MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 114 SFC 989 211 16.3 14.4 89 1.9 15.1 239 3 290.4 292.2 288.7 319.9 10.47 2 950 557 20.0 12.2 61 7.8 15.1 249 8 297.5 299.2 290.2 324.9 9.42 3 900 1020 15.8 11.0 73 4.8 12.9 257 11 297.8 299.5 290.2 324.6 9.20 4 850 1502 11.3 10.0 92 1.2 10.5 258 12 297.9 299.6 290.2 324.6 9.12 5 800 2005 9.1 -4.8 37 13.9 2.8 277 10 300.8 301.5 285.7 311.1 3.35 6 750 2537 6.5 -17.0 17 23.5 -1.7 264 11 303.6 303.9 284.5 307.9 1.35 7 700 3098 3.1 -17.8 20 20.9 -4.0 259 15 306.0 306.2 285.4 310.3 1.35 8 650 3693 -1.0 -12.5 41 11.5 -5.4 258 17 307.8 308.2 287.1 315.0 2.25 9 600 4327 -4.9 -17.6 36 12.7 -9.0 266 17 310.5 310.8 287.3 315.7 1.60 10 550 5005 -9.7 -17.3 54 7.6 -12.2 269 17 312.5 312.9 288.2 318.4 1.78 11 500 5732 -14.6 -17.1 81 2.5 -15.3 283 19 315.3 315.7 289.3 321.9 2.01 12 450 6526 -18.6 -20.7 84 2.0 -19.2 303 22 319.8 320.1 290.4 325.4 1.64 13 400 7393 -24.6 -27.6 76 3.0 -25.2 312 21 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.5 0.99 14 350 8350 -32.3 -36.3 68 4.0 -32.9 321 26 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.0 0.49 15 300 9418 -41.1 -49.3 41 8.3 -41.5 327 28 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.1 0.14 16 250 10628 -51.1 -58.2 42 7.2 -51.2 329 30 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.06 17 200 12047 -59.3 -66.4 39 7.1 -59.4 316 30 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 18 150 13882 -52.8 -81.8 2 29.0 -53.3 280 28 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16462 -58.1 -85.9 2 27.8 -58.5 300 21 415.4 415.4 307.2 415.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.68 m Freezing level: 662.37 mb = 3546.22 m = 11634.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.26 mb = 2327.98 m = 7637.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.46 C = 76.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.50 mb = 452.73 m = 1485.30 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 16.93 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1734.16 m = 5689.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 14.91 Risk: None Sweat Index: 191.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.45 mb = 1369.47 m = 4492.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 578.45 mb = 4611.61 m = 15129.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.45 mb = 5908.36 m = 19384.16 ft B at Equ Level: 38.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 428.45 mb = 6887.38 m = 22596.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.16 Bulk Shear: 9.48 m/s