MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 42.0,-88.3 Latitude: 42.00 Longitude: -88.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 985 250 20.3 19.2 93 1.1 19.6 6 3 294.8 297.4 293.3 336.0 14.41 2 950 563 22.3 14.1 60 8.2 17.0 27 14 299.9 301.8 292.0 331.3 10.71 3 900 1031 18.7 10.3 58 8.4 13.5 7 9 300.8 302.4 290.7 326.7 8.77 4 850 1518 15.5 5.5 51 10.1 9.8 310 12 302.4 303.7 289.5 322.4 6.66 5 800 2030 12.9 2.1 48 10.8 7.1 286 16 304.9 306.0 289.3 321.9 5.57 6 750 2569 9.7 -1.7 45 11.4 3.9 270 23 307.1 308.0 289.1 321.1 4.52 7 700 3138 7.4 -11.9 24 19.2 -0.6 268 25 310.6 311.0 288.0 317.7 2.19 8 650 3746 6.2 -28.8 6 35.0 -4.0 279 19 316.0 316.1 288.1 317.9 0.54 9 600 4396 2.5 -41.1 2 43.6 -7.1 288 17 319.0 319.1 288.6 319.7 0.17 10 550 5093 -1.3 -40.8 3 39.5 -9.7 283 17 322.5 322.6 289.8 323.3 0.20 11 500 5845 -6.1 -34.1 9 28.0 -12.6 287 15 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.2 0.43 12 450 6659 -12.3 -33.1 16 20.8 -16.9 275 16 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.7 0.52 13 400 7547 -18.7 -36.7 19 18.0 -22.0 287 17 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.2 0.41 14 350 8526 -26.3 -42.0 21 15.7 -28.3 295 16 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.27 15 300 9618 -36.1 -48.5 27 12.4 -37.0 278 17 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.2 0.16 16 250 10857 -46.1 -56.5 30 10.4 -46.5 281 21 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12306 -55.3 -65.6 27 10.3 -55.5 272 35 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14109 -61.2 -76.6 11 15.4 -61.3 261 38 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16626 -61.3 -87.5 2 26.3 -61.5 262 28 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.15 m Freezing level: 567.07 mb = 4855.12 m = 15928.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.27 mb = 3064.58 m = 10054.29 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.40 mb = 387.81 m = 1272.33 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 18.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.35 mb = 2454.46 m = 8052.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lifted Index: 5.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 8.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.68 C Cross Totals Index: 11.60 C K Index: 7.90 Risk: None Sweat Index: 105.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6537.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.89 mb = 1589.15 m = 5213.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.7 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 317.7 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 5.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.2 neg: -32.0 tot: -18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 55.87 m/s