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,-87.85 Latitude: 41.98 Longitude: -87.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 198 15.1 12.4 84 2.7 13.4 45 6 288.4 290.0 286.7 313.8 9.08 2 950 617 12.6 9.5 82 3.0 10.8 50 10 289.9 291.3 286.1 312.2 7.87 3 900 1068 10.5 -1.9 42 12.4 4.7 19 10 292.3 293.0 282.7 303.2 3.69 4 850 1543 9.9 -17.8 12 27.8 0.5 340 13 296.6 296.8 281.4 300.1 1.11 5 800 2044 8.0 -21.9 10 29.8 -1.3 332 13 299.7 299.8 282.3 302.3 0.83 6 750 2573 5.9 -22.4 11 28.3 -2.8 332 14 303.0 303.2 283.7 305.8 0.84 7 700 3134 3.5 -16.0 22 19.5 -3.4 331 16 306.3 306.6 285.8 311.4 1.57 8 650 3732 0.3 -14.9 31 15.2 -5.3 327 19 309.3 309.6 287.2 315.2 1.85 9 600 4368 -3.0 -22.2 21 19.2 -8.7 319 23 312.7 312.9 287.5 316.3 1.08 10 550 5052 -6.8 -26.3 20 19.5 -11.9 314 28 316.0 316.2 288.3 318.8 0.81 11 500 5789 -11.4 -31.0 18 19.6 -15.7 314 32 319.1 319.2 289.1 321.2 0.58 12 450 6588 -16.5 -35.4 18 18.9 -20.0 314 37 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.42 13 400 7462 -23.2 -38.8 22 15.7 -25.4 309 41 324.9 325.0 290.6 326.1 0.33 14 350 8422 -31.3 -37.2 56 5.9 -32.0 309 47 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.45 15 300 9498 -39.0 -43.7 61 4.8 -39.4 309 51 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.4 0.26 16 250 10720 -49.1 -56.2 43 7.1 -49.4 325 59 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.08 17 200 12144 -58.1 -65.6 37 7.6 -58.2 324 61 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 13959 -57.2 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.5 320 48 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16508 -59.3 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 330 28 413.2 413.2 306.9 413.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5604.67 m Freezing level: 645.95 mb = 3783.14 m = 12411.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 834.94 mb = 1691.03 m = 5547.95 ft Precipitable water: 0.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.63 % Est. max temperature: 23.37 C = 74.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.19 mb = 544.84 m = 1787.50 ft T: 13.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 13.79 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 698.83 mb = 3147.90 m = 10327.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.08 C = 91.54 F Cap Strength: 9.96 C Lifted Index: 10.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.47 C Showalter Index: 17.52 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 14.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.34 C Cross Totals Index: -6.42 C K Index: -15.92 Risk: None Sweat Index: 57.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12450.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.44 mb = 1251.05 m = 4104.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 326.5 at 18.9 knts Storm direction: 356.5 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.1 neg: -12.8 tot: 0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 50.06 m/s