MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.9,-88.1 Latitude: 41.90 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 990 223 20.2 19.9 98 0.3 20.0 294 1 294.2 296.9 293.5 336.9 14.95 2 950 580 21.1 13.4 61 7.7 16.2 83 6 298.6 300.5 291.3 328.5 10.23 3 900 1045 17.3 12.2 72 5.1 14.1 44 5 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.5 9.96 4 850 1530 13.2 10.1 81 3.1 11.3 333 4 300.0 301.7 290.9 327.0 9.17 5 800 2037 9.8 4.1 67 5.7 6.6 304 5 301.6 302.8 289.0 320.7 6.41 6 750 2573 10.0 -20.9 9 30.9 -0.4 308 4 307.5 307.6 285.5 310.7 0.96 7 700 3144 9.2 -24.6 7 33.8 -1.7 303 8 312.7 312.8 287.2 315.2 0.74 8 650 3754 6.1 -15.3 20 21.4 -2.2 308 11 315.9 316.2 289.3 321.8 1.79 9 600 4404 2.5 -23.2 13 25.7 -5.8 304 13 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.4 0.98 10 550 5102 -1.8 -34.7 6 33.0 -9.6 300 17 322.0 322.1 289.8 323.3 0.36 11 500 5849 -8.8 -31.1 15 22.3 -14.0 302 19 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.57 12 450 6656 -13.3 -53.2 2 39.9 -18.4 298 20 326.6 326.6 290.8 326.8 0.06 13 400 7544 -18.6 -50.9 4 32.3 -22.5 285 17 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.09 14 350 8521 -27.0 -49.5 10 22.5 -29.3 283 16 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 15 300 9614 -35.5 -58.0 8 22.4 -36.8 296 16 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.5 0.05 16 250 10854 -45.7 -58.7 22 13.0 -46.2 308 18 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12303 -54.1 -68.7 15 14.6 -54.4 278 31 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14122 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 280 31 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16630 -62.5 -87.0 2 24.5 -62.7 293 21 407.0 407.0 306.1 407.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.90 m Freezing level: 570.72 mb = 4813.04 m = 15790.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 753.17 mb = 2538.16 m = 8327.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.41 mb = 254.00 m = 833.32 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 17.89 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1601.81 m = 5255.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.16 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 2.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.84 C Showalter Index: 3.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.05 C Cross Totals Index: 18.94 C K Index: -1.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 148.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.69 mb = 1336.09 m = 4383.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.69 mb = 1988.26 m = 6523.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 794.69 mb = 2092.42 m = 6864.83 ft B at Equ Level: 18.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 754.69 mb = 2521.34 m = 8272.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.6 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 337.6 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.8 neg: -9.6 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 22.66 m/s