MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 201 SFC 1000 204 26.5 18.1 60 8.5 20.7 125 5 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.2 13.16 2 950 649 21.1 14.5 66 6.6 16.8 136 6 298.6 300.7 291.9 330.8 11.02 3 900 1115 17.6 12.2 71 5.4 14.2 134 4 299.7 301.5 291.4 328.9 9.99 4 850 1600 14.3 5.9 57 8.4 9.5 159 4 301.1 302.4 289.2 321.6 6.87 5 800 2109 11.5 2.3 53 9.3 6.5 188 4 303.4 304.5 288.9 320.5 5.64 6 750 2646 7.7 5.0 83 2.7 6.2 213 6 304.9 306.3 290.9 326.9 7.29 7 700 3212 6.5 -12.5 24 19.0 -1.1 208 4 309.7 310.1 287.6 316.5 2.09 8 650 3817 4.1 -31.2 6 35.4 -5.3 258 3 313.6 313.7 287.1 315.2 0.43 9 600 4462 0.4 -19.6 21 20.0 -6.4 285 5 316.5 316.8 289.1 321.1 1.35 10 550 5154 -4.1 -24.2 19 20.1 -10.0 293 6 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.6 0.98 11 500 5898 -8.4 -32.0 13 23.6 -13.9 302 11 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.53 12 450 6707 -13.4 -33.4 17 20.0 -17.6 294 18 326.4 326.5 291.2 328.3 0.51 13 400 7593 -19.4 -30.3 38 10.9 -21.8 305 18 329.7 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.77 14 350 8570 -25.8 -36.5 36 10.7 -27.5 341 22 334.0 334.1 293.3 335.8 0.48 15 300 9666 -35.2 -41.5 52 6.3 -35.9 350 22 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.0 0.33 16 250 10910 -44.4 -51.8 43 7.4 -44.8 335 43 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.13 17 200 12366 -56.3 -63.0 42 6.8 -56.4 345 21 343.6 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.04 18 150 14178 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.3 274 19 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16708 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.1 269 7 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.31 m Freezing level: 595.88 mb = 4519.43 m = 14827.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.53 mb = 3124.62 m = 10251.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.41 mb = 1272.73 m = 4175.57 ft T: 16.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 17.69 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1910.92 m = 6269.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.46 C Showalter Index: 7.13 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.67 C Cross Totals Index: 14.30 C K Index: 9.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 89.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.71 mb = 1503.87 m = 4933.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.71 mb = 2593.56 m = 8508.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 734.71 mb = 2814.82 m = 9234.88 ft B at Equ Level: -0.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 734.71 mb = 2814.82 m = 9234.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 5.5 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 4.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -4.2 tot: 9.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 11.44 m/s