MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 87 SFC 985 211 9.8 8.5 92 1.3 9.1 340 6 284.1 285.4 282.9 303.7 7.08 2 950 516 11.2 4.8 65 6.4 7.9 5 23 288.6 289.6 283.3 304.7 5.68 3 900 964 7.8 3.7 75 4.1 5.7 345 21 289.6 290.5 283.5 305.4 5.55 4 850 1433 4.7 -0.4 70 5.1 2.3 334 20 291.1 291.9 282.9 303.8 4.37 5 800 1925 2.8 -5.8 53 8.6 -0.8 309 19 294.1 294.7 282.7 303.3 3.09 6 750 2445 0.7 -15.8 28 16.6 -4.7 283 24 297.4 297.6 282.2 302.0 1.48 7 700 2996 -0.2 -28.8 9 28.6 -7.2 269 32 302.3 302.4 283.0 304.0 0.50 8 650 3586 -2.7 -39.3 4 36.5 -9.7 266 36 305.9 305.9 284.0 306.6 0.20 9 600 4216 -5.8 -46.4 2 40.6 -12.2 265 39 309.4 309.4 285.2 309.7 0.10 10 550 4893 -9.9 -40.8 6 30.9 -15.0 266 40 312.4 312.4 286.4 313.1 0.20 11 500 5620 -14.4 -39.6 10 25.2 -18.5 266 40 315.5 315.5 287.5 316.3 0.24 12 450 6410 -20.1 -31.3 36 11.3 -22.2 266 40 318.0 318.1 288.8 320.2 0.62 13 400 7270 -26.7 -30.3 71 3.6 -27.3 266 41 320.3 320.5 289.7 323.0 0.77 14 350 8220 -33.1 -36.2 73 3.2 -33.5 260 47 324.2 324.3 290.6 326.0 0.49 15 300 9286 -41.5 -44.6 72 3.1 -41.7 248 52 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.8 0.24 16 250 10493 -51.4 -55.0 66 3.6 -51.5 241 57 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.09 17 200 11928 -53.1 -68.3 14 15.1 -53.4 254 55 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 13793 -52.1 -81.3 2 29.2 -52.7 271 36 380.2 380.2 302.3 380.3 0.00 19 100 16387 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 269 29 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5533.08 m Freezing level: 710.35 mb = 2882.25 m = 9456.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 812.89 mb = 1795.42 m = 5890.40 ft Precipitable water: 0.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 29.85 % Est. max temperature: 17.57 C = 63.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.40 mb = 372.43 m = 1221.88 ft T: 10.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 3.43 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 1944.88 m = 6380.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.84 C = 67.71 F Cap Strength: 10.15 C Lifted Index: 11.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.59 C Showalter Index: 11.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.14 C Cross Totals Index: 14.05 C K Index: -9.89 Risk: None Sweat Index: 80.51 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14186.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 11.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.12 mb = 1231.76 m = 4041.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 6.8 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.9 neg: -78.5 tot: -43.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 144.27 m/s