MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.47,-87.04 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -87.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 188 SFC 997 215 17.8 11.1 65 6.8 13.7 350 4 291.2 292.7 287.1 314.9 8.32 2 950 627 16.2 7.1 55 9.1 11.0 340 9 293.6 294.8 286.3 312.8 6.65 3 900 1083 11.9 4.9 62 7.0 8.1 318 10 293.8 294.9 285.8 311.3 6.04 4 850 1557 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.4 308 12 293.9 294.9 285.7 310.9 5.86 5 800 2052 2.8 1.6 92 1.1 2.2 307 14 294.1 295.1 285.2 309.8 5.39 6 750 2572 -0.3 -3.9 77 3.6 -1.9 328 21 296.3 297.0 284.4 307.7 3.83 7 700 3121 -2.4 -22.3 20 19.9 -7.9 332 21 299.8 299.9 282.5 302.7 0.91 8 650 3705 -4.9 -29.5 13 24.6 -10.5 332 23 303.4 303.5 283.4 305.1 0.51 9 600 4330 -7.9 -31.8 13 24.0 -12.9 327 26 307.0 307.1 284.8 308.6 0.44 10 550 5001 -11.8 -33.1 15 21.3 -16.0 324 32 310.0 310.1 285.9 311.5 0.43 11 500 5723 -16.7 -40.1 11 23.3 -20.1 321 38 312.7 312.7 286.6 313.5 0.23 12 450 6505 -22.2 -46.4 9 24.3 -24.8 327 46 315.4 315.4 287.4 315.9 0.13 13 400 7361 -27.9 -44.4 19 16.5 -29.6 331 58 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.4 0.18 14 350 8305 -34.5 -50.2 19 15.6 -35.6 332 70 322.2 322.2 289.5 322.6 0.11 15 300 9365 -42.4 -56.1 21 13.7 -42.9 334 79 325.6 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.06 16 250 10573 -49.8 -61.0 26 11.2 -50.1 336 81 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 17 200 12020 -51.1 -72.3 6 21.2 -51.5 330 70 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13886 -52.6 -81.6 2 29.1 -53.1 317 51 379.5 379.5 302.2 379.5 0.00 19 100 16487 -55.5 -83.9 2 28.4 -56.0 318 33 420.5 420.5 307.8 420.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5535.26 m Freezing level: 754.47 mb = 2525.11 m = 8284.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.94 mb = 2329.00 m = 7640.97 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.52 % Est. max temperature: 20.46 C = 68.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.29 mb = 1070.43 m = 3511.87 ft T: 12.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 12.16 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.69 mb = 1754.61 m = 5756.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.54 C = 68.97 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 3.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.08 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.00 mb = 1653.72 m = 5425.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.00 mb = 1900.40 m = 6234.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 705.00 mb = 3063.85 m = 10051.87 ft B at Equ Level: 32.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 635.00 mb = 3887.41 m = 12753.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.6 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 354.6 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 55.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 33.74 m/s