MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 SEP 25 Station: 41.7,-88.5 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 993 212 25.8 15.8 54 10.0 19.1 272 3 299.5 301.6 292.5 333.0 11.44 2 950 598 19.8 12.6 63 7.2 15.3 263 3 297.3 299.0 290.4 325.4 9.69 3 900 1060 15.1 11.3 78 3.8 12.8 262 2 297.1 298.8 290.1 324.4 9.40 4 850 1541 10.6 9.6 93 1.0 10.0 260 2 297.2 298.8 289.6 322.9 8.84 5 800 2044 8.4 -5.2 38 13.6 2.2 258 3 300.1 300.7 285.3 309.9 3.24 6 750 2574 5.5 -12.5 26 17.9 -1.4 261 7 302.5 302.9 284.8 308.7 1.96 7 700 3134 2.8 -10.4 37 13.2 -2.5 260 8 305.6 306.1 286.5 313.4 2.48 8 650 3729 -1.4 -8.2 60 6.8 -4.2 281 7 307.4 308.0 287.9 317.4 3.17 9 600 4362 -4.9 -13.1 53 8.2 -7.9 278 3 310.4 310.9 288.1 317.9 2.33 10 550 5039 -10.6 -16.1 64 5.5 -12.4 277 4 311.5 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.98 11 500 5763 -16.9 -24.2 53 7.2 -18.7 289 5 312.4 312.6 287.4 316.0 1.08 12 450 6545 -21.2 -41.9 14 20.6 -23.9 329 2 316.6 316.6 287.9 317.3 0.22 13 400 7405 -26.6 -50.1 9 23.5 -28.7 317 4 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.10 14 350 8354 -33.4 -50.7 16 17.3 -34.6 334 7 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.2 0.10 15 300 9418 -42.1 -54.4 25 12.3 -42.6 321 10 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.08 16 250 10628 -49.8 -62.1 22 12.3 -50.1 314 18 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.04 17 200 12068 -53.5 -69.0 13 15.5 -53.8 307 19 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 13926 -53.6 -82.4 2 28.8 -54.0 294 22 377.7 377.7 301.9 377.7 0.00 19 100 16497 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 302 15 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5609.92 m Freezing level: 666.38 mb = 3534.26 m = 11595.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.08 mb = 2367.41 m = 7766.99 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.21 mb = 1460.39 m = 4791.25 ft T: 11.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 24.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1441.37 m = 4728.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.47 C = 74.24 F Cap Strength: -0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.53 C Cross Totals Index: 26.51 C K Index: 23.89 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 436.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.48 mb = 1497.08 m = 4911.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.48 mb = 1546.37 m = 5073.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.48 mb = 8983.56 m = 29473.28 ft B at Equ Level: 435.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.48 mb = 11769.09 m = 38612.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.0 at 4.6 knts Storm direction: 302.0 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 3.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 885.55 Bulk Shear: 0.49 m/s