MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508070000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508070000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 7 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 181 SFC 998 201 27.3 22.0 73 5.3 23.5 178 3 300.6 303.7 296.7 350.2 16.91 2 950 634 23.9 18.2 70 5.7 20.0 176 7 301.5 304.1 295.0 342.7 14.00 3 900 1104 19.5 16.5 83 3.0 17.4 176 7 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.5 13.20 4 850 1594 16.1 10.3 68 5.8 12.4 181 6 303.0 304.7 291.9 330.6 9.27 5 800 2106 12.8 6.5 66 6.3 9.0 194 7 304.7 306.2 291.0 327.6 7.59 6 750 2645 10.7 -11.0 21 21.7 1.5 229 7 308.2 308.6 287.1 315.2 2.19 7 700 3217 8.9 -17.7 13 26.6 -0.9 280 7 312.3 312.5 287.7 316.8 1.36 8 650 3826 5.4 -12.2 27 17.6 -1.9 308 8 315.1 315.5 289.5 322.6 2.30 9 600 4474 0.8 -7.4 54 8.2 -3.0 317 11 317.0 317.7 291.4 328.8 3.64 10 550 5166 -4.6 -8.4 75 3.7 -6.3 303 13 318.6 319.3 291.9 330.6 3.70 11 500 5909 -9.5 -19.6 44 10.0 -12.8 287 10 321.4 321.7 290.9 326.9 1.62 12 450 6715 -13.7 -30.3 23 16.7 -17.5 260 15 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.5 0.68 13 400 7603 -17.0 -40.6 11 23.5 -21.0 249 23 332.8 332.9 292.8 333.9 0.28 14 350 8593 -23.7 -47.0 10 23.3 -26.6 250 30 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.16 15 300 9696 -34.0 -46.9 26 12.9 -35.2 254 32 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.19 16 250 10947 -43.4 -49.9 49 6.5 -43.8 286 34 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 17 200 12406 -54.8 -64.2 30 9.4 -54.9 270 23 346.0 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14204 -62.1 -78.0 10 15.9 -62.2 270 20 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16722 -62.1 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 265 10 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.35 m Freezing level: 592.98 mb = 4570.93 m = 14996.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.01 mb = 2994.89 m = 9825.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 924.58 mb = 869.89 m = 2853.93 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 35.04 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.58 mb = 1418.33 m = 4653.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.46 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -4.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.81 C K Index: 9.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 145.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 632.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.68 mb = 1270.50 m = 4168.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.68 mb = 1616.66 m = 5303.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.68 mb = 11558.47 m = 37921.04 ft B at Equ Level: 628.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.68 mb = 14300.16 m = 46915.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.1 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 302.1 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 45.07 Bulk Shear: 14.04 m/s