MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.71,-88.23 Latitude: 41.71 Longitude: -88.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 166 SFC 995 208 12.9 12.1 95 0.8 12.4 218 5 286.4 288.0 285.8 311.2 8.93 2 950 605 18.4 11.6 64 6.9 14.2 256 26 295.9 297.5 289.4 322.0 9.04 3 900 1067 15.9 10.2 69 5.7 12.4 289 25 297.9 299.5 289.8 323.4 8.73 4 850 1549 11.5 8.9 84 2.6 10.0 300 25 298.2 299.8 289.6 323.0 8.46 5 800 2052 7.3 6.6 95 0.7 6.9 304 25 298.9 300.3 289.2 321.4 7.64 6 750 2581 4.3 3.4 94 0.9 3.8 304 26 301.2 302.4 288.9 320.7 6.52 7 700 3140 1.0 -0.6 89 1.6 0.3 307 27 303.6 304.6 288.6 319.6 5.25 8 650 3732 -2.4 -5.4 80 3.0 -3.7 304 26 306.2 307.0 288.2 318.4 3.94 9 600 4363 -5.9 -11.1 67 5.2 -7.9 297 27 309.3 309.8 288.1 318.0 2.73 10 550 5040 -9.8 -20.3 42 10.5 -12.9 293 29 312.5 312.7 287.8 317.1 1.39 11 500 5768 -14.5 -29.7 26 15.2 -17.7 294 28 315.4 315.5 288.0 317.7 0.65 12 450 6557 -20.0 -27.8 50 7.9 -21.6 301 31 318.1 318.3 289.1 321.1 0.86 13 400 7419 -26.1 -38.4 31 12.2 -27.8 298 34 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.35 14 350 8368 -34.4 -44.5 35 10.1 -35.3 297 39 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 15 300 9427 -42.8 -51.1 39 8.4 -43.2 298 50 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.12 16 250 10635 -50.1 -56.7 46 6.6 -50.3 302 57 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.9 0.07 17 200 12079 -53.4 -71.3 10 17.9 -53.7 312 57 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 13926 -54.8 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.2 317 56 375.7 375.7 301.5 375.7 0.00 19 100 16496 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 325 32 418.3 418.3 307.5 418.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.14 m Freezing level: 684.86 mb = 3319.14 m = 10889.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.81 mb = 3176.20 m = 10420.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.11 % Est. max temperature: 24.71 C = 76.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.70 mb = 306.04 m = 1004.07 ft T: 14.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 6.32 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1824.22 m = 5984.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.06 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8238.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.38 mb = 1319.95 m = 4330.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.6 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 325.6 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 218.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 41.84 m/s