MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 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 129 SFC 988 238 19.7 18.2 91 1.5 18.7 79 2 293.9 296.3 292.3 332.3 13.45 2 950 574 21.0 15.9 72 5.1 17.6 65 9 298.5 300.7 292.7 333.6 12.04 3 900 1041 17.6 13.8 78 3.8 15.2 33 9 299.7 301.7 292.3 332.2 11.11 4 850 1526 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.3 18 4 300.2 302.1 291.7 330.2 10.19 5 800 2034 10.7 2.9 59 7.8 6.5 276 6 302.5 303.6 288.8 320.3 5.89 6 750 2572 10.8 -23.2 7 34.0 -0.3 297 5 308.3 308.5 285.7 311.0 0.79 7 700 3144 9.4 -24.3 7 33.7 -1.6 311 5 312.8 313.0 287.2 315.5 0.76 8 650 3755 7.0 -16.1 17 23.1 -2.0 309 9 316.8 317.2 289.5 322.4 1.67 9 600 4407 3.7 -21.6 14 25.4 -4.9 302 16 320.4 320.6 290.0 324.3 1.13 10 550 5107 -1.6 -34.7 6 33.1 -9.6 295 18 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.5 0.37 11 500 5853 -8.4 -31.7 13 23.2 -13.9 288 18 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.7 0.54 12 450 6663 -12.6 -46.6 4 34.0 -17.9 276 20 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.13 13 400 7551 -19.0 -46.1 7 27.1 -22.7 279 18 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.15 14 350 8527 -27.2 -49.8 10 22.6 -29.4 291 14 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 15 300 9617 -36.0 -52.9 16 16.9 -37.1 318 17 334.6 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.09 16 250 10857 -46.0 -58.5 23 12.5 -46.5 312 19 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.06 17 200 12304 -54.7 -67.8 18 13.1 -55.0 257 29 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14125 -59.1 -80.9 4 21.7 -59.4 277 32 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16643 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.7 277 19 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.93 m Freezing level: 565.16 mb = 4894.53 m = 16057.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 752.23 mb = 2547.12 m = 8356.60 ft Precipitable water: 0.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.89 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.49 mb = 425.04 m = 1394.47 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 22.59 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.50 mb = 1441.97 m = 4730.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: 2.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.09 C K Index: -0.12 Risk: None Sweat Index: 166.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.92 mb = 1193.96 m = 3917.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.92 mb = 1941.32 m = 6369.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.92 mb = 2045.43 m = 6710.66 ft B at Equ Level: 21.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 748.92 mb = 2583.86 m = 8477.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.3 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 335.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.1 neg: -27.1 tot: -15.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: -0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.77 Bulk Shear: 28.17 m/s