MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 41.66,-89.32 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -89.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 112 SFC 985 242 25.3 18.0 64 7.3 20.2 335 4 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.5 13.26 2 950 559 21.3 16.8 75 4.5 18.3 332 4 298.8 301.1 293.3 336.0 12.78 3 900 1025 16.8 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 312 3 298.8 301.1 293.1 335.3 12.50 4 850 1510 13.4 10.8 84 2.6 11.8 234 7 300.2 301.9 291.3 328.4 9.61 5 800 2017 9.8 7.1 83 2.8 8.2 252 9 301.6 303.1 290.3 325.1 7.92 6 750 2551 7.2 2.0 69 5.3 4.4 276 13 304.4 305.5 289.5 322.3 5.88 7 700 3117 5.1 -13.5 24 18.7 -2.0 298 12 308.2 308.5 286.9 314.4 1.92 8 650 3717 1.6 -12.7 34 14.3 -4.0 307 12 310.8 311.2 288.1 317.9 2.21 9 600 4357 -1.7 -17.9 28 16.2 -7.2 303 14 314.1 314.4 288.5 319.3 1.56 10 550 5044 -5.5 -32.2 10 26.6 -11.7 305 16 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.2 0.47 11 500 5783 -10.3 -42.9 5 32.6 -15.8 288 17 320.5 320.5 289.1 321.1 0.17 12 450 6587 -15.4 -46.1 5 30.6 -19.7 280 19 323.8 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.14 13 400 7464 -21.2 -40.9 15 19.7 -24.1 277 30 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.27 14 350 8435 -28.7 -37.4 43 8.7 -29.9 280 32 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.44 15 300 9522 -35.9 -39.1 72 3.2 -36.3 275 42 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.4 0.43 16 250 10766 -45.0 -48.5 68 3.5 -45.2 258 74 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12214 -56.2 -61.6 50 5.5 -56.3 257 81 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.05 18 150 14029 -60.6 -77.4 9 16.8 -60.7 275 51 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16548 -62.6 -85.6 3 23.0 -62.9 275 36 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.85 m Freezing level: 626.03 mb = 4023.42 m = 13200.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.76 mb = 2934.09 m = 9626.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.71 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.06 mb = 1166.62 m = 3827.45 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 24.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.05 mb = 1205.12 m = 3953.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.90 C = 76.83 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: 1.68 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.68 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 15.79 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 161.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 430.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.37 mb = 1163.66 m = 3817.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.37 mb = 1308.68 m = 4293.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.37 mb = 9282.52 m = 30454.09 ft B at Equ Level: 429.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.37 mb = 12525.00 m = 41092.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 11.7 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 40.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 40.83 Bulk Shear: 10.55 m/s