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,-89.90 Latitude: 41.55 Longitude: -89.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 989 195 26.8 19.5 64 7.4 21.6 212 5 301.0 303.6 295.2 343.7 14.54 2 950 542 21.3 16.6 75 4.7 18.1 220 6 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.5 12.61 3 900 1008 16.7 15.4 92 1.3 15.8 224 7 298.7 300.9 292.9 334.5 12.28 4 850 1492 12.9 11.1 89 1.8 11.8 233 11 299.7 301.5 291.3 328.5 9.82 5 800 2000 10.4 8.3 87 2.0 9.2 238 13 302.2 303.8 291.1 327.8 8.63 6 750 2536 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 240 15 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.4 7.51 7 700 3101 4.2 2.0 86 2.2 3.0 247 15 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.4 6.32 8 650 3700 0.4 -2.2 83 2.6 -0.9 264 13 309.4 310.3 290.2 324.9 5.00 9 600 4338 -3.2 -8.8 65 5.6 -5.5 263 14 312.4 313.0 289.6 322.9 3.27 10 550 5022 -7.0 -21.3 31 14.2 -11.3 251 17 315.8 316.0 288.8 320.1 1.27 11 500 5759 -10.9 -30.5 18 19.7 -15.3 260 23 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.9 0.60 12 450 6559 -16.6 -31.7 26 15.1 -19.7 266 27 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.60 13 400 7432 -23.2 -40.5 19 17.3 -25.5 267 36 324.9 324.9 290.6 325.9 0.28 14 350 8392 -31.4 -45.4 24 14.0 -32.7 254 37 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.19 15 300 9465 -40.2 -47.5 45 7.3 -40.7 242 38 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.17 16 250 10680 -50.0 -55.8 51 5.7 -50.2 237 36 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.08 17 200 12119 -52.7 -72.3 8 19.6 -53.0 254 35 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13973 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 273 34 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16506 -62.2 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 274 26 407.5 407.5 306.2 407.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5663.39 m Freezing level: 645.02 mb = 3763.87 m = 12348.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.69 mb = 3556.29 m = 11667.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.10 C = 78.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.15 mb = 1120.29 m = 3675.46 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 23.60 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1120.91 m = 3677.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.82 C = 76.67 F Cap Strength: -0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: 1.11 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.00 C K Index: 32.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 177.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1155.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.32 mb = 1147.39 m = 3764.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.32 mb = 1195.38 m = 3921.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.32 mb = 11209.01 m = 36774.52 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.32 mb = 13544.06 m = 44435.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 91.13 Bulk Shear: 12.68 m/s