MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 4 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 55 SFC 982 212 18.3 16.3 88 2.0 17.0 302 11 292.9 295.1 290.8 326.9 11.95 2 950 494 16.4 14.6 89 1.8 15.2 308 21 293.8 295.8 290.4 325.3 11.03 3 900 952 12.8 11.8 94 1.0 12.1 313 26 294.7 296.4 289.5 322.5 9.69 4 850 1430 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.2 316 21 296.7 298.2 288.9 320.7 8.24 5 800 1933 7.5 4.9 84 2.6 6.1 289 23 299.2 300.4 288.5 319.3 6.82 6 750 2462 4.5 2.7 88 1.8 3.6 274 26 301.5 302.6 288.8 320.1 6.21 7 700 3021 1.3 -1.0 84 2.4 0.2 266 30 304.0 304.9 288.5 319.4 5.07 8 650 3615 -1.2 -8.0 60 6.7 -4.1 265 34 307.6 308.2 288.0 317.7 3.23 9 600 4248 -5.0 -15.6 43 10.5 -8.7 263 36 310.3 310.7 287.6 316.5 1.89 10 550 4927 -8.7 -14.4 63 5.7 -10.7 260 39 313.8 314.2 289.1 321.2 2.27 11 500 5659 -13.4 -16.2 79 2.8 -14.3 264 41 316.7 317.1 289.9 323.9 2.16 12 450 6453 -18.2 -20.8 80 2.6 -19.0 262 42 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.8 1.62 13 400 7321 -24.7 -27.8 76 3.0 -25.4 260 43 322.9 323.0 290.6 326.3 0.98 14 350 8277 -31.5 -37.0 58 5.5 -32.2 257 44 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.9 0.45 15 300 9350 -39.5 -50.9 29 11.3 -40.2 262 47 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.12 16 250 10570 -49.8 -56.5 45 6.7 -50.1 272 46 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 17 200 11999 -56.0 -64.6 33 8.6 -56.2 271 46 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.03 18 150 13832 -56.0 -79.8 4 23.8 -56.3 273 38 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16410 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 269 29 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.31 m Freezing level: 673.78 mb = 3332.29 m = 10932.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.04 mb = 3043.58 m = 9985.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.23 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.11 mb = 457.16 m = 1499.84 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 7.62 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 907.74 m = 2978.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.89 C = 67.81 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 2.65 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 29.63 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 185.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.58 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.09 mb = 848.03 m = 2782.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.09 mb = 1082.07 m = 3550.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 586.09 mb = 4431.02 m = 14537.30 ft B at Equ Level: 51.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 456.09 mb = 6351.57 m = 20838.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.1 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 303.1 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 13.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 47.63 m/s