MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 AUG 25 Station: 41.6,-88.3 Latitude: 41.60 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 150 SFC 995 195 22.9 21.0 89 1.9 21.5 125 7 296.5 299.4 294.9 342.3 15.90 2 950 596 21.6 21.5 99 0.1 21.6 155 19 299.1 302.3 296.5 349.4 17.23 3 900 1068 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 204 14 303.1 306.2 297.3 353.1 16.88 4 850 1562 18.6 17.5 93 1.1 17.8 228 10 305.6 308.4 296.7 350.4 14.95 5 800 2081 15.5 13.6 88 1.9 14.2 252 11 307.7 310.0 295.5 344.9 12.33 6 750 2626 12.0 9.5 85 2.4 10.4 268 14 309.6 311.5 294.4 340.1 10.02 7 700 3201 8.7 4.0 72 4.7 5.9 274 14 312.1 313.5 293.0 334.7 7.29 8 650 3811 5.3 -1.7 61 7.0 1.7 268 12 315.0 316.0 292.1 331.5 5.20 9 600 4461 1.9 -6.0 56 7.9 -1.9 258 10 318.3 319.1 292.1 331.5 4.07 10 550 5158 -1.5 -9.5 54 8.0 -5.0 269 10 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.5 3.38 11 500 5912 -5.3 -14.7 47 9.4 -8.9 285 14 326.6 327.1 293.0 335.0 2.45 12 450 6731 -10.4 -22.7 36 12.3 -14.2 288 18 330.1 330.4 293.0 335.0 1.37 13 400 7628 -15.8 -32.0 24 16.2 -19.4 282 20 334.4 334.6 293.6 336.9 0.65 14 350 8620 -22.6 -33.0 38 10.4 -24.7 282 14 338.2 338.4 294.5 340.8 0.68 15 300 9733 -31.0 -38.5 48 7.5 -32.1 258 13 341.6 341.7 295.1 343.4 0.46 16 250 11000 -40.8 -46.3 55 5.5 -41.2 252 8 345.5 345.5 295.8 346.5 0.24 17 200 12476 -52.8 -57.8 55 5.0 -53.0 301 17 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.08 18 150 14275 -65.7 -73.3 34 7.6 -65.7 331 10 356.9 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16711 -67.7 -83.8 8 16.0 -67.8 21 6 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.12 m Freezing level: 571.83 mb = 4853.74 m = 15924.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.39 mb = 4111.35 m = 13488.52 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.83 % Est. max temperature: 32.19 C = 89.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.48 mb = 437.51 m = 1435.38 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1295.84 m = 4251.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.15 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -2.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 46.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.73 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 720.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.79 mb = 736.86 m = 2417.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.79 mb = 2189.43 m = 7183.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.79 mb = 12159.84 m = 39894.00 ft B at Equ Level: 719.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.79 mb = 15626.23 m = 51266.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.2 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 282.2 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 127.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 13.10 Bulk Shear: 54.98 m/s