MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 52 SFC 982 212 18.8 18.5 98 0.3 18.7 262 11 293.5 296.0 292.4 332.8 13.80 2 950 492 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.8 267 23 294.3 296.6 291.9 330.8 12.74 3 900 952 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 266 33 295.8 297.7 290.7 326.7 10.74 4 850 1433 11.3 10.8 97 0.5 11.0 262 35 298.0 299.7 290.6 326.0 9.60 5 800 1937 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 256 34 300.3 301.9 290.4 325.5 8.53 6 750 2469 5.7 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 250 33 302.8 304.2 290.3 325.3 7.53 7 700 3032 2.3 1.9 97 0.4 2.1 246 31 305.1 306.2 290.0 324.1 6.27 8 650 3626 -1.3 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.6 247 29 307.5 308.4 289.8 323.4 5.18 9 600 4262 -3.6 -4.2 96 0.6 -3.8 247 29 312.0 312.9 290.7 326.7 4.68 10 550 4946 -7.6 -8.7 92 1.1 -8.1 249 30 315.1 315.7 290.7 326.7 3.61 11 500 5681 -12.0 -13.4 89 1.5 -12.5 253 32 318.4 318.9 291.0 327.4 2.71 12 450 6480 -16.8 -18.6 86 1.8 -17.4 255 33 322.1 322.5 291.3 328.7 1.95 13 400 7354 -23.0 -25.2 82 2.2 -23.5 255 33 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.4 1.23 14 350 8316 -30.9 -33.7 76 2.8 -31.3 252 37 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.4 0.63 15 300 9388 -40.8 -43.9 72 3.1 -41.0 251 39 327.9 327.9 291.4 328.9 0.26 16 250 10598 -50.9 -56.3 53 5.4 -51.1 256 51 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.08 17 200 12024 -57.9 -64.0 46 6.1 -58.0 268 51 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 18 150 13838 -56.6 -82.1 3 25.5 -56.9 275 35 372.6 372.6 301.0 372.6 0.00 19 100 16413 -56.5 -84.7 2 28.1 -57.0 268 27 418.5 418.5 307.5 418.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.79 m Freezing level: 668.19 mb = 3409.84 m = 11187.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.50 mb = 3365.07 m = 11040.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 977.72 mb = 245.69 m = 806.06 ft T: 18.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 9.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.78 mb = 711.76 m = 2335.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.29 C = 68.53 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 33.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.37 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.30 mb = 697.83 m = 2289.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.30 mb = 743.78 m = 2440.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.30 mb = 6275.54 m = 20588.80 ft B at Equ Level: 204.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.30 mb = 11642.83 m = 38197.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.1 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 283.1 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.3 neg: -50.2 tot: -11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 17.82 m/s