MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 18 AUG 25 Station: 41.8,-88.3 Latitude: 41.80 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 989 223 28.2 24.2 79 4.0 25.2 150 11 302.3 305.9 298.8 360.3 19.58 2 950 580 23.2 22.6 96 0.6 22.8 153 13 300.7 304.1 297.7 355.0 18.46 3 900 1054 22.8 21.2 90 1.7 21.6 221 21 305.1 308.4 298.4 358.5 17.86 4 850 1551 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 233 20 306.9 309.4 296.0 347.3 13.41 5 800 2071 16.6 12.2 75 4.4 13.7 251 19 308.9 311.0 295.1 343.1 11.26 6 750 2619 12.9 10.7 86 2.3 11.4 264 22 310.6 312.7 295.2 343.7 10.81 7 700 3195 8.9 4.8 75 4.1 6.5 260 22 312.3 313.8 293.4 336.2 7.71 8 650 3805 5.6 -3.6 51 9.2 1.0 254 19 315.3 316.2 291.6 329.7 4.51 9 600 4456 3.0 -16.9 22 19.9 -4.4 252 16 319.6 320.0 290.4 325.4 1.70 10 550 5156 -0.7 -17.7 26 17.0 -7.0 245 14 323.2 323.6 291.5 329.2 1.72 11 500 5909 -5.3 -24.3 21 19.0 -11.1 247 14 326.5 326.7 291.8 330.3 1.07 12 450 6727 -10.8 -22.5 38 11.6 -14.4 258 18 329.6 329.9 292.9 334.6 1.40 13 400 7622 -16.4 -27.5 38 11.1 -19.2 252 17 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.3 1.00 14 350 8614 -22.5 -32.9 38 10.5 -24.5 230 14 338.5 338.6 294.6 341.1 0.68 15 300 9728 -30.4 -43.8 26 13.4 -31.9 248 13 342.6 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.26 16 250 11001 -39.6 -51.7 27 12.1 -40.5 300 10 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.7 0.13 17 200 12480 -53.1 -56.8 64 3.6 -53.2 329 10 348.6 348.6 296.4 349.0 0.09 18 150 14276 -65.8 -72.0 42 6.2 -65.9 157 7 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.02 19 100 16724 -65.7 -84.2 6 18.5 -65.8 145 3 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.65 m Freezing level: 559.43 mb = 5023.67 m = 16481.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.68 mb = 3922.50 m = 12868.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.72 % Est. max temperature: 33.25 C = 91.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.51 mb = 724.09 m = 2375.60 ft T: 23.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 18.35 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.48 mb = 1333.67 m = 4375.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 18.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -4.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.61 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2123.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.43 mb = 895.23 m = 2937.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.43 mb = 1844.30 m = 6050.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.43 mb = 14216.76 m = 46642.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2120.00 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.4 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 274.4 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.8 neg: -4.9 tot: 153.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.97 Bulk Rich Number: 34.25 Bulk Shear: 62.01 m/s