MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.39,-88.37 Latitude: 41.39 Longitude: -88.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 143 SFC 996 178 24.5 17.8 66 6.7 19.9 310 7 298.0 300.3 293.2 335.7 12.98 2 950 589 20.8 15.3 71 5.4 17.2 301 10 298.3 300.4 292.3 332.0 11.60 3 900 1054 16.4 13.9 85 2.5 14.8 281 13 298.4 300.4 291.9 330.8 11.13 4 850 1538 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 273 17 298.9 300.8 291.5 329.4 10.42 5 800 2043 8.8 5.7 81 3.1 7.0 282 23 300.5 301.8 289.3 321.8 7.19 6 750 2574 5.5 2.2 79 3.4 3.8 293 24 302.6 303.7 288.9 320.5 5.98 7 700 3135 1.9 0.4 90 1.4 1.1 310 21 304.6 305.6 289.3 321.7 5.65 8 650 3730 -0.6 -3.8 79 3.2 -2.1 328 20 308.3 309.2 289.4 322.1 4.45 9 600 4367 -3.3 -21.1 24 17.8 -8.7 333 21 312.3 312.6 287.5 316.3 1.18 10 550 5050 -6.9 -32.5 11 25.6 -12.6 336 22 316.0 316.0 287.9 317.6 0.45 11 500 5786 -11.4 -38.8 8 27.3 -16.3 339 26 319.1 319.1 288.8 320.1 0.27 12 450 6587 -15.7 -42.8 8 27.1 -19.8 343 34 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.19 13 400 7462 -23.3 -34.7 34 11.4 -25.2 342 40 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.50 14 350 8422 -30.7 -41.0 36 10.3 -31.9 341 45 327.3 327.4 291.3 328.4 0.30 15 300 9497 -39.2 -52.5 23 13.2 -40.0 344 55 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.10 16 250 10721 -48.3 -57.7 33 9.5 -48.6 351 68 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 17 200 12158 -56.9 -65.9 31 9.0 -57.1 340 67 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13973 -57.5 -78.3 5 20.8 -57.8 323 53 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.01 19 100 16515 -58.2 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 326 26 415.3 415.3 307.2 415.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.28 m Freezing level: 661.65 mb = 3591.64 m = 11783.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.42 mb = 3339.35 m = 10955.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.91 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.43 mb = 1021.33 m = 3350.79 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 15.11 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1298.09 m = 4258.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.17 C = 77.31 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.09 mb = 1243.33 m = 4079.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.09 mb = 1388.80 m = 4556.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.09 mb = 9839.47 m = 32281.33 ft B at Equ Level: 477.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.09 mb = 12646.92 m = 41492.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 315.0 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 345.0 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 27.04 Bulk Shear: 17.70 m/s