MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 100 SFC 987 211 14.3 12.8 91 1.5 13.4 218 4 288.5 290.2 287.1 315.0 9.45 2 950 542 19.7 12.3 62 7.4 15.1 246 13 297.2 298.9 290.2 324.8 9.51 3 900 1005 15.7 12.3 81 3.3 13.6 260 14 297.6 299.5 290.8 326.9 10.05 4 850 1487 11.8 10.4 91 1.4 11.0 268 18 298.6 300.3 290.5 325.9 9.36 5 800 1992 7.7 3.5 75 4.2 5.5 269 18 299.4 300.5 288.0 317.7 6.17 6 750 2521 5.4 -13.7 24 19.1 -1.7 259 17 302.5 302.8 284.6 308.1 1.77 7 700 3081 2.5 -17.2 22 19.7 -4.1 258 18 305.3 305.6 285.3 309.9 1.42 8 650 3675 -1.2 -14.6 35 13.5 -6.0 258 21 307.6 308.0 286.6 313.7 1.89 9 600 4309 -5.0 -7.2 84 2.2 -6.0 269 24 310.3 311.0 289.3 322.0 3.70 10 550 4989 -8.8 -9.3 96 0.6 -9.0 286 23 313.7 314.3 290.2 324.7 3.43 11 500 5720 -13.4 -15.2 86 1.8 -14.0 289 22 316.6 317.1 290.1 324.4 2.34 12 450 6514 -18.2 -21.4 76 3.2 -19.1 292 22 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.6 1.54 13 400 7383 -24.6 -28.1 73 3.5 -25.3 296 24 323.0 323.2 290.7 326.4 0.95 14 350 8340 -31.6 -39.1 47 7.6 -32.4 298 28 326.2 326.2 291.0 327.5 0.37 15 300 9411 -40.4 -53.4 24 12.9 -41.1 305 27 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.09 16 250 10626 -50.9 -57.9 43 7.0 -51.1 309 31 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 17 200 12039 -60.5 -65.2 54 4.7 -60.5 320 33 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.03 18 150 13863 -53.9 -82.6 2 28.7 -54.3 281 30 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16440 -58.4 -86.2 2 27.7 -58.8 283 21 414.8 414.8 307.1 414.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.64 m Freezing level: 665.82 mb = 3487.28 m = 11441.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 761.75 mb = 2393.27 m = 7851.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 965.58 mb = 401.77 m = 1318.12 ft T: 17.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 18.78 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.55 mb = 1630.05 m = 5347.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lifted Index: 0.89 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 16.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7016.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.49 mb = 1267.05 m = 4156.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.0 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 300.0 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -6.9 tot: 52.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.03 Bulk Shear: 16.34 m/s