MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.96,-87.72 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -87.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 183 SFC 1000 186 16.0 12.0 78 3.9 13.6 45 7 289.1 290.7 286.8 314.1 8.87 2 950 617 12.6 9.5 82 3.0 10.8 46 10 289.9 291.3 286.1 312.3 7.89 3 900 1068 10.3 -0.8 46 11.1 5.0 17 11 292.1 292.8 282.9 303.8 4.00 4 850 1543 9.9 -19.5 11 29.3 0.3 341 13 296.5 296.7 281.1 299.6 0.96 5 800 2043 8.0 -24.3 8 32.4 -1.5 331 13 299.7 299.9 282.1 301.9 0.67 6 750 2573 5.9 -22.2 11 28.1 -2.7 332 15 303.0 303.2 283.7 305.8 0.86 7 700 3134 3.4 -15.4 24 18.8 -3.4 331 16 306.2 306.6 285.9 311.5 1.64 8 650 3731 0.2 -15.0 31 15.2 -5.3 327 20 309.2 309.6 287.1 315.2 1.83 9 600 4368 -3.1 -21.4 23 18.3 -8.7 319 23 312.6 312.8 287.6 316.5 1.15 10 550 5051 -6.9 -25.6 21 18.7 -11.9 315 28 315.9 316.1 288.4 318.9 0.86 11 500 5787 -11.4 -30.1 20 18.7 -15.7 314 32 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.3 0.63 12 450 6587 -16.5 -34.9 19 18.5 -19.9 315 37 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 13 400 7461 -23.2 -37.2 26 14.0 -25.4 310 41 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.3 0.39 14 350 8421 -31.2 -36.5 60 5.3 -31.9 307 45 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.4 0.48 15 300 9496 -39.1 -43.8 61 4.7 -39.4 309 52 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.3 0.26 16 250 10718 -49.2 -56.0 45 6.8 -49.4 325 59 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 17 200 12142 -57.9 -66.1 35 8.1 -58.0 324 60 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 13957 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 320 48 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16507 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 330 27 413.1 413.1 306.9 413.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.11 m Freezing level: 646.72 mb = 3772.80 m = 12377.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 841.39 mb = 1626.81 m = 5337.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.20 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.09 mb = 678.02 m = 2224.45 ft T: 12.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.49 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.03 mb = 3052.52 m = 10014.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Cap Strength: 9.65 C Lifted Index: 10.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.25 C Showalter Index: 17.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: -8.01 C K Index: -16.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11974.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.68 mb = 1229.49 m = 4033.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.3 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 357.3 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.4 neg: -8.4 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 50.15 m/s