MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508121200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 12 AUG 25 Station: 41.8,-88.2 Latitude: 41.80 Longitude: -88.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 990 219 22.2 21.0 93 1.2 21.4 19 1 296.2 299.1 294.9 342.4 16.03 2 950 578 21.5 21.2 98 0.3 21.3 269 13 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.2 16.88 3 900 1047 20.7 17.0 80 3.6 18.2 233 21 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.3 13.69 4 850 1540 17.3 15.6 90 1.7 16.2 222 23 304.3 306.7 295.2 343.8 13.26 5 800 2056 14.1 11.4 84 2.7 12.4 217 20 306.2 308.2 293.9 338.2 10.63 6 750 2598 10.9 6.0 71 5.0 8.0 217 22 308.4 309.9 292.3 332.3 7.83 7 700 3171 7.6 3.8 77 3.8 5.5 209 27 310.9 312.3 292.6 333.2 7.21 8 650 3778 3.9 1.3 83 2.6 2.5 207 27 313.4 314.6 292.7 333.6 6.47 9 600 4424 0.1 -3.2 79 3.2 -1.6 209 26 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.3 5.05 10 550 5116 -4.3 -11.2 58 6.9 -7.1 214 26 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.7 2.95 11 500 5862 -7.5 -19.3 38 11.8 -11.4 220 29 323.9 324.2 291.6 329.6 1.66 12 450 6675 -12.3 -23.1 40 10.8 -15.4 221 31 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.5 1.33 13 400 7564 -18.2 -31.5 30 13.3 -21.0 217 24 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.9 0.69 14 350 8548 -24.4 -35.7 34 11.3 -26.3 214 19 335.9 336.0 293.8 337.8 0.52 15 300 9653 -33.0 -39.4 53 6.4 -33.8 217 17 338.9 339.0 294.4 340.6 0.42 16 250 10909 -42.7 -47.1 62 4.4 -43.0 237 14 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.22 17 200 12374 -54.3 -59.8 50 5.6 -54.4 235 21 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.06 18 150 14170 -64.4 -75.8 20 11.4 -64.5 246 37 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16657 -61.5 -84.6 3 23.1 -61.7 241 22 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.09 m Freezing level: 599.19 mb = 4435.61 m = 14552.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.32 mb = 4168.54 m = 13676.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.72 mb = 372.39 m = 1221.73 ft T: 21.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 11.42 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.50 mb = 1374.21 m = 4508.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.14 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 823.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.05 mb = 884.37 m = 2901.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.05 mb = 1928.62 m = 6327.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.05 mb = 11687.18 m = 38343.31 ft B at Equ Level: 820.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.05 mb = 14951.62 m = 49053.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 23.6 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -60.3 tot: -52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 16.52 Bulk Shear: 49.83 m/s