MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.82,-87.74 Latitude: 41.82 Longitude: -87.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 998 189 16.3 12.7 79 3.7 14.1 47 9 289.6 291.3 287.3 315.7 9.26 2 950 610 13.1 10.9 87 2.1 11.8 48 13 290.4 292.0 287.1 314.9 8.66 3 900 1063 12.2 -9.7 21 22.0 3.4 12 13 294.1 294.5 281.4 300.3 2.03 4 850 1540 10.9 -9.8 22 20.6 2.5 336 13 297.5 297.9 283.0 304.1 2.14 5 800 2043 8.5 -12.6 21 21.0 0.4 326 14 300.2 300.5 283.7 305.8 1.81 6 750 2573 7.0 -27.8 6 34.7 -2.7 326 15 304.2 304.2 283.8 305.9 0.52 7 700 3136 4.3 -17.9 18 22.1 -3.3 324 19 307.2 307.5 285.9 311.6 1.34 8 650 3735 0.7 -15.2 29 15.9 -5.0 321 23 309.8 310.1 287.3 315.7 1.80 9 600 4372 -3.0 -17.6 31 14.7 -7.9 318 25 312.7 313.0 288.1 317.9 1.59 10 550 5056 -6.9 -20.6 33 13.7 -11.1 318 27 315.9 316.1 288.9 320.4 1.34 11 500 5792 -11.5 -26.1 29 14.5 -15.2 315 30 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.2 0.91 12 450 6592 -16.3 -37.2 15 20.9 -20.0 308 31 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.0 0.35 13 400 7467 -22.6 -40.8 17 18.2 -25.2 309 36 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.27 14 350 8429 -30.7 -45.3 23 14.6 -32.1 309 43 327.3 327.4 291.2 328.1 0.19 15 300 9505 -38.9 -53.0 21 14.1 -39.7 308 50 330.5 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 16 250 10728 -49.4 -57.0 41 7.6 -49.7 308 54 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.07 17 200 12151 -58.6 -65.7 40 7.1 -58.7 307 53 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 18 150 13958 -58.2 -78.9 5 20.7 -58.5 317 47 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.01 19 100 16502 -59.4 -86.9 2 27.5 -59.7 330 31 412.9 412.9 306.9 413.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.65 m Freezing level: 640.11 mb = 3861.05 m = 12667.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 793.14 mb = 2113.31 m = 6933.35 ft Precipitable water: 0.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.63 % Est. max temperature: 24.32 C = 75.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.29 mb = 651.96 m = 2138.96 ft T: 12.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.39 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.84 mb = 3348.72 m = 10986.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.85 C = 94.74 F Cap Strength: 9.19 C Lifted Index: 10.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.77 C Showalter Index: 14.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 1.74 C K Index: -9.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.90 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11056.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 9.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.22 mb = 1372.92 m = 4504.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.4 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 356.4 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: -16.0 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 59.87 m/s