MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 42.0,-87.9 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 205 22.1 10.9 49 11.2 15.3 26 8 294.9 296.4 288.2 318.5 8.16 1 1000 236 21.6 10.8 50 10.8 15.0 25 7 294.8 296.2 288.2 318.3 8.16 2 950 677 17.2 9.3 59 8.0 12.5 19 11 294.7 296.1 287.8 317.0 7.73 3 900 1135 13.3 3.1 50 10.2 7.9 12 15 295.2 296.2 285.6 310.8 5.31 4 850 1612 9.9 2.6 61 7.2 6.1 360 14 296.5 297.5 286.2 312.5 5.45 5 800 2113 7.8 -8.1 31 15.9 1.1 341 9 299.4 299.9 284.3 307.3 2.58 6 750 2645 8.0 -38.8 2 46.8 -2.7 40 8 305.2 305.3 283.7 305.9 0.18 7 700 3210 5.3 -20.3 14 25.6 -3.2 2 9 308.3 308.5 286.0 311.9 1.09 8 650 3811 2.2 -28.8 8 30.9 -6.2 342 12 311.4 311.5 286.5 313.3 0.55 9 600 4451 -1.1 -33.9 6 32.8 -8.8 337 14 314.9 314.9 287.5 316.2 0.36 10 550 5140 -5.1 -39.6 5 34.5 -11.9 320 17 318.0 318.1 288.3 318.8 0.22 11 500 5879 -10.6 -45.1 4 34.6 -16.0 313 22 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.14 12 450 6681 -15.9 -44.9 6 29.0 -20.0 305 28 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.15 13 400 7558 -22.0 -43.8 12 21.8 -24.8 298 35 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.1 0.20 14 350 8525 -28.7 -41.7 27 13.1 -30.2 292 46 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.2 0.28 15 300 9613 -36.1 -45.9 36 9.8 -37.0 284 60 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.21 16 250 10852 -46.3 -53.5 44 7.2 -46.6 277 69 337.2 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.11 17 200 12297 -55.0 -66.5 23 11.5 -55.2 282 70 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14124 -56.7 -79.9 4 23.2 -57.1 283 57 372.3 372.3 300.9 372.3 0.00 19 100 16657 -62.4 -89.3 2 26.8 -62.7 277 41 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.77 m Freezing level: 616.84 mb = 4235.53 m = 13895.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 785.62 mb = 2262.64 m = 7423.27 ft Precipitable water: 0.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 22.65 % Est. max temperature: 23.55 C = 74.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.50 mb = 1607.49 m = 5273.85 ft T: 9.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.71 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.75 mb = 3580.03 m = 11745.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.39 C = 99.31 F Cap Strength: 8.34 C Lifted Index: 8.08 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.61 C Showalter Index: 10.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.46 C Cross Totals Index: 13.24 C K Index: -2.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 80.98 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10976.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.09 mb = 1798.34 m = 5899.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 342.9 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 12.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: -16.4 tot: -14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: -2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 9.45 m/s