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: 41.82,-88.40 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -88.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 991 230 24.6 16.4 60 8.2 19.1 6 5 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.3 11.95 2 950 599 20.7 14.4 67 6.2 16.6 360 5 298.1 300.1 291.7 330.0 10.93 3 900 1063 16.2 13.7 85 2.5 14.6 354 5 298.2 300.2 291.7 330.2 10.98 4 850 1546 11.8 11.4 98 0.3 11.6 327 5 298.5 300.3 291.0 327.7 10.03 5 800 2051 7.9 4.2 77 3.7 5.9 318 12 299.6 300.8 288.3 318.8 6.47 6 750 2580 5.0 -0.9 66 5.9 2.1 317 18 302.0 302.9 287.6 316.5 4.79 7 700 3140 2.1 -7.1 50 9.2 -1.9 324 23 304.9 305.4 287.0 314.8 3.20 8 650 3735 0.3 -29.2 9 29.5 -7.3 337 22 309.3 309.4 285.7 311.1 0.52 9 600 4372 -4.0 -18.4 32 14.4 -8.7 345 24 311.5 311.8 287.6 316.5 1.49 10 550 5053 -8.0 -30.0 15 22.1 -13.1 342 27 314.6 314.7 287.6 316.6 0.57 11 500 5786 -12.1 -41.5 7 29.4 -16.9 347 33 318.3 318.3 288.4 319.0 0.20 12 450 6585 -16.0 -46.9 5 30.9 -20.2 346 40 323.1 323.1 289.9 323.6 0.12 13 400 7460 -23.0 -38.1 24 15.0 -25.3 341 45 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.36 14 350 8422 -30.5 -41.6 33 11.1 -31.7 344 56 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.7 0.28 15 300 9498 -39.0 -50.3 29 11.3 -39.7 345 64 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.13 16 250 10722 -48.7 -59.6 27 10.9 -49.0 347 70 333.7 333.7 292.8 333.9 0.05 17 200 12157 -56.6 -66.9 26 10.3 -56.8 334 71 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13974 -57.7 -79.8 4 22.1 -58.0 326 58 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16522 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 325 33 415.5 415.5 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.98 m Freezing level: 646.58 mb = 3778.81 m = 12397.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.28 mb = 2874.43 m = 9430.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.01 % Est. max temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.41 mb = 1258.74 m = 4129.68 ft T: 14.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.07 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.29 mb = 1376.10 m = 4514.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.06 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 26.04 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 297.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.15 mb = 1357.93 m = 4455.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.15 mb = 1406.68 m = 4615.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 454.15 mb = 6515.78 m = 21376.98 ft B at Equ Level: 288.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.15 mb = 11717.65 m = 38443.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 338.1 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 8.1 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 66.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.59 Bulk Shear: 28.07 m/s