MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 40.32,-89.86 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -89.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 1000 153 18.2 10.5 61 7.7 13.6 69 11 291.4 292.8 286.8 314.1 8.00 2 950 590 18.5 10.0 58 8.5 13.4 101 32 296.0 297.4 288.6 319.5 8.12 3 900 1050 14.6 9.8 73 4.8 11.7 116 30 296.5 298.1 289.1 321.1 8.47 4 850 1532 13.5 5.7 59 7.8 9.1 132 19 300.3 301.5 288.9 320.4 6.78 5 800 2040 10.6 3.0 59 7.6 6.5 159 15 302.4 303.5 288.8 320.3 5.95 6 750 2574 6.1 2.1 75 4.0 3.9 186 13 303.2 304.3 289.1 321.1 5.94 7 700 3138 3.9 3.5 97 0.4 3.7 221 14 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.2 7.05 8 650 3737 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 221 13 309.6 310.8 291.2 328.2 6.01 9 600 4376 -2.9 -3.2 98 0.3 -3.1 222 13 312.7 313.7 291.3 328.6 5.04 10 550 5060 -7.5 -7.9 97 0.4 -7.7 238 13 315.2 315.9 291.0 327.5 3.84 11 500 5795 -12.5 -13.5 92 1.0 -12.9 256 13 317.8 318.3 290.7 326.6 2.69 12 450 6592 -17.4 -22.8 63 5.4 -18.8 272 14 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.0 1.36 13 400 7462 -24.1 -33.9 40 9.8 -25.7 285 8 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.55 14 350 8423 -30.7 -48.7 16 18.0 -32.3 86 5 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.13 15 300 9501 -38.4 -51.9 23 13.5 -39.2 110 16 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 16 250 10723 -49.9 -56.6 45 6.7 -50.1 118 20 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.07 17 200 12158 -53.8 -70.1 12 16.3 -54.1 270 20 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14009 -54.3 -83.0 2 28.6 -54.7 281 30 376.5 376.5 301.6 376.5 0.00 19 100 16567 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 300 19 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.32 m Freezing level: 641.50 mb = 3846.02 m = 12618.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.89 mb = 3812.80 m = 12509.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.69 mb = 1128.41 m = 3702.10 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 0.82 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.84 mb = 2498.53 m = 8197.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 4.62 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.03 C Showalter Index: 3.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.03 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 120.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8705.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.83 mb = 1533.91 m = 5032.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 178.4 at 16.5 knts Storm direction: 208.4 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -138.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 245.8 neg: -0.7 tot: 245.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 95.38 m/s