MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507221800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507221800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 115 SFC 988 219 31.4 23.6 63 7.8 25.6 217 10 305.6 309.1 299.1 362.2 18.86 2 950 571 26.9 21.4 72 5.6 22.9 229 19 304.5 307.7 297.8 355.6 17.11 3 900 1048 24.3 18.6 71 5.7 20.3 247 23 306.6 309.4 297.1 352.3 15.20 4 850 1547 20.0 16.5 80 3.5 17.5 247 24 307.1 309.7 296.5 349.3 14.00 5 800 2068 17.4 11.0 66 6.4 13.3 241 28 309.7 311.6 294.6 341.3 10.35 6 750 2616 15.1 -5.1 24 20.1 5.1 235 30 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.1 3.49 7 700 3196 11.4 -10.6 20 21.9 1.7 235 30 315.1 315.5 289.7 323.0 2.44 8 650 3809 6.8 -4.6 44 11.4 1.2 244 31 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.1 4.18 9 600 4461 2.7 -5.8 54 8.4 -1.4 253 33 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.7 4.14 10 550 5160 -1.4 -11.2 47 9.8 -5.6 255 34 322.4 323.0 292.3 332.3 2.95 11 500 5911 -6.7 -13.7 57 7.0 -9.5 250 33 324.8 325.4 292.7 333.8 2.64 12 450 6724 -13.1 -23.0 43 9.8 -16.0 247 33 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.4 1.34 13 400 7609 -19.4 -31.2 34 11.8 -21.8 243 36 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.4 0.71 14 350 8588 -26.2 -41.9 22 15.7 -28.3 230 43 333.4 333.5 292.9 334.5 0.28 15 300 9685 -34.5 -51.8 16 17.3 -35.8 226 53 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.11 16 250 10935 -42.4 -62.0 10 19.6 -43.2 222 56 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 17 200 12414 -50.3 -73.2 5 23.0 -50.7 229 50 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14255 -58.3 -82.1 3 23.8 -58.5 233 42 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16741 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.3 -68.4 252 24 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.62 m Freezing level: 567.18 mb = 4919.70 m = 16140.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.89 mb = 4103.77 m = 13463.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.89 % Est. max temperature: 33.52 C = 92.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.11 mb = 1213.56 m = 3981.45 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 39.13 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.59 mb = 1797.09 m = 5895.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.17 C = 93.51 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.20 C K Index: 21.31 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2211.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.77 mb = 1446.97 m = 4747.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.77 mb = 2903.60 m = 9526.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.77 mb = 12920.84 m = 42390.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2185.80 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.1 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 275.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.9 neg: -2.8 tot: 69.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 81.09 Bulk Shear: 27.27 m/s