MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.45,-87.23 Latitude: 41.45 Longitude: -87.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 179 SFC 997 208 12.8 11.6 92 1.2 12.1 23 5 286.3 287.8 285.4 310.3 8.65 2 950 612 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 27 13 289.5 291.1 286.7 313.9 8.65 3 900 1063 11.6 -6.1 28 17.7 4.0 17 15 293.5 293.9 282.0 301.5 2.70 4 850 1540 11.0 -21.9 8 32.9 0.6 343 14 297.7 297.8 281.4 300.2 0.78 5 800 2043 9.3 -29.9 4 39.2 -1.3 332 16 301.0 301.1 282.3 302.4 0.40 6 750 2574 7.0 -20.0 12 27.1 -1.9 329 17 304.2 304.4 284.4 307.6 1.04 7 700 3137 4.1 -13.4 27 17.5 -2.6 328 19 307.0 307.3 286.5 313.2 1.94 8 650 3735 0.6 -14.8 30 15.4 -5.0 326 21 309.6 310.0 287.3 315.7 1.86 9 600 4373 -3.0 -16.8 34 13.8 -7.8 323 23 312.6 312.9 288.2 318.2 1.71 10 550 5056 -7.0 -21.7 30 14.7 -11.4 318 26 315.7 316.0 288.7 319.9 1.22 11 500 5792 -11.3 -30.0 20 18.7 -15.6 314 33 319.2 319.4 289.2 321.5 0.63 12 450 6593 -16.2 -37.7 14 21.5 -19.9 310 40 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.1 0.33 13 400 7467 -22.9 -43.3 14 20.4 -25.5 312 47 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.21 14 350 8429 -30.4 -47.7 17 17.2 -32.0 314 52 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.3 0.15 15 300 9505 -39.4 -49.3 34 9.9 -40.1 317 54 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.14 16 250 10727 -48.8 -56.1 42 7.3 -49.1 326 63 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 17 200 12154 -57.8 -65.0 39 7.2 -57.9 319 63 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.03 18 150 13967 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 319 53 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16509 -60.5 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 324 27 410.9 410.9 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.46 m Freezing level: 641.83 mb = 3839.48 m = 12596.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.33 mb = 1703.98 m = 5590.43 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.86 mb = 359.31 m = 1178.81 ft T: 12.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 13.74 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 682.23 mb = 3344.82 m = 10973.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.46 C = 94.03 F Cap Strength: 10.05 C Lifted Index: 11.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.38 C Showalter Index: 17.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 11.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.33 C Cross Totals Index: -10.58 C K Index: -17.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 62.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12518.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.67 mb = 1234.68 m = 4050.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 328.5 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 358.5 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -19.5 tot: -12.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 40.56 m/s