MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507250600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507250600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 25 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 132 SFC 990 218 25.3 24.3 94 1.0 24.6 285 1 299.3 302.9 298.1 356.8 19.66 2 950 583 24.2 19.9 77 4.3 21.2 311 13 301.7 304.6 296.1 347.7 15.60 3 900 1055 21.2 15.6 70 5.6 17.4 271 15 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.4 12.47 4 850 1548 18.7 14.5 76 4.3 15.9 247 23 305.8 308.1 295.0 342.6 12.28 5 800 2067 15.8 11.3 75 4.5 12.9 242 25 307.9 309.9 294.3 339.9 10.56 6 750 2612 12.4 8.0 74 4.4 9.7 245 23 310.1 311.8 293.7 337.8 9.04 7 700 3189 9.0 5.6 79 3.4 6.9 248 21 312.4 314.0 293.7 337.7 8.15 8 650 3799 5.4 1.0 73 4.4 3.0 243 22 315.1 316.3 293.1 335.1 6.34 9 600 4450 2.3 -4.3 61 6.6 -1.0 244 20 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.8 4.64 10 550 5147 -1.8 -11.0 49 9.2 -5.7 264 17 322.0 322.6 292.3 332.0 3.01 11 500 5900 -5.3 -14.4 49 9.1 -8.9 280 18 326.5 327.0 293.1 335.1 2.51 12 450 6719 -10.6 -16.5 62 5.9 -12.7 266 21 330.0 330.4 293.9 338.1 2.34 13 400 7616 -15.6 -18.7 77 3.1 -16.7 262 27 334.7 335.2 294.9 342.4 2.18 14 350 8613 -21.1 -28.0 54 6.9 -22.8 268 29 340.3 340.5 295.3 344.3 1.09 15 300 9732 -29.8 -34.9 61 5.1 -30.7 257 29 343.4 343.5 295.7 345.9 0.66 16 250 11004 -39.9 -45.0 58 5.1 -40.4 248 33 346.7 346.7 296.1 347.8 0.28 17 200 12485 -51.8 -57.7 49 5.9 -52.0 254 42 350.7 350.7 296.8 351.1 0.08 18 150 14292 -64.8 -72.0 36 7.2 -64.8 267 41 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.02 19 100 16742 -68.3 -84.3 8 15.9 -68.4 287 20 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.15 m Freezing level: 571.46 mb = 4847.67 m = 15904.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.25 mb = 4285.39 m = 14059.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.70 % Est. max temperature: 32.18 C = 89.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.46 mb = 341.43 m = 1120.18 ft T: 24.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.29 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1781.40 m = 5844.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 35.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 271.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.03 mb = 1179.84 m = 3870.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.03 mb = 2701.66 m = 8863.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 352.03 mb = 8569.62 m = 28115.22 ft B at Equ Level: 270.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.03 mb = 13076.49 m = 42901.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -21.0 tot: -19.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.34 Bulk Shear: 32.61 m/s