MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507250600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507250600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 27 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 103 SFC 987 217 20.1 19.7 98 0.4 19.8 58 14 294.3 297.0 293.4 336.6 14.80 2 950 545 19.6 19.4 99 0.1 19.5 59 27 297.1 299.8 294.5 340.8 15.12 3 900 1013 20.0 19.4 97 0.6 19.6 74 20 302.1 305.0 296.4 349.2 15.96 4 850 1507 18.4 17.5 94 0.9 17.8 102 14 305.5 308.3 296.7 350.3 14.99 5 800 2027 16.4 15.5 95 0.9 15.8 143 13 308.6 311.2 296.8 350.9 13.96 6 750 2575 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 170 16 311.7 314.1 296.8 350.9 12.78 7 700 3156 11.0 10.4 96 0.6 10.6 190 16 314.6 316.8 296.7 350.1 11.40 8 650 3773 7.8 7.4 97 0.5 7.5 209 15 317.8 319.7 296.5 349.2 9.97 9 600 4430 4.0 3.4 96 0.6 3.7 229 15 320.8 322.4 296.0 347.0 8.17 10 550 5133 -0.1 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.2 242 15 324.0 325.4 295.8 346.2 6.81 11 500 5892 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.5 -3.9 245 17 328.6 329.7 296.0 347.3 5.63 12 450 6720 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.1 237 19 333.5 334.5 296.4 348.9 4.48 13 400 7628 -12.6 -13.9 90 1.2 -13.2 228 22 338.6 339.2 296.7 350.1 3.28 14 350 8636 -18.8 -20.6 85 1.8 -19.4 225 26 343.4 343.9 296.9 351.2 2.12 15 300 9767 -26.8 -29.1 81 2.3 -27.3 226 30 347.6 347.9 297.1 352.0 1.15 16 250 11056 -36.9 -39.9 74 3.0 -37.3 228 34 351.1 351.2 297.3 353.1 0.47 17 200 12555 -49.9 -53.5 65 3.7 -50.0 230 37 353.8 353.8 297.5 354.4 0.13 18 150 14368 -66.0 -70.2 56 4.2 -66.0 235 41 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.5 0.02 19 100 16829 -65.0 -88.6 2 23.6 -65.1 166 8 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.41 m Freezing level: 550.62 mb = 5124.26 m = 16811.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 552.77 mb = 5092.33 m = 16706.92 ft Precipitable water: 2.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.29 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.01 mb = 259.54 m = 851.51 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 4.72 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 986.83 mb = 217.32 m = 712.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.33 C = 68.59 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 39.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.15 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4333.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.14 mb = 718.80 m = 2358.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 185.5 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 215.5 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 159.37 m/s