MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z TUE 5 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 184 SFC 998 204 20.5 18.7 90 1.8 19.3 56 5 293.8 296.3 292.6 333.1 13.76 2 950 629 21.1 12.1 57 8.9 15.4 120 15 298.6 300.3 290.6 326.0 9.39 3 900 1094 16.6 11.3 71 5.3 13.3 120 15 298.6 300.4 290.6 326.1 9.39 4 850 1577 12.5 6.1 65 6.4 8.8 119 15 299.2 300.5 288.6 319.7 6.94 5 800 2083 9.8 -8.4 27 18.2 2.1 116 10 301.6 302.1 285.1 309.5 2.53 6 750 2617 9.4 -29.8 4 39.3 -1.6 144 4 306.8 306.9 284.7 308.3 0.43 7 700 3185 6.1 -32.3 4 38.4 -3.8 117 3 309.3 309.4 285.5 310.6 0.36 8 650 3787 2.6 -32.7 5 35.3 -6.2 98 3 311.9 312.0 286.5 313.2 0.38 9 600 4427 -1.9 -27.2 12 25.3 -8.7 101 2 314.0 314.1 287.5 316.3 0.69 10 550 5113 -6.4 -34.2 9 27.7 -12.5 215 2 316.5 316.5 288.1 317.8 0.39 11 500 5849 -11.7 -20.1 50 8.4 -14.3 228 7 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.0 1.54 12 450 6647 -17.6 -28.5 38 10.9 -20.0 216 2 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.0 0.81 13 400 7516 -24.2 -27.5 74 3.3 -24.9 341 5 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.1 1.00 14 350 8479 -29.4 -32.8 72 3.4 -29.9 350 6 329.1 329.3 292.2 331.7 0.69 15 300 9563 -37.0 -47.1 34 10.1 -37.8 10 11 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.18 16 250 10797 -47.3 -55.4 39 8.1 -47.7 358 13 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.08 17 200 12245 -51.0 -73.7 5 22.7 -51.4 285 14 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14115 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 271 19 378.9 378.9 302.1 378.9 0.00 19 100 16678 -61.5 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.7 265 11 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.04 m Freezing level: 620.99 mb = 4158.47 m = 13643.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 771.50 mb = 2383.27 m = 7819.02 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.65 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.53 mb = 425.92 m = 1397.36 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.79 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1724.13 m = 5656.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: 0.60 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.67 C Showalter Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 17.81 C K Index: -8.14 Risk: None Sweat Index: 109.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.92 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6995.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.95 mb = 1429.80 m = 4690.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 128.0 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 158.0 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -7.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.6 neg: -8.0 tot: 28.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 3.40 m/s