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,-88.3 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 136 SFC 988 238 18.8 18.7 99 0.1 18.7 269 1 292.9 295.4 292.3 332.2 13.82 2 950 580 21.2 13.9 63 7.3 16.5 91 6 298.7 300.7 291.6 329.6 10.56 3 900 1046 17.3 12.6 74 4.7 14.3 45 4 299.3 301.2 291.5 329.2 10.21 4 850 1531 13.1 10.6 85 2.5 11.6 330 3 299.8 301.6 291.0 327.7 9.50 5 800 2037 9.6 4.5 70 5.1 6.8 306 5 301.4 302.6 289.1 321.2 6.63 6 750 2573 10.1 -25.0 7 35.1 -0.9 316 4 307.5 307.7 285.2 309.8 0.67 7 700 3145 9.3 -23.2 8 32.5 -1.4 305 8 312.8 312.9 287.3 315.6 0.84 8 650 3755 6.1 -14.3 22 20.3 -2.0 309 11 315.8 316.2 289.5 322.3 1.95 9 600 4404 2.5 -23.5 13 26.0 -5.8 302 12 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.3 0.96 10 550 5103 -1.7 -34.8 6 33.1 -9.6 296 17 322.1 322.1 289.8 323.4 0.36 11 500 5849 -8.8 -31.3 14 22.5 -14.1 300 19 322.3 322.4 290.0 324.3 0.56 12 450 6657 -13.4 -53.3 2 39.9 -18.5 301 21 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6 0.06 13 400 7544 -18.5 -51.8 4 33.3 -22.5 286 17 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 14 350 8521 -27.0 -50.3 9 23.2 -29.3 283 16 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.11 15 300 9614 -35.6 -59.0 7 23.4 -36.9 294 15 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.4 0.04 16 250 10854 -45.7 -58.4 23 12.6 -46.2 306 17 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.06 17 200 12303 -54.1 -68.3 16 14.2 -54.4 279 30 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14122 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 281 30 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16630 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 294 21 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.86 m Freezing level: 570.30 mb = 4819.27 m = 15811.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.60 mb = 2511.50 m = 8239.73 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.32 % Est. max temperature: 26.05 C = 78.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.20 mb = 247.30 m = 811.35 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 22.34 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.31 mb = 1577.01 m = 5173.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lifted Index: 2.43 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.99 C Showalter Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.45 C K Index: 0.02 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.54 mb = 1318.47 m = 4325.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.54 mb = 1969.38 m = 6461.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 796.54 mb = 2073.40 m = 6802.41 ft B at Equ Level: 23.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 746.54 mb = 2611.52 m = 8567.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.9 neg: -26.3 tot: -13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 21.97 m/s