MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508131800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508131800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 41.5,-88.7 Latitude: 41.50 Longitude: -88.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 992 198 28.7 21.4 65 7.3 23.5 311 3 302.6 305.6 296.9 351.1 16.42 2 950 576 23.0 17.6 71 5.4 19.3 337 3 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.9 13.43 3 900 1044 18.4 15.8 85 2.6 16.7 332 4 300.5 302.8 293.7 337.6 12.66 4 850 1531 14.0 12.9 93 1.1 13.3 323 5 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.3 11.06 5 800 2041 11.3 3.0 57 8.3 6.8 302 9 303.2 304.3 289.0 321.0 5.93 6 750 2576 8.7 -10.6 24 19.3 0.7 286 9 306.1 306.5 286.5 313.3 2.28 7 700 3145 8.2 -30.1 5 38.3 -2.6 284 10 311.5 311.6 286.4 313.1 0.45 8 650 3754 6.0 -22.8 10 28.9 -3.5 278 13 315.8 316.0 288.4 319.0 0.94 9 600 4404 2.5 -23.5 13 26.0 -5.8 281 14 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.3 0.95 10 550 5101 -1.7 -28.4 11 26.6 -9.1 287 16 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.4 0.67 11 500 5851 -6.3 -28.9 15 22.6 -12.3 277 17 325.3 325.4 291.1 327.8 0.70 12 450 6665 -11.9 -32.1 17 20.1 -16.5 275 15 328.2 328.3 291.8 330.3 0.58 13 400 7554 -18.8 -39.5 14 20.6 -22.2 276 15 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 14 350 8532 -27.0 -45.9 15 18.9 -29.1 261 17 332.3 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.18 15 300 9622 -36.3 -54.6 13 18.4 -37.4 245 23 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.08 16 250 10859 -46.2 -61.5 16 15.3 -46.7 243 28 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.04 17 200 12312 -54.3 -69.1 14 14.9 -54.5 249 40 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14116 -60.7 -74.6 14 13.9 -60.9 247 29 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.01 19 100 16640 -60.7 -87.9 2 27.2 -61.0 269 21 410.4 410.4 306.6 410.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.81 m Freezing level: 570.61 mb = 4813.34 m = 15791.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.18 mb = 2696.17 m = 8845.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.26 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.48 mb = 1115.81 m = 3660.75 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 38.06 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1218.09 m = 3996.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.71 C = 80.08 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.06 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.54 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.30 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: -5.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 180.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 522.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.63 mb = 1258.88 m = 4130.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.63 mb = 1307.58 m = 4289.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 692.63 mb = 3231.89 m = 10603.20 ft B at Equ Level: 106.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.63 mb = 13609.22 m = 44649.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.2 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 317.2 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -2.6 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 53.64 Bulk Shear: 9.74 m/s