MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 89 SFC 986 211 16.1 13.3 84 2.8 14.4 204 5 290.4 292.1 288.1 318.0 9.77 2 950 529 19.8 12.6 63 7.3 15.3 239 22 297.3 299.1 290.4 325.4 9.67 3 900 993 16.0 11.9 77 4.1 13.4 247 22 298.0 299.7 290.7 326.4 9.76 4 850 1475 11.9 11.4 97 0.5 11.6 253 23 298.6 300.4 291.1 327.8 10.01 5 800 1981 8.3 5.7 83 2.6 6.8 259 24 300.0 301.3 289.1 321.2 7.17 6 750 2510 5.3 -1.1 63 6.4 2.1 265 22 302.3 303.2 287.6 316.5 4.69 7 700 3072 2.5 0.3 85 2.2 1.4 267 20 305.3 306.3 289.5 322.4 5.61 8 650 3667 -1.6 -2.6 93 1.0 -2.1 266 20 307.1 308.1 289.4 322.2 4.88 9 600 4301 -4.9 -6.9 86 2.0 -5.8 269 18 310.4 311.2 289.5 322.4 3.79 10 550 4980 -8.8 -10.9 85 2.0 -9.6 274 18 313.6 314.2 289.8 323.4 3.03 11 500 5712 -13.3 -17.1 73 3.8 -14.5 281 20 316.8 317.2 289.8 323.5 2.01 12 450 6507 -18.4 -26.1 51 7.7 -20.2 289 20 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.6 1.01 13 400 7374 -24.8 -30.9 57 6.1 -25.9 294 25 322.8 322.9 290.4 325.4 0.73 14 350 8331 -31.9 -37.1 59 5.3 -32.5 304 30 325.8 325.9 291.0 327.5 0.45 15 300 9401 -40.8 -46.7 53 5.9 -41.2 295 35 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.19 16 250 10612 -51.8 -56.4 57 4.7 -51.9 290 37 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.4 0.07 17 200 12025 -58.9 -63.9 53 4.9 -59.0 308 34 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 18 150 13843 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 292 29 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16427 -57.1 -85.1 2 28.0 -57.5 277 22 417.4 417.4 307.4 417.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.06 m Freezing level: 669.37 mb = 3436.19 m = 11273.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.72 mb = 3307.80 m = 10852.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.81 % Est. max temperature: 24.59 C = 76.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.81 mb = 567.27 m = 1861.11 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.27 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1641.75 m = 5386.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.66 C = 76.40 F Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.72 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.79 mb = 1320.03 m = 4330.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.79 mb = 3295.19 m = 10810.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 570.79 mb = 4690.58 m = 15388.84 ft B at Equ Level: 39.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 450.79 mb = 6493.60 m = 21304.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.1 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 294.1 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.7 neg: -2.0 tot: 113.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.25 Bulk Shear: 12.16 m/s