MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 41.47,-87.84 Latitude: 41.47 Longitude: -87.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 SFC 993 212 25.1 17.3 62 7.8 19.8 24 8 298.9 301.2 293.2 335.7 12.62 2 950 594 20.7 15.2 71 5.5 17.1 23 8 298.2 300.3 292.2 331.6 11.49 3 900 1059 16.2 14.2 88 2.0 14.9 357 6 298.2 300.3 292.1 331.3 11.37 4 850 1542 12.0 11.5 97 0.5 11.7 306 7 298.7 300.5 291.2 328.1 10.08 5 800 2047 8.4 4.5 77 3.8 6.2 309 15 300.1 301.3 288.6 319.7 6.62 6 750 2576 4.6 -2.6 60 7.1 1.2 310 20 301.5 302.3 286.8 314.3 4.22 7 700 3137 3.2 -23.0 13 26.2 -4.7 323 21 306.0 306.1 284.9 308.8 0.86 8 650 3733 -0.1 -34.1 6 33.9 -7.9 333 22 308.8 308.9 285.3 310.0 0.33 9 600 4367 -4.1 -35.4 7 31.3 -10.7 338 24 311.4 311.4 286.2 312.5 0.31 10 550 5047 -8.8 -27.1 21 18.3 -13.3 339 27 313.6 313.8 287.5 316.2 0.75 11 500 5777 -13.2 -39.5 9 26.2 -17.6 347 33 316.9 316.9 288.0 317.8 0.25 12 450 6573 -17.3 -45.1 7 27.8 -21.1 352 44 321.5 321.5 289.4 322.1 0.15 13 400 7444 -23.9 -42.7 16 18.8 -26.2 349 49 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.22 14 350 8402 -31.9 -45.9 24 14.0 -33.1 346 56 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.18 15 300 9471 -40.5 -51.2 31 10.7 -41.1 347 65 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 16 250 10690 -48.6 -61.3 22 12.7 -49.0 350 73 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.04 17 200 12135 -53.9 -68.4 15 14.5 -54.1 335 71 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13969 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 323 48 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16517 -58.5 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.9 319 29 414.6 414.6 307.1 414.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.23 m Freezing level: 652.21 mb = 3706.23 m = 12159.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.83 mb = 2687.26 m = 8816.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.48 % Est. max temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.32 mb = 1197.77 m = 3929.64 ft T: 15.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 26.87 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.29 mb = 1294.06 m = 4245.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.69 C = 76.45 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.02 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.74 C K Index: 10.58 Risk: None Sweat Index: 205.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 748.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.83 mb = 1279.25 m = 4196.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.83 mb = 1327.61 m = 4355.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.83 mb = 10380.70 m = 34056.99 ft B at Equ Level: 741.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.83 mb = 12742.11 m = 41804.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 335.2 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 5.2 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 80.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 22.52 Bulk Shear: 33.22 m/s