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: 41.57,-88.58 Latitude: 41.57 Longitude: -88.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 988 200 26.5 20.1 68 6.4 22.0 215 6 300.7 303.4 295.6 345.1 15.16 2 950 544 21.0 17.3 80 3.7 18.5 227 6 298.5 300.9 293.6 336.9 13.21 3 900 1010 17.6 10.8 65 6.7 13.4 261 8 299.6 301.3 290.6 326.3 9.09 4 850 1495 13.4 10.6 83 2.8 11.7 245 10 300.2 301.9 291.2 328.1 9.50 5 800 2003 10.6 8.2 85 2.4 9.2 237 10 302.5 304.1 291.2 328.0 8.58 6 750 2539 7.6 4.3 80 3.3 5.8 232 9 304.9 306.2 290.6 326.0 6.98 7 700 3104 4.0 1.3 82 2.8 2.5 227 11 307.0 308.1 290.3 325.3 6.00 8 650 3702 -0.4 -0.9 96 0.5 -0.7 254 14 308.5 309.5 290.4 325.5 5.51 9 600 4338 -4.1 -6.6 83 2.4 -5.2 251 16 311.3 312.1 289.9 323.7 3.90 10 550 5020 -6.8 -21.5 30 14.8 -11.2 246 20 316.1 316.3 288.8 320.3 1.24 11 500 5759 -10.2 -34.6 12 24.5 -15.2 248 27 320.7 320.7 289.4 322.1 0.41 12 450 6561 -16.3 -33.7 21 17.5 -19.6 254 28 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.49 13 400 7435 -22.7 -38.9 21 16.3 -25.1 263 33 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.33 14 350 8397 -30.8 -45.0 24 14.2 -32.2 258 38 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.0 0.20 15 300 9471 -39.9 -49.1 37 9.2 -40.5 242 42 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 16 250 10691 -48.9 -59.5 28 10.6 -49.3 223 48 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.05 17 200 12128 -54.1 -71.9 10 17.8 -54.4 242 38 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 13973 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 266 34 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16505 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 272 26 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5661.53 m Freezing level: 654.51 mb = 3648.38 m = 11969.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.60 mb = 3571.71 m = 11718.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.71 mb = 1002.73 m = 3289.75 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 18.82 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.62 mb = 1379.41 m = 4525.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.89 C = 78.61 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: 2.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.78 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 679.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.86 mb = 1288.92 m = 4228.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.86 mb = 1436.40 m = 4712.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.86 mb = 10798.36 m = 35427.26 ft B at Equ Level: 674.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.86 mb = 12953.13 m = 42496.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.3 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 275.3 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 6.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 65.19 Bulk Shear: 10.42 m/s