MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 41.45,-87.09 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -87.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 194 SFC 998 214 21.6 9.3 46 12.3 14.3 307 10 295.0 296.3 287.6 316.4 7.40 2 950 633 16.2 5.7 50 10.5 10.4 306 13 293.6 294.7 285.7 311.1 6.04 3 900 1088 11.7 4.0 59 7.7 7.6 305 14 293.6 294.6 285.3 310.0 5.66 4 850 1563 7.1 2.5 72 4.6 4.8 307 15 293.6 294.6 285.1 309.3 5.39 5 800 2057 2.3 0.5 88 1.9 1.4 310 16 293.7 294.5 284.6 308.1 4.96 6 750 2574 -1.7 -6.2 72 4.4 -3.5 316 21 294.7 295.3 283.1 304.3 3.22 7 700 3120 -4.1 -14.7 44 10.5 -7.5 320 23 297.9 298.2 282.7 303.4 1.75 8 650 3702 -6.4 -25.6 20 19.1 -11.1 316 27 301.7 301.8 283.0 304.1 0.73 9 600 4322 -9.9 -31.6 15 21.8 -14.2 310 31 304.7 304.8 283.9 306.2 0.45 10 550 4988 -13.8 -44.9 5 31.1 -17.9 307 32 307.7 307.7 284.7 308.2 0.13 11 500 5704 -18.7 -44.2 9 25.5 -21.8 310 33 310.3 310.3 285.6 310.8 0.15 12 450 6479 -25.0 -35.8 36 10.8 -26.5 312 35 311.8 311.9 286.5 313.2 0.40 13 400 7323 -31.9 -41.2 39 9.4 -32.7 315 38 313.6 313.6 286.9 314.5 0.26 14 350 8250 -39.4 -50.3 30 10.9 -40.0 321 40 315.6 315.6 287.4 316.0 0.11 15 300 9290 -45.8 -59.6 20 13.8 -46.2 327 43 320.9 320.9 289.0 321.0 0.04 16 250 10492 -48.2 -67.9 8 19.8 -48.6 317 44 334.4 334.4 292.9 334.5 0.02 17 200 11968 -46.9 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.6 303 47 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 18 150 13857 -50.5 -80.0 2 29.6 -51.1 302 36 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 19 100 16474 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.5 300 31 423.6 423.6 308.2 423.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5510.51 m Freezing level: 771.24 mb = 2354.43 m = 7724.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.51 mb = 2203.36 m = 7228.78 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.02 % Est. max temperature: 20.29 C = 68.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.88 mb = 1738.29 m = 5702.97 ft T: 5.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.80 mb = 1887.45 m = 6192.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.31 C = 68.56 F Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lifted Index: 2.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 4.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 17.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 92.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.07 mb = 1914.68 m = 6281.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.07 mb = 1964.92 m = 6446.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 659.07 mb = 3592.88 m = 11787.52 ft B at Equ Level: 75.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 529.07 mb = 5279.18 m = 17319.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.2 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 341.2 at 17.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.86 Bulk Shear: 19.82 m/s