MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 41.7,-88.2 Latitude: 41.70 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 111 SFC 989 207 20.5 19.7 95 0.8 20.0 227 3 294.6 297.3 293.5 336.8 14.76 2 950 559 23.4 19.8 80 3.6 20.9 306 15 300.9 303.7 295.8 346.4 15.49 3 900 1030 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.8 320 14 301.8 304.5 295.8 346.1 15.05 4 850 1520 16.6 14.0 84 2.6 14.8 322 11 303.5 305.7 294.0 338.9 11.89 5 800 2035 13.7 10.2 79 3.5 11.5 334 8 305.8 307.6 293.2 335.3 9.83 6 750 2577 10.7 3.9 63 6.7 6.8 338 7 308.1 309.4 291.4 328.9 6.79 7 700 3148 7.2 1.4 67 5.8 4.0 283 7 310.4 311.6 291.5 329.2 6.05 8 650 3755 4.3 -3.4 57 7.7 0.5 271 13 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.4 4.58 9 600 4402 1.1 -12.0 37 13.1 -4.3 276 16 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.8 2.55 10 550 5098 -2.0 -15.2 36 13.2 -7.1 275 16 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.9 2.13 11 500 5848 -6.2 -29.4 14 23.3 -12.2 282 17 325.5 325.7 291.1 328.0 0.67 12 450 6664 -11.7 -30.2 20 18.5 -16.2 300 18 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.69 13 400 7554 -18.2 -38.6 15 20.3 -21.7 298 18 331.3 331.3 292.4 332.6 0.34 14 350 8535 -25.7 -44.9 15 19.2 -28.0 287 17 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.20 15 300 9633 -34.4 -40.9 52 6.5 -35.1 264 20 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.3 0.36 16 250 10882 -44.0 -49.0 57 5.0 -44.3 233 42 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.18 17 200 12340 -55.0 -60.8 49 5.8 -55.2 215 56 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14140 -61.2 -75.5 13 14.3 -61.3 250 44 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16654 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.1 252 24 410.3 410.3 306.5 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.23 m Freezing level: 582.42 mb = 4646.50 m = 15244.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.85 mb = 3818.94 m = 12529.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.20 mb = 312.36 m = 1024.79 ft T: 21.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.20 mb = 1269.55 m = 4165.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 1.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.13 C K Index: 30.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 726.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.61 mb = 946.69 m = 3105.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.61 mb = 1788.25 m = 5866.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.61 mb = 11909.67 m = 39073.25 ft B at Equ Level: 723.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.61 mb = 14410.13 m = 47276.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.1 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 322.1 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 752.38 Bulk Shear: 0.97 m/s