MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.64,-88.32 Latitude: 41.64 Longitude: -88.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 995 199 24.9 17.0 62 7.8 19.5 355 4 298.5 300.7 292.9 334.4 12.36 2 950 599 20.6 14.9 70 5.7 16.8 346 4 298.1 300.1 291.9 330.8 11.27 3 900 1063 16.0 14.0 88 2.0 14.7 340 4 298.0 300.1 291.9 330.7 11.25 4 850 1546 12.0 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 323 6 298.7 300.5 291.2 328.1 10.07 5 800 2051 8.3 6.1 86 2.2 7.1 319 14 300.0 301.3 289.3 321.8 7.40 6 750 2581 4.8 -0.0 71 4.8 2.4 317 18 301.7 302.7 287.8 317.1 5.10 7 700 3140 2.2 -6.6 52 8.8 -1.7 325 22 304.9 305.5 287.2 315.2 3.32 8 650 3736 -0.0 -22.9 16 22.9 -6.8 334 23 308.9 309.1 286.1 312.0 0.93 9 600 4372 -3.8 -22.7 21 19.0 -9.3 346 23 311.8 312.0 287.2 315.2 1.02 10 550 5053 -8.1 -28.1 18 20.0 -12.9 343 27 314.5 314.7 287.7 316.9 0.69 11 500 5786 -12.2 -41.1 7 28.9 -17.0 347 33 318.2 318.2 288.4 318.9 0.21 12 450 6585 -15.9 -45.8 6 29.8 -20.1 347 41 323.2 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.14 13 400 7460 -23.1 -37.5 26 14.4 -25.3 342 45 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.38 14 350 8422 -30.6 -42.3 31 11.7 -31.9 343 56 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.26 15 300 9498 -39.0 -50.4 29 11.4 -39.7 344 64 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.13 16 250 10722 -48.6 -60.2 25 11.6 -49.0 346 70 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 17 200 12158 -56.4 -66.6 26 10.2 -56.5 333 71 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 13975 -57.9 -80.1 4 22.2 -58.1 325 58 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16522 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.7 325 34 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5633.47 m Freezing level: 651.08 mb = 3722.85 m = 12213.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 720.77 mb = 2903.19 m = 9524.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.99 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.69 mb = 1188.85 m = 3900.38 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 22.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.44 mb = 1316.12 m = 4317.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.77 C = 76.58 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 26.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 414.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.57 mb = 1285.88 m = 4218.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.57 mb = 1334.23 m = 4377.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.57 mb = 9234.11 m = 30295.28 ft B at Equ Level: 413.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.57 mb = 12430.32 m = 40781.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 337.0 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 7.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 63.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 13.24 Bulk Shear: 31.26 m/s