MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507221800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507221800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 105 SFC 987 219 35.2 21.7 46 13.5 25.2 220 14 309.5 312.6 298.8 360.5 16.78 2 950 565 29.8 20.6 57 9.3 23.1 222 20 307.5 310.5 298.0 356.5 16.24 3 900 1045 25.1 19.4 71 5.7 21.0 223 22 307.4 310.4 297.8 355.6 15.98 4 850 1545 21.3 16.8 75 4.6 18.1 236 26 308.5 311.2 297.0 351.7 14.27 5 800 2068 17.7 13.5 76 4.3 14.8 250 27 310.0 312.3 296.0 347.3 12.21 6 750 2617 13.9 6.1 59 7.8 9.2 258 27 311.7 313.2 293.4 336.2 7.92 7 700 3196 11.2 -2.6 38 13.8 4.1 254 29 314.9 315.7 291.5 329.2 4.51 8 650 3810 7.6 -5.3 40 12.9 1.3 254 31 317.6 318.3 291.8 330.4 3.97 9 600 4463 2.8 -3.7 62 6.5 -0.5 260 32 319.3 320.3 293.0 335.0 4.84 10 550 5163 -1.8 -9.4 56 7.7 -5.1 257 30 322.0 322.7 292.6 333.3 3.40 11 500 5913 -7.3 -10.9 75 3.6 -8.8 247 28 324.1 324.8 293.1 335.2 3.32 12 450 6725 -11.9 -26.4 29 14.6 -15.7 245 28 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.8 0.98 13 400 7615 -18.4 -28.7 40 10.3 -20.7 261 30 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.4 0.90 14 350 8599 -25.0 -38.6 27 13.6 -27.1 272 33 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.6 0.39 15 300 9706 -31.8 -36.4 63 4.6 -32.4 307 34 340.6 340.7 295.0 342.8 0.57 16 250 10967 -42.6 -50.5 42 7.9 -43.0 322 36 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.15 17 200 12430 -54.1 -61.9 38 7.8 -54.3 268 41 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14252 -59.7 -78.3 7 18.6 -59.9 250 25 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16735 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 249 25 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.79 m Freezing level: 569.30 mb = 4892.76 m = 16052.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.44 mb = 4269.42 m = 14007.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.16 % Est. max temperature: 34.61 C = 94.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.68 mb = 1922.09 m = 6305.99 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 31.30 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.27 mb = 2054.78 m = 6741.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.72 C = 96.30 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -4.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 31.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2410.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.46 mb = 1787.47 m = 5864.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.46 mb = 2267.84 m = 7440.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.46 mb = 13405.33 m = 43980.21 ft B at Equ Level: 2397.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 89.14 Bulk Shear: 27.04 m/s