65 5.8 -0.6 343 16 293.2 293.8 282.9 303.7 3.58 6 750 2556 -1.4 -8.3 59 6.9 -4.1 333 19 295.0 295.5 282.7 303.2 2.71 7 700 3103 -3.1 -18.4 30 15.3 -7.7 320 24 299.0 299.3 282.6 303.1 1.28 8 650 3688 -5.0 -24.5 20 19.5 -10.0 314 29 303.3 303.5 283.8 306.0 0.81 9 600 4311 -9.2 -25.1 26 15.9 -13.0 304 33 305.5 305.7 284.7 308.3 0.83 10 550 4978 -13.5 -26.5 33 13.0 -16.4 303 38 308.1 308.2 285.6 310.8 0.80 11 500 5695 -18.4 -29.7 36 11.3 -20.5 301 44 310.6 310.7 286.4 312.8 0.65 12 450 6472 -24.2 -31.2 52 7.0 -25.4 298 49 312.8 312.9 287.1 315.0 0.63 13 400 7319 -30.5 -35.8 59 5.4 -31.2 292 52 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.0 0.45 14 350 8254 -37.0 -43.0 53 6.1 -37.4 289 55 318.9 319.0 288.7 319.8 0.24 15 300 9305 -43.8 -51.1 44 7.3 -44.2 288 64 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.0 0.12 16 250 10507 -51.5 -61.3 30 9.8 -51.8 290 70 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.6 0.04 17 200 11959 -48.4 -74.6 3 26.2 -49.0 288 58 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 13841 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.3 290 44 382.7 382.7 302.7 382.7 0.00 19 100 16451 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.7 297 30 421.2 421.2 307.9 421.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5506.35 m Freezing level: 771.57 mb = 2332.93 m = 7653.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 808.89 mb = 1949.22 m = 6395.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.98 % Est. max temperature: 18.98 C = 66.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.57 mb = 467.11 m = 1532.50 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 1.92 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.36 mb = 2105.70 m = 6908.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.08 C = 68.14 F Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lifted Index: 6.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 18.00 C K Index: 8.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 73.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.63 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13396.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.20 mb = 1728.20 m = 5669.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 312.3 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 342.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.9 neg: -4.3 tot: 29.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 35.67 m/s