MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 41.41,-88.90 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 989 198 27.1 17.2 54 10.0 20.3 281 4 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.2 12.54 2 950 548 23.2 16.0 64 7.2 18.3 281 4 300.7 302.9 293.4 336.2 12.09 3 900 1016 18.6 15.0 79 3.6 16.2 278 4 300.7 302.9 293.3 335.8 11.98 4 850 1503 14.1 12.1 88 2.0 12.9 250 5 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.9 10.51 5 800 2013 11.4 4.8 64 6.6 7.7 260 8 303.3 304.5 289.9 323.6 6.76 6 750 2550 8.6 0.6 57 8.0 4.4 279 12 305.9 306.9 289.5 322.3 5.35 7 700 3116 4.5 1.3 80 3.2 2.8 275 15 307.4 308.6 290.5 325.8 6.00 8 650 3715 0.5 -1.7 86 2.1 -0.6 272 14 309.5 310.5 290.5 325.7 5.22 9 600 4354 -2.2 -18.8 27 16.6 -7.7 276 12 313.5 313.8 288.2 318.3 1.44 10 550 5041 -5.6 -47.9 2 42.3 -12.5 286 13 317.5 317.5 288.1 317.8 0.09 11 500 5780 -10.4 -47.0 3 36.7 -15.9 277 17 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.11 12 450 6584 -14.6 -42.8 7 28.2 -19.0 263 23 324.9 324.9 290.5 325.6 0.20 13 400 7465 -20.8 -30.8 41 9.9 -22.9 263 26 327.9 328.0 291.9 330.6 0.73 14 350 8437 -26.2 -29.0 78 2.7 -26.8 260 34 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.0 1.00 15 300 9533 -34.6 -37.7 74 3.1 -35.0 262 45 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.5 0.50 16 250 10779 -45.4 -48.7 69 3.3 -45.6 265 60 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12224 -57.2 -61.2 60 4.0 -57.2 256 82 342.2 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14031 -59.7 -79.8 6 20.1 -59.9 267 41 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16549 -62.4 -84.9 3 22.5 -62.6 271 30 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.69 m Freezing level: 641.22 mb = 3827.67 m = 12557.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.48 mb = 3610.68 m = 11845.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.73 mb = 1456.09 m = 4777.13 ft T: 14.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 15.88 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1485.77 m = 4874.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 33.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 361.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.75 mb = 1465.85 m = 4809.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.75 mb = 1615.32 m = 5299.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 368.75 mb = 8057.36 m = 26434.59 ft B at Equ Level: 361.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.75 mb = 12263.57 m = 40234.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.0 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 305.0 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: -0.4 tot: 18.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 48.87 Bulk Shear: 7.40 m/s