MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 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 1000 204 21.6 18.1 81 3.4 19.2 89 1 294.7 297.1 292.4 332.5 13.20 1 1000 205 21.6 18.0 80 3.6 19.2 63 1 294.7 297.1 292.3 332.2 13.10 2 950 651 21.6 14.7 65 6.9 17.1 141 5 299.1 301.1 292.2 331.6 11.13 3 900 1118 17.6 13.2 76 4.4 14.8 165 3 299.7 301.6 292.0 330.9 10.69 4 850 1603 13.9 7.0 63 6.9 9.9 146 3 300.7 302.0 289.5 322.6 7.38 5 800 2111 11.3 0.2 46 11.1 5.6 211 2 303.2 304.1 288.1 317.9 4.85 6 750 2647 7.5 4.8 83 2.7 5.9 247 4 304.7 306.0 290.7 326.4 7.20 7 700 3213 6.3 -12.6 24 18.9 -1.2 294 1 309.5 309.8 287.5 316.1 2.07 8 650 3817 3.7 -29.3 7 33.1 -5.3 320 4 313.2 313.3 287.1 315.0 0.52 9 600 4462 0.3 -28.0 10 28.3 -7.5 316 6 316.5 316.6 288.3 318.7 0.64 10 550 5153 -4.6 -21.8 25 17.2 -9.9 310 7 318.6 318.8 289.6 322.8 1.21 11 500 5895 -9.5 -27.8 21 18.3 -14.1 324 9 321.5 321.6 290.0 324.2 0.78 12 450 6700 -14.2 -41.3 8 27.1 -18.7 320 14 325.3 325.4 290.6 326.2 0.23 13 400 7583 -20.4 -33.7 29 13.4 -22.9 321 18 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.55 14 350 8556 -27.0 -37.3 37 10.3 -28.5 334 27 332.4 332.4 292.8 334.0 0.44 15 300 9650 -35.0 -44.7 37 9.7 -36.0 353 30 336.0 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.24 16 250 10896 -44.1 -51.1 45 7.1 -44.5 343 51 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.14 17 200 12353 -56.3 -61.4 53 5.1 -56.4 351 45 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14181 -56.3 -80.0 4 23.7 -56.6 275 18 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16709 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 252 10 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.20 m Freezing level: 596.72 mb = 4507.26 m = 14787.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.47 mb = 3114.52 m = 10218.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.64 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.81 mb = 643.90 m = 2112.50 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 14.59 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.50 mb = 1727.33 m = 5667.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: 0.97 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: 5.49 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 16.44 C K Index: 11.45 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.81 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.29 mb = 1344.38 m = 4410.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.29 mb = 2522.95 m = 8277.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.29 mb = 2854.31 m = 9364.43 ft B at Equ Level: 18.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 681.29 mb = 3434.14 m = 11266.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.7 at 4.7 knts Storm direction: 332.7 at 3.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 29.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 10.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.63 Bulk Shear: 7.48 m/s