MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 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 1000 204 19.7 14.8 74 4.8 16.5 0 7 292.8 294.7 289.7 323.1 10.65 1 1000 208 19.9 14.8 73 5.1 16.7 7 5 293.1 295.0 289.8 323.4 10.66 2 950 649 17.6 12.3 71 5.3 14.3 23 21 295.1 296.8 289.5 322.5 9.52 3 900 1109 14.7 6.6 58 8.1 10.1 39 18 296.6 297.9 287.6 316.5 6.80 4 850 1589 11.0 1.8 53 9.2 6.2 59 12 297.6 298.6 286.4 312.8 5.12 5 800 2090 6.6 -0.3 62 6.9 3.2 69 10 298.1 299.0 286.1 312.1 4.68 6 750 2620 8.6 -38.4 2 47.0 -2.4 328 9 305.9 306.0 284.0 306.6 0.19 7 700 3187 6.3 -33.8 4 40.1 -3.8 312 11 309.5 309.5 285.5 310.6 0.31 8 650 3791 4.1 -41.4 2 45.5 -5.8 310 12 313.6 313.6 286.8 314.2 0.16 9 600 4434 -1.2 -32.3 7 31.1 -8.8 310 12 314.7 314.8 287.5 316.2 0.42 10 550 5121 -5.1 -34.4 8 29.2 -11.6 304 18 318.0 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.38 11 500 5862 -9.8 -43.1 5 33.3 -15.4 294 23 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.17 12 450 6667 -14.5 -47.4 4 32.9 -19.1 284 31 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.12 13 400 7549 -20.3 -37.3 21 16.9 -23.2 279 40 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.0 0.39 14 350 8521 -28.7 -37.0 45 8.3 -29.9 277 43 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.7 0.45 15 300 9608 -35.2 -59.0 7 23.7 -36.6 273 63 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.04 16 250 10858 -43.7 -59.2 16 15.5 -44.3 262 83 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 17 200 12315 -54.4 -67.2 19 12.8 -54.6 268 74 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14135 -59.4 -78.9 6 19.5 -59.6 263 55 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16659 -60.5 -87.8 2 27.2 -60.8 275 25 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.50 m Freezing level: 611.47 mb = 4286.41 m = 14062.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.40 mb = 2388.96 m = 7837.70 ft Precipitable water: 0.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 25.90 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.15 mb = 819.31 m = 2687.99 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 16.85 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.04 mb = 1725.68 m = 5661.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.67 C = 76.41 F Cap Strength: 6.56 C Lifted Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.34 C Showalter Index: 10.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.80 C Cross Totals Index: 11.61 C K Index: -17.49 Risk: None Sweat Index: 68.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.84 mb = 1385.30 m = 4544.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.84 mb = 2029.88 m = 6659.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 795.84 mb = 2132.84 m = 6997.41 ft B at Equ Level: 13.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 765.84 mb = 2448.44 m = 8032.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.9 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 1.9 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 3.1 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.5 neg: -9.1 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 17.75 m/s