MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508060600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508060600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 6 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 1001 204 20.9 19.8 94 1.0 20.2 83 3 294.0 296.6 293.3 335.9 14.71 1 1000 212 20.5 19.7 95 0.8 19.9 78 2 293.6 296.2 293.1 335.2 14.60 2 950 657 21.4 14.5 65 6.9 16.9 143 6 298.9 300.9 292.0 331.1 11.01 3 900 1123 17.4 13.1 76 4.3 14.7 126 7 299.5 301.4 291.9 330.5 10.61 4 850 1609 14.2 7.7 65 6.5 10.4 140 8 301.1 302.5 290.0 324.1 7.77 5 800 2118 11.3 2.6 55 8.8 6.6 177 5 303.2 304.3 288.9 320.6 5.76 6 750 2653 6.7 5.6 93 1.0 6.1 281 6 303.8 305.2 290.8 326.8 7.65 7 700 3220 6.9 -21.0 12 27.9 -2.4 279 4 310.1 310.3 286.6 313.5 1.02 8 650 3824 3.7 -32.8 5 36.4 -5.6 317 8 313.1 313.2 286.9 314.4 0.37 9 600 4468 0.1 -28.4 10 28.5 -7.7 322 10 316.2 316.4 288.2 318.4 0.61 10 550 5159 -4.8 -17.7 36 13.0 -9.2 322 10 318.4 318.8 290.0 324.2 1.73 11 500 5900 -9.9 -27.0 23 17.2 -14.3 327 9 321.0 321.1 289.9 323.9 0.83 12 450 6703 -15.4 -39.7 11 24.3 -19.4 332 13 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.27 13 400 7583 -20.7 -38.1 20 17.3 -23.5 340 21 328.0 328.1 291.5 329.4 0.36 14 350 8556 -27.5 -37.4 39 9.9 -28.9 347 30 331.7 331.7 292.6 333.3 0.44 15 300 9648 -35.9 -46.6 32 10.7 -36.8 355 35 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.5 0.19 16 250 10887 -44.9 -51.4 48 6.5 -45.3 355 45 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.13 17 200 12343 -55.2 -63.4 36 8.1 -55.4 347 47 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14173 -56.4 -81.5 3 25.0 -56.8 225 13 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16707 -62.9 -89.7 2 26.7 -63.1 216 10 406.2 406.2 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.24 m Freezing level: 598.86 mb = 4484.01 m = 14711.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 714.37 mb = 3052.87 m = 10015.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.96 C = 82.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.01 mb = 334.16 m = 1096.32 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 15.36 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1698.05 m = 5570.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.06 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: 0.40 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Showalter Index: 4.27 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 3.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 116.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.47 mb = 1242.23 m = 4075.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.47 mb = 2408.07 m = 7900.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.47 mb = 2960.10 m = 9711.50 ft B at Equ Level: 32.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.47 mb = 3546.96 m = 11636.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.1 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 341.1 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -7.7 tot: 34.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.92 Bulk Shear: 17.79 m/s