MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 3 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 130 SFC 991 212 21.7 14.9 65 6.8 17.2 279 4 295.6 297.6 290.8 326.8 10.81 2 950 576 20.7 12.5 59 8.2 15.5 272 7 298.2 300.0 290.6 326.3 9.62 3 900 1039 16.2 11.6 74 4.6 13.3 268 6 298.2 299.9 290.6 326.0 9.55 4 850 1522 11.5 10.7 95 0.8 11.0 266 6 298.2 299.9 290.6 326.0 9.53 5 800 2026 9.2 -7.9 29 17.2 1.9 257 8 301.0 301.5 285.0 309.1 2.63 6 750 2558 7.3 -26.3 7 33.6 -2.4 285 10 304.5 304.6 284.0 306.5 0.59 7 700 3121 3.4 -6.9 47 10.3 -1.1 290 12 306.2 306.9 287.6 316.4 3.26 8 650 3717 -0.9 -9.2 53 8.3 -4.3 289 9 307.9 308.5 287.8 317.2 2.93 9 600 4351 -4.8 -14.0 48 9.2 -8.1 279 6 310.6 311.0 287.9 317.6 2.16 10 550 5029 -10.2 -23.1 34 12.9 -13.7 293 4 311.9 312.2 287.3 315.6 1.08 11 500 5754 -15.2 -34.2 18 19.0 -18.7 12 5 314.5 314.6 287.4 316.0 0.42 12 450 6544 -19.4 -39.7 15 20.3 -22.4 356 12 318.8 318.9 288.7 319.8 0.27 13 400 7409 -25.1 -46.3 12 21.2 -27.3 354 21 322.4 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.15 14 350 8364 -32.4 -49.2 17 16.8 -33.8 359 26 325.0 325.0 290.4 325.5 0.12 15 300 9430 -41.4 -52.6 29 11.2 -42.0 359 32 326.9 327.0 290.9 327.3 0.10 16 250 10640 -51.5 -57.9 46 6.5 -51.7 8 38 329.5 329.6 291.6 329.8 0.06 17 200 12067 -55.8 -69.2 17 13.4 -56.0 315 23 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.5 0.02 18 150 13918 -53.4 -82.2 2 28.9 -53.8 303 24 378.1 378.1 301.9 378.1 0.00 19 100 16490 -58.7 -86.3 2 27.6 -59.0 286 21 414.3 414.3 307.0 414.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.48 m Freezing level: 660.44 mb = 3592.76 m = 11787.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 778.15 mb = 2254.54 m = 7396.71 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.28 % Est. max temperature: 24.74 C = 76.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.24 mb = 1074.73 m = 3525.98 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 20.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.72 mb = 1653.05 m = 5423.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 27.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 173.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.65 mb = 1505.58 m = 4939.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 676.65 mb = 3394.04 m = 11135.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.65 mb = 7287.67 m = 23909.39 ft B at Equ Level: 173.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.65 mb = 10726.15 m = 35190.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.4 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 317.4 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.3 neg: -1.0 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 256.37 Bulk Shear: 0.68 m/s