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: 41.98,-87.74 Latitude: 41.98 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 184 SFC 1000 187 15.8 12.1 78 3.7 13.6 45 7 289.0 290.6 286.7 313.9 8.87 2 950 617 12.5 9.6 82 3.0 10.8 47 10 289.9 291.3 286.1 312.3 7.90 3 900 1068 10.2 -0.7 47 10.9 5.0 18 11 292.0 292.7 282.9 303.8 4.04 4 850 1543 9.9 -19.2 11 29.1 0.4 341 13 296.5 296.7 281.2 299.6 0.98 5 800 2043 8.0 -24.5 8 32.5 -1.5 332 13 299.7 299.8 282.1 301.9 0.66 6 750 2573 5.9 -22.2 11 28.1 -2.7 332 14 303.0 303.2 283.7 305.8 0.86 7 700 3134 3.4 -15.6 23 18.9 -3.4 331 16 306.2 306.5 285.8 311.5 1.62 8 650 3731 0.2 -15.1 31 15.3 -5.3 327 20 309.2 309.5 287.1 315.1 1.82 9 600 4368 -3.1 -21.4 23 18.3 -8.7 319 23 312.6 312.8 287.6 316.4 1.15 10 550 5051 -6.9 -25.7 21 18.8 -11.9 315 28 315.9 316.1 288.3 318.9 0.86 11 500 5787 -11.5 -30.2 20 18.8 -15.7 314 32 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.3 0.62 12 450 6587 -16.5 -34.8 19 18.3 -19.9 315 37 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.44 13 400 7460 -23.2 -37.3 26 14.1 -25.4 310 41 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.2 0.39 14 350 8421 -31.2 -36.5 60 5.2 -31.9 307 46 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.4 0.48 15 300 9496 -39.1 -43.8 61 4.8 -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 60 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 17 200 12142 -57.9 -66.0 35 8.1 -58.0 324 61 341.0 341.1 294.6 341.2 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 27 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.87 m Freezing level: 646.76 mb = 3772.27 m = 12376.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 840.10 mb = 1639.58 m = 5379.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.22 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.13 mb = 660.09 m = 2165.62 ft T: 12.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 3036.82 m = 9963.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Cap Strength: 9.68 C Lifted Index: 10.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.23 C Showalter Index: 17.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: -7.75 C K Index: -16.80 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11831.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.75 mb = 1219.46 m = 4000.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.2 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 357.2 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -8.7 tot: 1.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.6 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: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 50.21 m/s