MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.6,-88.1 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 994 201 22.0 21.2 95 0.8 21.5 166 7 295.6 298.5 294.8 342.1 16.16 2 950 595 20.9 16.8 77 4.1 18.1 205 17 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.4 12.75 3 900 1063 20.2 14.7 71 5.5 16.5 225 20 302.3 304.4 293.6 337.0 11.74 4 850 1555 17.6 11.5 67 6.1 13.7 239 23 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.8 10.08 5 800 2071 14.5 8.6 67 6.0 10.9 250 23 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.2 8.79 6 750 2613 10.7 5.5 70 5.2 7.7 261 22 308.2 309.6 292.1 331.4 7.59 7 700 3184 6.5 2.7 76 3.9 4.4 273 21 309.7 311.0 291.7 330.2 6.65 8 650 3788 2.2 0.3 88 1.8 1.2 289 22 311.4 312.5 291.7 330.2 6.04 9 600 4430 -1.3 -1.9 96 0.6 -1.6 297 25 314.6 315.6 292.3 332.1 5.54 10 550 5118 -5.6 -6.6 92 1.0 -6.1 299 23 317.4 318.3 292.0 331.1 4.23 11 500 5861 -9.4 -10.7 90 1.3 -9.9 299 21 321.6 322.2 292.4 332.8 3.39 12 450 6670 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.2 298 17 326.2 326.7 293.1 335.1 2.60 13 400 7557 -18.5 -20.7 83 2.1 -19.1 301 14 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.4 1.85 14 350 8540 -24.8 -27.6 77 2.8 -25.5 308 12 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.4 1.13 15 300 9642 -33.5 -36.8 72 3.3 -34.0 327 10 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.2 0.55 16 250 10894 -43.9 -47.5 67 3.6 -44.1 324 7 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12346 -57.3 -61.5 59 4.1 -57.4 285 8 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14123 -63.2 -74.8 19 11.6 -63.4 23 36 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16639 -60.2 -85.2 2 25.0 -60.5 313 3 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.13 m Freezing level: 619.21 mb = 4183.62 m = 13725.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.82 mb = 4054.00 m = 13300.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.43 mb = 294.68 m = 966.77 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 2060.19 m = 6759.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.54 mb = 1134.41 m = 3721.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.54 mb = 3095.32 m = 10155.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.54 mb = 7233.42 m = 23731.40 ft B at Equ Level: 220.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.54 mb = 10427.94 m = 34211.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 183.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 62.29 m/s MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508061800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508061800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 8 AUG 25 Station: 41.6,-88.1 Latitude: 41.60 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 150 SFC 994 201 22.0 21.2 95 0.8 21.5 166 7 295.6 298.5 294.8 342.1 16.16 2 950 595 20.9 16.8 77 4.1 18.1 205 17 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.4 12.75 3 900 1063 20.2 14.7 71 5.5 16.5 225 20 302.3 304.4 293.6 337.0 11.74 4 850 1555 17.6 11.5 67 6.1 13.7 239 23 304.6 306.5 293.0 334.8 10.08 5 800 2071 14.5 8.6 67 6.0 10.9 250 23 306.6 308.3 292.6 333.2 8.79 6 750 2613 10.7 5.5 70 5.2 7.7 261 22 308.2 309.6 292.1 331.4 7.59 7 700 3184 6.5 2.7 76 3.9 4.4 273 21 309.7 311.0 291.7 330.2 6.65 8 650 3788 2.2 0.3 88 1.8 1.2 289 22 311.4 312.5 291.7 330.2 6.04 9 600 4430 -1.3 -1.9 96 0.6 -1.6 297 25 314.6 315.6 292.3 332.1 5.54 10 550 5118 -5.6 -6.6 92 1.0 -6.1 299 23 317.4 318.3 292.0 331.1 4.23 11 500 5861 -9.4 -10.7 90 1.3 -9.9 299 21 321.6 322.2 292.4 332.8 3.39 12 450 6670 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.2 298 17 326.2 326.7 293.1 335.1 2.60 13 400 7557 -18.5 -20.7 83 2.1 -19.1 301 14 330.9 331.3 293.7 337.4 1.85 14 350 8540 -24.8 -27.6 77 2.8 -25.5 308 12 335.3 335.5 294.1 339.4 1.13 15 300 9642 -33.5 -36.8 72 3.3 -34.0 327 10 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.2 0.55 16 250 10894 -43.9 -47.5 67 3.6 -44.1 324 7 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12346 -57.3 -61.5 59 4.1 -57.4 285 8 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14123 -63.2 -74.8 19 11.6 -63.4 23 36 361.1 361.1 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16639 -60.2 -85.2 2 25.0 -60.5 313 3 411.4 411.4 306.7 411.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.13 m Freezing level: 619.21 mb = 4183.62 m = 13725.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.82 mb = 4054.00 m = 13300.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.15 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.43 mb = 294.68 m = 966.77 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.98 mb = 2060.19 m = 6759.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.94 C = 91.29 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 34.70 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.54 mb = 1134.41 m = 3721.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.54 mb = 3095.32 m = 10155.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 417.54 mb = 7233.42 m = 23731.40 ft B at Equ Level: 220.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 267.54 mb = 10427.94 m = 34211.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 301.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 183.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 62.29 m/s