MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 41.50,-87.02 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -87.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 204 SFC 999 215 9.5 8.1 91 1.4 8.7 202 5 282.7 283.9 281.9 301.4 6.77 2 950 639 15.6 5.2 50 10.4 9.9 268 8 293.0 294.0 285.2 309.9 5.82 3 900 1094 11.5 4.6 62 6.9 7.8 294 8 293.4 294.4 285.5 310.5 5.91 4 850 1568 6.9 3.6 79 3.3 5.1 295 8 293.3 294.4 285.4 310.2 5.82 5 800 2062 3.1 -2.5 67 5.6 0.5 305 9 294.4 295.1 283.8 306.1 3.96 6 750 2583 1.7 -16.6 24 18.2 -4.3 309 14 298.4 298.7 282.5 302.8 1.40 7 700 3138 0.2 -22.5 16 22.7 -6.4 320 18 302.7 302.8 283.7 305.6 0.89 8 650 3728 -2.5 -28.9 11 26.4 -8.9 325 20 306.2 306.3 284.5 308.0 0.54 9 600 4359 -4.2 -42.8 3 38.6 -11.1 328 22 311.2 311.3 285.9 311.8 0.15 10 550 5040 -8.4 -32.0 13 23.6 -13.5 328 24 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.8 0.48 11 500 5771 -13.7 -35.3 14 21.6 -17.7 326 26 316.4 316.4 288.0 317.7 0.38 12 450 6564 -18.6 -43.4 9 24.9 -22.0 321 29 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.18 13 400 7430 -25.1 -43.1 17 18.0 -27.2 318 31 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.2 0.21 14 350 8385 -32.2 -42.7 34 10.5 -33.3 314 38 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.25 15 300 9454 -40.9 -50.5 35 9.6 -41.5 309 43 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.12 16 250 10666 -50.5 -60.0 31 9.5 -50.7 309 48 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.2 0.05 17 200 12096 -56.1 -70.6 14 14.6 -56.3 312 58 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.01 18 150 13928 -55.4 -81.5 2 26.2 -55.7 309 45 374.7 374.7 301.4 374.7 0.00 19 100 16495 -58.0 -85.8 2 27.8 -58.4 306 32 415.6 415.6 307.2 415.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5566.07 m Freezing level: 696.79 mb = 3175.49 m = 10418.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.31 mb = 2120.07 m = 6955.52 ft Precipitable water: 0.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.19 % Est. max temperature: 20.11 C = 68.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.52 mb = 397.03 m = 1302.59 ft T: 12.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 7.69 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.71 mb = 2024.71 m = 6642.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.08 C = 69.95 F Cap Strength: 9.63 C Lifted Index: 9.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.25 C Showalter Index: 8.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.53 C Cross Totals Index: 17.22 C K Index: 1.38 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11733.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.89 mb = 1588.42 m = 5211.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 319.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 349.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.5 neg: -0.1 tot: 61.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.27 Bulk Shear: 32.43 m/s