MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.98,-87.19 Latitude: 40.98 Longitude: -87.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 207 17.7 13.1 74 4.6 14.8 195 4 290.8 292.5 288.0 317.8 9.52 1 1000 208 16.7 12.6 76 4.2 14.2 191 4 289.9 291.5 287.3 315.7 9.17 2 950 643 15.9 6.6 54 9.3 10.7 247 6 293.3 294.5 286.0 312.0 6.45 3 900 1100 12.4 4.1 57 8.3 8.0 270 6 294.3 295.3 285.7 311.0 5.72 4 850 1575 7.9 3.0 71 4.9 5.4 284 8 294.4 295.4 285.6 310.8 5.60 5 800 2071 3.3 1.4 87 1.9 2.4 295 11 294.7 295.6 285.4 310.1 5.28 6 750 2593 3.2 -20.4 16 23.6 -4.0 327 15 300.1 300.3 282.7 303.3 1.01 7 700 3150 1.2 -22.2 15 23.4 -5.7 333 22 303.8 304.0 284.1 306.8 0.92 8 650 3742 -1.9 -24.3 16 22.4 -8.1 335 22 306.9 307.0 285.2 309.6 0.83 9 600 4373 -4.9 -27.7 15 22.8 -10.6 326 19 310.5 310.6 286.3 312.7 0.66 10 550 5053 -8.3 -31.7 13 23.4 -13.5 318 20 314.2 314.3 287.4 315.9 0.49 11 500 5784 -13.5 -29.1 26 15.6 -17.0 307 25 316.6 316.7 288.4 319.0 0.69 12 450 6577 -18.6 -33.4 26 14.8 -21.3 306 30 319.9 320.0 289.3 321.7 0.51 13 400 7444 -25.1 -39.6 25 14.5 -27.0 305 34 322.4 322.5 289.8 323.5 0.31 14 350 8398 -32.7 -48.0 20 15.3 -33.9 305 39 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.2 0.14 15 300 9466 -40.6 -55.0 20 14.4 -41.3 302 54 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.07 16 250 10681 -50.5 -58.7 37 8.2 -50.7 304 65 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.3 0.06 17 200 12110 -55.4 -69.6 15 14.2 -55.6 309 73 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13950 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 305 52 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16516 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 310 35 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.54 m Freezing level: 680.24 mb = 3383.59 m = 11100.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 781.50 mb = 2260.22 m = 7415.33 ft Precipitable water: 0.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.61 % Est. max temperature: 21.30 C = 70.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.09 mb = 785.80 m = 2578.05 ft T: 14.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 14.43 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.32 mb = 1826.06 m = 5990.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.42 C = 70.56 F Cap Strength: 6.94 C Lifted Index: 7.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.07 C Showalter Index: 8.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.42 C Cross Totals Index: 16.52 C K Index: 1.00 Risk: None Sweat Index: 77.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10347.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.52 mb = 1608.62 m = 5277.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.1 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 346.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 62.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 36.49 m/s