MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 41.88,-89.73 Latitude: 41.88 Longitude: -89.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 192 SFC 996 223 20.5 14.6 69 5.9 16.7 60 4 294.0 295.9 290.0 324.1 10.53 2 950 634 17.9 11.0 64 6.8 13.7 76 7 295.3 296.9 288.9 320.5 8.73 3 900 1093 13.4 10.3 81 3.2 11.5 79 7 295.4 296.9 288.9 320.6 8.75 4 850 1571 9.0 8.1 94 0.9 8.5 83 7 295.6 297.0 288.3 318.8 8.01 5 800 2071 7.2 -6.2 38 13.4 1.4 92 7 298.8 299.3 284.5 307.9 3.00 6 750 2604 8.3 -19.2 12 27.5 -1.1 57 7 305.6 305.8 285.0 309.2 1.11 7 700 3168 2.9 -10.7 36 13.6 -2.6 21 7 305.7 306.1 286.5 313.3 2.41 8 650 3763 -0.3 -19.6 22 19.3 -6.4 16 7 308.6 308.9 286.3 312.8 1.25 9 600 4398 -3.8 -22.9 21 19.0 -9.4 352 9 311.7 311.9 287.1 315.1 1.01 10 550 5079 -7.4 -35.0 9 27.6 -13.2 343 12 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.5 0.35 11 500 5814 -12.7 -25.9 32 13.2 -16.0 340 10 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.7 0.93 12 450 6608 -18.6 -26.4 50 7.9 -20.4 342 14 319.9 320.1 289.8 323.3 0.98 13 400 7475 -25.2 -32.6 50 7.3 -26.5 331 13 322.2 322.3 290.1 324.4 0.62 14 350 8428 -32.4 -54.6 9 22.1 -33.9 330 15 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.3 0.07 15 300 9496 -40.8 -54.9 21 14.0 -41.5 324 20 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.07 16 250 10712 -49.0 -60.2 26 11.2 -49.3 322 23 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12151 -55.4 -68.8 17 13.3 -55.6 323 20 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 13978 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.3 317 19 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16542 -58.4 -86.1 2 27.7 -58.7 334 17 415.0 415.0 307.1 415.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.10 m Freezing level: 654.52 mb = 3709.33 m = 12169.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 772.54 mb = 2359.32 m = 7740.45 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.50 % Est. max temperature: 22.35 C = 72.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.69 mb = 974.10 m = 3195.82 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 12.70 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1429.96 m = 4691.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.06 C = 71.71 F Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lifted Index: 2.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.88 C Showalter Index: 4.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.61 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.74 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 16.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.81 mb = 1368.73 m = 4490.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.81 mb = 1513.99 m = 4967.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 815.81 mb = 1909.28 m = 6263.98 ft B at Equ Level: 7.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 785.81 mb = 2218.55 m = 7278.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 21.2 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 51.2 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: -4.8 tot: -3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 5.51 m/s