MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.9,-88.3 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 SFC 996 238 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.7 104 5 294.7 297.2 293.0 334.9 14.04 2 950 646 21.7 14.2 62 7.5 16.8 136 13 299.2 301.2 291.9 330.7 10.76 3 900 1113 18.0 14.1 78 3.8 15.4 147 8 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.2 11.32 4 850 1599 13.5 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 171 5 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.2 11.19 5 800 2108 10.8 9.6 92 1.3 10.0 170 2 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.6 9.40 6 750 2645 8.0 6.1 87 2.0 6.9 232 3 305.3 306.7 291.5 329.0 7.87 7 700 3211 4.8 1.9 82 2.9 3.2 228 5 307.8 308.9 290.9 327.0 6.27 8 650 3813 2.1 -4.6 61 6.7 -1.1 254 7 311.3 312.1 290.1 324.4 4.17 9 600 4455 -1.0 -18.4 25 17.5 -7.0 279 8 315.0 315.3 288.7 319.9 1.49 10 550 5142 -5.5 -18.7 34 13.2 -9.8 273 9 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.9 1.59 11 500 5884 -9.6 -30.8 16 21.2 -14.6 283 13 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.58 12 450 6690 -14.0 -39.1 10 25.1 -18.4 297 17 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.29 13 400 7574 -19.2 -41.0 13 21.7 -22.6 286 20 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 14 350 8553 -26.5 -38.5 31 12.0 -28.3 294 17 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.39 15 300 9645 -35.6 -39.9 64 4.3 -36.1 307 30 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.40 16 250 10889 -44.7 -50.1 55 5.3 -45.0 328 29 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.16 17 200 12345 -54.4 -64.6 28 10.1 -54.6 340 54 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14157 -57.4 -79.8 4 22.4 -57.7 263 26 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16693 -62.3 -87.7 2 25.4 -62.6 270 6 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.84 m Freezing level: 616.29 mb = 4245.83 m = 13929.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.78 mb = 3654.93 m = 11991.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.61 mb = 513.87 m = 1685.91 ft T: 21.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.24 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1577.71 m = 5176.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.47 mb = 1348.00 m = 4422.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.47 mb = 2639.44 m = 8659.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 650.47 mb = 3807.09 m = 12490.32 ft B at Equ Level: 28.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.47 mb = 6188.41 m = 20302.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -5.2 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 25.43 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 41.9,-88.3 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 201 SFC 996 238 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.7 104 5 294.7 297.2 293.0 334.9 14.04 2 950 646 21.7 14.2 62 7.5 16.8 136 13 299.2 301.2 291.9 330.7 10.76 3 900 1113 18.0 14.1 78 3.8 15.4 147 8 300.0 302.1 292.6 333.2 11.32 4 850 1599 13.5 13.1 97 0.5 13.3 171 5 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.2 11.19 5 800 2108 10.8 9.6 92 1.3 10.0 170 2 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.6 9.40 6 750 2645 8.0 6.1 87 2.0 6.9 232 3 305.3 306.7 291.5 329.0 7.87 7 700 3211 4.8 1.9 82 2.9 3.2 228 5 307.8 308.9 290.9 327.0 6.27 8 650 3813 2.1 -4.6 61 6.7 -1.1 254 7 311.3 312.1 290.1 324.4 4.17 9 600 4455 -1.0 -18.4 25 17.5 -7.0 279 8 315.0 315.3 288.7 319.9 1.49 10 550 5142 -5.5 -18.7 34 13.2 -9.8 273 9 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.9 1.59 11 500 5884 -9.6 -30.8 16 21.2 -14.6 283 13 321.3 321.4 289.8 323.4 0.58 12 450 6690 -14.0 -39.1 10 25.1 -18.4 297 17 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.7 0.29 13 400 7574 -19.2 -41.0 13 21.7 -22.6 286 20 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.27 14 350 8553 -26.5 -38.5 31 12.0 -28.3 294 17 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.39 15 300 9645 -35.6 -39.9 64 4.3 -36.1 307 30 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.40 16 250 10889 -44.7 -50.1 55 5.3 -45.0 328 29 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.16 17 200 12345 -54.4 -64.6 28 10.1 -54.6 340 54 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14157 -57.4 -79.8 4 22.4 -57.7 263 26 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16693 -62.3 -87.7 2 25.4 -62.6 270 6 407.3 407.3 306.2 407.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.84 m Freezing level: 616.29 mb = 4245.83 m = 13929.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.78 mb = 3654.93 m = 11991.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.03 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.61 mb = 513.87 m = 1685.91 ft T: 21.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.24 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.15 mb = 1577.71 m = 5176.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.79 C = 80.23 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 33.36 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.47 mb = 1348.00 m = 4422.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.47 mb = 2639.44 m = 8659.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 650.47 mb = 3807.09 m = 12490.32 ft B at Equ Level: 28.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 480.47 mb = 6188.41 m = 20302.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.0 neg: -5.2 tot: 26.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 25.43 m/s