MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.9,-88.3 Latitude: 41.90 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 132 SFC 988 237 19.0 18.7 98 0.2 18.8 26 2 293.1 295.6 292.4 332.6 13.87 2 950 576 21.3 11.9 55 9.4 15.4 87 7 298.8 300.5 290.5 325.8 9.22 3 900 1042 17.3 12.8 75 4.5 14.4 41 4 299.3 301.2 291.6 329.7 10.37 4 850 1527 13.2 10.5 84 2.6 11.5 359 3 299.9 301.7 291.0 327.6 9.43 5 800 2034 10.2 2.8 60 7.4 6.2 297 6 302.1 303.1 288.6 319.7 5.88 6 750 2570 10.0 -16.0 14 26.0 0.3 305 6 307.4 307.7 286.1 312.2 1.46 7 700 3141 9.0 -19.7 11 28.7 -1.2 298 9 312.4 312.7 287.5 316.3 1.15 8 650 3751 6.3 -18.0 16 24.3 -2.7 293 12 316.0 316.3 289.0 320.8 1.42 9 600 4401 2.1 -16.2 24 18.3 -4.8 289 14 318.6 318.9 290.2 324.6 1.79 10 550 5097 -2.3 -24.2 17 21.9 -8.9 295 17 321.3 321.5 290.2 324.7 0.98 11 500 5843 -9.0 -28.2 19 19.2 -13.8 301 19 322.1 322.3 290.2 324.8 0.75 12 450 6649 -14.0 -39.8 9 25.8 -18.5 296 19 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.27 13 400 7536 -18.1 -56.5 2 38.4 -22.2 284 17 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.05 14 350 8515 -26.6 -48.5 11 21.9 -28.9 287 19 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 15 300 9609 -35.4 -52.1 17 16.7 -36.6 299 18 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 16 250 10848 -46.0 -57.0 28 11.0 -46.5 309 23 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 17 200 12295 -56.1 -66.8 25 10.8 -56.3 292 27 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 14109 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 279 28 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16628 -62.4 -87.8 2 25.4 -62.6 288 19 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.11 m Freezing level: 576.23 mb = 4731.85 m = 15524.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.96 mb = 2669.94 m = 8759.54 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 36.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.24 C = 79.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 984.57 mb = 266.45 m = 874.18 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1792.37 m = 5880.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.85 C = 80.33 F Cap Strength: 5.71 C Lifted Index: 2.97 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.22 C Showalter Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.47 C K Index: 3.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 150.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7251.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.82 mb = 1419.47 m = 4656.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.4 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 331.4 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.4 neg: -7.4 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 28.66 m/s