MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507221800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507221800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 24 JUL 25 Station: 42,-88 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 988 218 25.7 24.9 95 0.8 25.1 202 10 299.9 303.6 298.7 359.9 20.45 2 950 564 27.1 24.1 83 3.1 24.9 225 32 304.7 308.5 299.7 365.3 20.24 3 900 1042 23.7 20.6 83 3.2 21.4 240 30 305.9 309.1 298.2 357.5 17.17 4 850 1540 19.8 18.1 90 1.7 18.6 246 31 306.9 309.8 297.4 353.7 15.56 5 800 2063 19.8 -5.4 18 25.1 7.3 234 21 312.2 312.9 289.5 322.5 3.20 6 750 2613 15.9 -6.9 20 22.7 4.9 233 20 313.8 314.4 289.9 323.6 3.04 7 700 3193 11.4 -8.8 23 20.2 2.1 241 21 315.1 315.6 290.0 324.2 2.80 8 650 3806 6.8 -10.8 27 17.6 -0.8 243 24 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.2 2.58 9 600 4458 3.2 -16.8 21 20.0 -4.4 245 30 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.71 10 550 5157 -1.3 -12.0 44 10.7 -5.8 242 33 322.5 323.1 292.2 331.8 2.77 11 500 5910 -5.4 -26.8 17 21.4 -11.5 233 32 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.85 12 450 6728 -10.7 -34.8 12 24.1 -16.0 224 27 329.8 329.9 292.1 331.4 0.44 13 400 7622 -16.9 -35.9 17 19.1 -20.5 223 26 333.0 333.1 293.0 334.7 0.44 14 350 8609 -23.8 -40.5 20 16.7 -26.3 217 29 336.6 336.7 293.8 337.9 0.32 15 300 9717 -32.1 -52.0 12 19.9 -33.8 216 40 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.5 0.10 16 250 10979 -41.1 -58.2 14 17.1 -42.0 212 60 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.2 0.06 17 200 12459 -51.0 -67.8 12 16.9 -51.4 223 64 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.02 18 150 14278 -62.9 -74.7 19 11.7 -63.0 230 41 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16727 -67.3 -84.6 7 17.3 -67.4 237 24 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5798.10 m Freezing level: 564.62 mb = 4952.52 m = 16248.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.66 mb = 3634.00 m = 11922.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.78 % Est. max temperature: 33.93 C = 93.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.28 mb = 314.15 m = 1030.65 ft T: 26.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 42.84 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1285.40 m = 4217.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 19.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 23.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.68 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2816.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.34 mb = 1019.12 m = 3343.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.34 mb = 1464.88 m = 4805.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.34 mb = 1669.17 m = 5476.23 ft B at Equ Level: 24.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: -40.0 tot: 119.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 389.92 Bulk Shear: 7.22 m/s