MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 53 SFC 982 213 25.3 16.5 58 8.8 19.4 236 14 300.0 302.3 293.2 335.6 12.14 2 950 500 21.7 14.1 62 7.6 16.7 237 20 299.2 301.1 291.8 330.4 10.69 3 900 965 17.1 13.0 77 4.1 14.5 238 22 299.1 301.1 291.7 329.8 10.50 4 850 1450 12.5 11.5 93 1.0 11.9 241 25 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.7 10.06 5 800 1956 8.9 6.1 82 2.8 7.3 248 29 300.7 302.0 289.5 322.6 7.39 6 750 2487 5.8 3.9 88 1.8 4.8 253 26 302.9 304.1 289.8 323.2 6.78 7 700 3049 2.4 -0.0 84 2.5 1.2 259 25 305.2 306.2 289.3 321.9 5.47 8 650 3644 -1.3 -4.0 82 2.7 -2.6 255 27 307.5 308.3 289.0 321.0 4.37 9 600 4278 -4.7 -6.7 86 1.9 -5.6 251 28 310.6 311.4 289.6 322.8 3.87 10 550 4959 -8.3 -9.6 90 1.3 -8.9 253 29 314.2 314.8 290.3 325.0 3.35 11 500 5693 -12.5 -14.9 82 2.4 -13.3 268 28 317.8 318.3 290.5 325.8 2.40 12 450 6489 -18.0 -20.1 83 2.1 -18.6 269 35 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.72 13 400 7359 -23.8 -27.5 71 3.7 -24.6 274 39 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 1.00 14 350 8320 -31.1 -34.2 74 3.1 -31.6 282 42 326.7 326.9 291.4 328.9 0.60 15 300 9393 -40.3 -43.5 71 3.2 -40.5 276 42 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.27 16 250 10608 -49.9 -53.5 66 3.6 -50.1 275 45 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 17 200 12033 -59.5 -62.5 68 3.0 -59.6 290 42 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.04 18 150 13838 -56.4 -80.1 4 23.7 -56.7 280 32 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16416 -56.4 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 268 22 418.7 418.7 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.56 m Freezing level: 667.44 mb = 3436.64 m = 11274.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.11 mb = 3233.63 m = 10608.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.11 % Est. max temperature: 25.04 C = 77.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.33 mb = 1317.99 m = 4324.06 ft T: 13.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1444.06 m = 4737.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.54 C = 76.17 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 489.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.20 mb = 1447.88 m = 4750.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.20 mb = 1497.12 m = 4911.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 275.20 mb = 9967.95 m = 32702.86 ft B at Equ Level: 487.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.20 mb = 12863.76 m = 42203.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 282.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.6 neg: -1.2 tot: 68.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 36.60 Bulk Shear: 13.37 m/s