MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 101 SFC 987 210 4.8 4.3 97 0.5 4.6 314 4 279.0 279.9 278.4 293.5 5.29 2 950 525 8.8 3.2 68 5.6 6.0 0 10 286.1 287.0 281.5 300.4 5.05 3 900 971 6.0 2.4 78 3.6 4.3 318 13 287.7 288.6 282.3 302.1 5.07 4 850 1436 2.9 0.4 84 2.5 1.7 300 16 289.2 290.0 282.4 302.5 4.64 5 800 1925 0.4 -3.7 74 4.1 -1.3 288 23 291.6 292.3 282.3 302.3 3.64 6 750 2441 -0.2 -25.5 13 25.3 -6.7 284 26 296.3 296.4 280.6 298.4 0.64 7 700 2991 -1.2 -44.9 2 43.7 -8.5 281 30 301.2 301.2 282.0 301.5 0.10 8 650 3578 -4.3 -35.1 7 30.8 -10.5 280 37 304.1 304.1 283.4 305.1 0.30 9 600 4204 -7.1 -45.9 3 38.8 -13.0 280 42 307.9 307.9 284.7 308.3 0.10 10 550 4877 -10.8 -39.0 8 28.2 -15.6 280 48 311.2 311.3 286.1 312.1 0.24 11 500 5603 -14.8 -42.1 8 27.3 -18.8 278 54 315.0 315.0 287.3 315.7 0.19 12 450 6390 -20.7 -39.6 17 18.8 -23.4 278 56 317.2 317.2 288.1 318.2 0.27 13 400 7250 -27.0 -44.6 17 17.6 -28.8 285 59 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.6 0.18 14 350 8196 -34.7 -48.2 24 13.5 -35.7 288 62 321.9 321.9 289.5 322.4 0.14 15 300 9252 -44.2 -51.0 47 6.8 -44.5 291 66 323.1 323.1 289.8 323.5 0.12 16 250 10448 -51.8 -58.9 43 7.0 -52.0 292 63 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.2 0.05 17 200 11893 -50.4 -77.3 3 26.9 -50.9 292 52 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13767 -51.5 -80.8 2 29.3 -52.0 279 41 381.4 381.4 302.5 381.4 0.00 19 100 16361 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 278 27 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5502.44 m Freezing level: 766.89 mb = 2266.45 m = 7435.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 821.79 mb = 1708.38 m = 5604.86 ft Precipitable water: 0.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 31.90 % Est. max temperature: 15.56 C = 60.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.39 mb = 272.65 m = 894.53 ft T: 5.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 4.11 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.50 mb = 1800.06 m = 5905.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.74 C = 62.14 F Cap Strength: 12.40 C Lifted Index: 14.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 16.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.33 C Showalter Index: 12.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.71 C Cross Totals Index: 15.24 C K Index: -25.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 90.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15920.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 14.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.92 mb = 1145.30 m = 3757.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.9 neg: -36.3 tot: 39.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 125.79 m/s