MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 121 SFC 990 211 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 16.0 291 2 292.6 294.5 289.6 322.6 10.53 2 950 566 20.3 12.5 61 7.7 15.4 273 6 297.7 299.5 290.5 325.8 9.63 3 900 1029 15.8 11.6 76 4.2 13.1 264 7 297.8 299.5 290.5 325.6 9.55 4 850 1511 11.3 9.4 88 1.8 10.2 261 7 298.0 299.6 289.8 323.6 8.77 5 800 2015 9.2 -4.3 38 13.5 2.9 274 9 300.9 301.6 285.9 311.5 3.48 6 750 2547 7.1 -14.9 19 22.0 -1.0 284 8 304.3 304.6 285.1 309.4 1.60 7 700 3110 3.6 -12.9 29 16.5 -2.7 271 10 306.4 306.8 286.4 312.9 2.02 8 650 3706 -0.6 -10.6 47 10.0 -4.6 268 11 308.3 308.7 287.6 316.6 2.62 9 600 4341 -4.5 -19.5 30 15.1 -9.2 269 11 311.0 311.2 287.2 315.5 1.36 10 550 5020 -9.5 -25.3 26 15.8 -13.6 281 10 312.8 312.9 287.3 315.8 0.89 11 500 5747 -14.3 -34.6 16 20.4 -18.0 304 8 315.7 315.7 287.8 317.1 0.40 12 450 6539 -18.7 -39.3 14 20.7 -21.8 333 16 319.8 319.8 289.0 320.8 0.28 13 400 7407 -24.4 -26.9 80 2.5 -24.9 343 28 323.2 323.4 290.8 326.9 1.05 14 350 8364 -32.2 -36.9 63 4.6 -32.8 341 31 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.46 15 300 9430 -41.7 -48.8 46 7.1 -42.2 345 26 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.15 16 250 10638 -51.1 -60.0 34 8.9 -51.3 339 28 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.05 17 200 12061 -56.3 -69.2 18 12.9 -56.5 323 25 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13904 -53.5 -82.4 2 28.8 -53.9 287 26 377.8 377.8 301.9 377.9 0.00 19 100 16472 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 291 21 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.97 m Freezing level: 657.45 mb = 3617.62 m = 11868.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.99 mb = 2405.77 m = 7892.85 ft Precipitable water: 0.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.32 % Est. max temperature: 24.53 C = 76.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.82 mb = 740.60 m = 2429.77 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1618.78 m = 5310.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.57 C = 76.22 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 18.51 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 141.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.57 mb = 1397.09 m = 4583.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 586.57 mb = 4517.51 m = 14821.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 466.57 mb = 6267.33 m = 20561.85 ft B at Equ Level: 48.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.57 mb = 7468.75 m = 24503.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 8.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 2.56 m/s