MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2507250600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2507250600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 106 SFC 987 218 21.0 20.8 99 0.1 20.9 109 5 295.2 298.1 294.5 340.7 15.87 2 950 550 21.5 20.8 96 0.7 21.0 112 16 299.0 302.0 296.0 347.0 16.46 3 900 1020 20.7 18.7 88 2.0 19.3 115 9 302.9 305.7 296.2 348.0 15.23 4 850 1515 18.9 16.0 83 2.9 16.9 132 1 306.0 308.5 295.9 346.7 13.58 5 800 2034 16.1 13.5 84 2.7 14.4 292 6 308.4 310.7 295.6 345.4 12.23 6 750 2581 13.3 10.3 82 3.0 11.3 284 12 311.0 313.0 295.1 343.3 10.54 7 700 3161 10.5 7.7 82 2.9 8.8 274 18 314.1 316.0 295.1 343.6 9.45 8 650 3775 7.1 4.5 83 2.6 5.6 262 22 317.0 318.6 295.0 342.8 8.16 9 600 4430 3.1 0.4 83 2.6 1.6 251 23 319.7 321.0 294.5 340.8 6.59 10 550 5130 -1.0 -3.5 83 2.5 -2.3 251 22 322.9 324.0 294.4 340.5 5.39 11 500 5886 -4.6 -10.9 61 6.3 -7.3 273 19 327.4 328.1 294.0 338.7 3.33 12 450 6708 -9.5 -17.3 53 7.8 -12.3 292 20 331.3 331.7 294.0 338.9 2.19 13 400 7608 -15.1 -21.4 59 6.3 -17.1 286 28 335.3 335.7 294.7 341.5 1.73 14 350 8606 -20.5 -43.5 11 23.0 -24.0 270 37 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.23 15 300 9727 -28.7 -37.4 43 8.6 -30.1 258 43 344.9 345.0 296.0 346.9 0.51 16 250 11007 -38.5 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.9 241 35 348.8 348.9 296.7 350.4 0.39 17 200 12496 -51.5 -55.5 63 3.9 -51.7 224 38 351.1 351.2 297.0 351.6 0.10 18 150 14293 -67.1 -71.9 51 4.7 -67.2 231 40 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.02 19 100 16756 -67.3 -89.1 3 21.7 -67.4 213 11 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.73 m Freezing level: 562.34 mb = 4957.27 m = 16263.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.29 mb = 4712.38 m = 15460.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.22 % Est. max temperature: 32.29 C = 90.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.46 mb = 232.83 m = 763.87 ft T: 20.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 4.67 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1663.69 m = 5458.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.38 C = 90.28 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 88.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 140.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.62 mb = 823.52 m = 2701.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.62 mb = 4219.45 m = 13843.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 385.62 mb = 7881.27 m = 25856.88 ft B at Equ Level: 88.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.62 mb = 9830.07 m = 32250.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.3 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 289.3 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -6.8 tot: 17.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 91.94 m/s