MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 41.91,-88.09 Latitude: 41.91 Longitude: -88.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 93 SFC 985 223 21.1 17.5 80 3.6 18.7 196 5 295.5 297.8 292.4 332.4 12.86 2 950 537 22.6 14.9 62 7.7 17.5 227 20 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.3 11.30 3 900 1006 19.1 13.3 69 5.8 15.3 233 18 301.2 303.1 292.4 332.8 10.74 4 850 1494 15.0 11.5 80 3.4 12.8 250 16 301.8 303.7 292.2 331.7 10.10 5 800 2004 11.5 6.0 69 5.5 8.3 275 12 303.5 304.8 290.5 325.5 7.37 6 750 2541 8.8 -0.1 54 8.9 4.2 296 7 306.1 307.1 289.3 321.7 5.07 7 700 3108 3.9 -3.0 61 6.9 0.6 271 6 306.8 307.6 288.9 320.4 4.38 8 650 3704 -0.9 -8.8 55 7.9 -4.2 254 8 307.9 308.5 287.9 317.4 3.01 9 600 4339 -3.9 -21.4 24 17.5 -9.2 265 10 311.6 311.8 287.2 315.5 1.15 10 550 5021 -6.8 -48.4 2 41.6 -13.3 273 17 316.0 316.0 287.5 316.3 0.09 11 500 5759 -10.5 -40.4 7 29.9 -15.8 269 20 320.2 320.3 289.0 321.1 0.23 12 450 6560 -16.2 -30.9 27 14.8 -19.3 257 26 322.9 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.64 13 400 7436 -22.1 -29.6 51 7.4 -23.7 262 28 326.2 326.4 291.5 329.2 0.82 14 350 8403 -29.2 -39.8 35 10.6 -30.5 259 26 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.34 15 300 9483 -38.5 -45.6 47 7.1 -39.1 274 22 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.21 16 250 10713 -46.8 -53.0 49 6.3 -47.0 298 28 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12162 -53.6 -62.5 33 8.9 -53.8 299 37 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.0 0.04 18 150 13999 -56.8 -80.4 4 23.6 -57.1 277 36 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16536 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.9 275 19 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.07 m Freezing level: 659.46 mb = 3590.98 m = 11781.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.70 mb = 3180.42 m = 10434.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.86 % Est. max temperature: 27.85 C = 82.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.35 mb = 681.07 m = 2234.45 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 17.81 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.04 mb = 1847.51 m = 6061.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.31 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 30.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 297.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.94 mb = 1464.40 m = 4804.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 727.94 mb = 2786.42 m = 9141.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.94 mb = 9529.49 m = 31264.35 ft B at Equ Level: 296.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.94 mb = 11604.25 m = 38071.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 9.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: -1.2 tot: 78.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 27.53 Bulk Shear: 10.80 m/s