MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 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 133 SFC 991 212 25.1 14.9 53 10.3 18.4 264 3 299.0 301.0 291.9 330.5 10.78 2 950 579 20.8 12.5 59 8.2 15.5 264 3 298.3 300.0 290.7 326.4 9.64 3 900 1043 16.3 11.6 74 4.7 13.4 264 3 298.3 300.0 290.6 326.2 9.57 4 850 1526 11.5 10.5 93 1.0 10.9 263 3 298.2 300.0 290.5 325.8 9.44 5 800 2030 9.4 -8.7 27 18.1 1.7 253 4 301.1 301.6 284.8 308.7 2.46 6 750 2561 6.8 -19.0 14 25.7 -1.9 283 10 303.9 304.1 284.4 307.6 1.14 7 700 3124 3.4 -7.4 45 10.8 -1.3 292 12 306.2 306.8 287.4 316.0 3.14 8 650 3720 -0.9 -9.1 54 8.2 -4.3 296 10 307.9 308.5 287.8 317.3 2.96 9 600 4354 -4.9 -12.0 57 7.1 -7.6 276 6 310.5 311.0 288.3 318.6 2.54 10 550 5031 -10.5 -17.5 57 6.9 -12.7 285 5 311.6 311.9 287.9 317.3 1.76 11 500 5755 -16.7 -26.5 42 9.8 -18.9 309 4 312.6 312.8 287.3 315.6 0.87 12 450 6540 -20.3 -46.6 8 26.3 -23.4 354 4 317.7 317.8 288.2 318.2 0.13 13 400 7402 -26.2 -49.8 9 23.6 -28.3 336 10 320.9 321.0 289.2 321.3 0.10 14 350 8353 -32.8 -50.7 15 18.0 -34.1 349 12 324.5 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.10 15 300 9417 -42.2 -54.2 26 12.0 -42.7 347 16 326.0 326.0 290.6 326.3 0.08 16 250 10625 -50.5 -60.2 31 9.7 -50.8 336 18 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.1 0.05 17 200 12061 -55.1 -68.2 18 13.1 -55.4 300 21 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13912 -53.2 -82.1 2 28.9 -53.7 299 21 378.4 378.4 302.0 378.4 0.00 19 100 16483 -59.2 -86.8 2 27.5 -59.6 296 19 413.3 413.3 306.9 413.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.02 m Freezing level: 660.67 mb = 3592.73 m = 11787.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.95 mb = 2281.14 m = 7483.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.98 % Est. max temperature: 24.83 C = 76.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.56 mb = 1500.10 m = 4921.52 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 22.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.98 mb = 1683.77 m = 5524.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.22 C = 77.39 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Showalter Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.58 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.30 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 28.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 268.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.90 mb = 1595.27 m = 5233.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 687.90 mb = 3264.19 m = 10709.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.90 mb = 9463.71 m = 31048.55 ft B at Equ Level: 364.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.90 mb = 11811.78 m = 38752.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.2 at 6.1 knts Storm direction: 315.2 at 4.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -0.2 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 250.74 Bulk Shear: 1.46 m/s