MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 22 SEP 25 Station: 40.68,-88.82 Latitude: 40.68 Longitude: -88.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 986 228 25.2 19.6 71 5.6 21.3 226 5 299.6 302.2 294.9 342.5 14.71 2 950 550 19.6 17.4 87 2.2 18.1 226 7 297.1 299.5 293.2 335.5 13.28 3 900 1013 15.3 15.1 98 0.3 15.1 230 8 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.2 12.05 4 850 1497 13.4 11.2 87 2.2 12.0 218 6 300.2 302.0 291.5 329.2 9.87 5 800 2005 10.6 7.9 83 2.7 9.0 237 6 302.5 304.0 291.0 327.5 8.41 6 750 2541 7.6 4.2 79 3.3 5.7 253 7 304.8 306.1 290.5 325.7 6.92 7 700 3106 4.1 0.4 77 3.7 2.2 244 7 307.1 308.1 290.0 324.3 5.63 8 650 3705 0.6 -2.5 79 3.2 -0.9 265 11 309.7 310.6 290.3 324.9 4.90 9 600 4343 -3.1 -5.8 81 2.8 -4.3 247 12 312.6 313.3 290.5 325.6 4.12 10 550 5028 -6.4 -10.6 72 4.2 -8.1 250 14 316.5 317.1 290.7 326.5 3.09 11 500 5768 -9.5 -29.9 17 20.5 -14.4 260 19 321.5 321.6 289.9 323.8 0.64 12 450 6572 -15.5 -37.9 13 22.4 -19.4 268 25 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.0 0.33 13 400 7449 -22.1 -45.9 10 23.8 -25.0 265 30 326.3 326.3 290.8 326.9 0.16 14 350 8413 -30.6 -52.6 10 22.0 -32.3 249 31 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.08 15 300 9488 -40.0 -54.1 21 14.1 -40.7 242 33 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 16 250 10705 -49.0 -58.1 34 9.2 -49.3 221 38 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.06 17 200 12147 -53.0 -75.9 5 22.9 -53.4 242 34 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 13994 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 268 33 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.2 0.00 19 100 16518 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 269 24 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.74 m Freezing level: 641.32 mb = 3816.17 m = 12520.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.78 mb = 3523.63 m = 11560.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.44 C = 79.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.54 mb = 931.75 m = 3056.88 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.18 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 892.69 m = 2928.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.92 C = 73.25 F Cap Strength: -0.38 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 30.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 711.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.59 mb = 940.70 m = 3086.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.59 mb = 988.01 m = 3241.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.59 mb = 10899.03 m = 35757.54 ft B at Equ Level: 706.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.59 mb = 13093.14 m = 42955.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -5.4 tot: 2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 182.97 Bulk Shear: 3.89 m/s