MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.57,-88.77 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -88.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 993 211 21.1 19.4 90 1.8 19.9 17 7 294.9 297.5 293.4 336.2 14.41 2 950 592 19.2 15.7 80 3.6 16.9 22 14 296.7 298.9 292.0 331.0 11.86 3 900 1054 15.3 14.3 94 1.0 14.7 349 7 297.3 299.4 291.9 330.5 11.47 4 850 1537 12.1 11.4 95 0.7 11.7 299 11 298.8 300.7 291.2 328.1 10.01 5 800 2043 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.8 293 18 301.0 302.6 290.8 326.8 8.71 6 750 2576 6.1 5.3 94 0.9 5.6 300 16 303.2 304.6 290.4 325.5 7.45 7 700 3139 3.1 1.5 89 1.6 2.2 303 17 305.9 307.0 290.1 324.4 6.09 8 650 3736 -0.1 -3.5 77 3.5 -1.7 308 17 308.9 309.8 289.7 323.0 4.53 9 600 4374 -2.6 -23.3 19 20.7 -8.7 315 18 313.1 313.3 287.6 316.4 0.98 10 550 5058 -6.7 -28.1 16 21.4 -12.1 320 22 316.1 316.3 288.3 318.5 0.69 11 500 5795 -10.4 -41.2 6 30.8 -15.7 321 28 320.4 320.4 289.1 321.1 0.21 12 450 6599 -15.4 -38.9 11 23.6 -19.4 331 35 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.29 13 400 7475 -22.5 -31.9 42 9.4 -24.2 333 42 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.2 0.66 14 350 8441 -29.9 -40.9 33 11.0 -31.2 336 50 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 15 300 9520 -38.3 -48.9 32 10.6 -39.1 340 58 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.15 16 250 10748 -47.7 -57.3 32 9.6 -48.0 339 66 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12186 -57.6 -67.6 27 9.9 -57.8 326 68 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 18 150 13990 -58.3 -78.0 6 19.6 -58.6 324 51 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16530 -59.2 -86.7 2 27.5 -59.5 333 30 413.4 413.4 306.9 413.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.80 m Freezing level: 650.88 mb = 3725.80 m = 12223.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.81 mb = 3470.22 m = 11385.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.02 % Est. max temperature: 25.38 C = 77.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.72 mb = 431.76 m = 1416.52 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.29 mb = 1051.47 m = 3449.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.33 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: 1.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 32.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 186.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.29 mb = 957.00 m = 3139.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.29 mb = 1193.37 m = 3915.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 485.29 mb = 6023.19 m = 19760.90 ft B at Equ Level: 206.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.29 mb = 11418.74 m = 37462.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.3 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 346.3 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -12.9 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.49 Bulk Shear: 34.28 m/s