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: 41.55,-88.85 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -88.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 SFC 987 214 26.9 19.9 66 7.0 21.9 223 6 301.2 303.9 295.6 345.3 15.00 2 950 544 21.5 16.3 72 5.2 18.0 240 5 299.0 301.3 293.1 335.1 12.38 3 900 1010 17.2 12.8 76 4.3 14.4 260 7 299.2 301.1 291.6 329.6 10.39 4 850 1494 12.9 10.7 86 2.3 11.6 247 10 299.7 301.4 291.0 327.7 9.54 5 800 2002 10.5 8.2 85 2.3 9.1 239 10 302.3 303.9 291.0 327.7 8.54 6 750 2538 7.6 5.0 84 2.6 6.1 235 11 304.8 306.2 290.8 326.9 7.32 7 700 3103 3.9 2.0 87 1.9 2.8 231 13 306.8 308.0 290.6 326.1 6.32 8 650 3701 -0.3 -0.8 96 0.5 -0.6 257 15 308.6 309.7 290.5 325.7 5.55 9 600 4338 -3.9 -7.5 76 3.6 -5.4 255 16 311.6 312.3 289.7 323.2 3.64 10 550 5020 -6.6 -26.3 19 19.7 -11.8 249 20 316.2 316.4 288.4 319.0 0.81 11 500 5759 -10.4 -37.7 9 27.3 -15.6 248 26 320.4 320.5 289.2 321.5 0.30 12 450 6561 -16.4 -32.9 23 16.5 -19.7 256 28 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.5 0.53 13 400 7435 -22.8 -39.1 21 16.3 -25.2 265 34 325.4 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.32 14 350 8397 -30.9 -45.1 24 14.2 -32.3 257 38 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 15 300 9470 -39.9 -48.8 38 8.9 -40.5 241 42 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 16 250 10689 -49.2 -59.8 28 10.6 -49.5 227 45 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 17 200 12126 -53.6 -71.9 9 18.3 -53.9 245 36 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 18 150 13973 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 268 34 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16505 -62.0 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.2 272 26 408.0 408.0 306.3 408.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.14 m Freezing level: 653.74 mb = 3656.65 m = 11996.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.33 mb = 3598.66 m = 11806.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.76 mb = 1087.79 m = 3568.81 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 17.57 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.26 mb = 1314.19 m = 4311.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 21.05 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 751.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.18 mb = 1305.19 m = 4282.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.18 mb = 1354.09 m = 4442.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.18 mb = 10840.33 m = 35564.95 ft B at Equ Level: 748.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.18 mb = 13013.60 m = 42695.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.4 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 277.4 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 10.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 68.59 Bulk Shear: 10.96 m/s