MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509021800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 105 SFC 987 212 13.2 7.7 69 5.5 10.2 234 2 287.4 288.5 283.8 306.1 6.67 2 950 532 8.9 5.3 78 3.6 7.1 249 2 286.2 287.3 282.5 302.8 5.89 3 900 977 5.3 2.4 82 2.9 3.9 285 10 286.9 287.8 281.8 301.2 5.04 4 850 1441 1.6 0.9 95 0.7 1.3 278 13 287.8 288.7 282.0 301.5 4.80 5 800 1927 -0.7 -5.5 70 4.8 -2.6 282 17 290.4 291.0 281.2 299.7 3.18 6 750 2443 0.8 -32.2 6 33.0 -6.5 283 25 297.5 297.6 280.7 298.6 0.34 7 700 2995 -1.7 -26.7 13 25.0 -7.9 285 31 300.6 300.7 282.4 302.6 0.61 8 650 3581 -4.1 -32.5 9 28.5 -10.2 287 37 304.4 304.5 283.7 305.7 0.38 9 600 4207 -6.7 -40.2 5 33.5 -12.6 286 42 308.3 308.4 284.9 309.0 0.19 10 550 4883 -9.9 -40.8 6 30.9 -15.1 283 45 312.3 312.4 286.4 313.0 0.20 11 500 5610 -14.2 -39.1 10 24.8 -18.3 283 47 315.7 315.8 287.6 316.7 0.26 12 450 6399 -20.4 -32.0 34 11.7 -22.5 281 45 317.7 317.8 288.6 319.7 0.58 13 400 7260 -26.5 -35.5 42 9.0 -27.8 284 46 320.6 320.7 289.5 322.3 0.46 14 350 8209 -33.7 -39.3 57 5.6 -34.3 299 55 323.3 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.36 15 300 9270 -43.1 -47.3 64 4.1 -43.4 299 67 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.18 16 250 10469 -51.7 -57.3 51 5.6 -51.8 301 64 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.07 17 200 11910 -52.3 -74.0 6 21.7 -52.7 297 60 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13772 -52.2 -81.3 2 29.1 -52.7 284 42 380.1 380.1 302.3 380.1 0.00 19 100 16369 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.9 272 25 420.6 420.6 307.8 420.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5505.46 m Freezing level: 815.39 mb = 1777.37 m = 5831.19 ft Freezing level: 777.14 mb = 2163.18 m = 7096.95 ft Freezing level: 733.52 mb = 2625.11 m = 8612.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 833.84 mb = 1594.77 m = 5232.14 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 33.72 % Est. max temperature: 14.25 C = 57.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.71 mb = 897.90 m = 2945.82 ft T: 5.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.78 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.71 mb = 1171.28 m = 3842.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 13.11 C = 55.60 F Cap Strength: 11.39 C Lifted Index: 12.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 15.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.12 C Showalter Index: 13.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 30.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 15.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: -8.32 Risk: None Sweat Index: 84.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 12.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.29 mb = 1101.61 m = 3614.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.29 mb = 1333.70 m = 4375.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.29 mb = 1716.37 m = 5631.07 ft B at Equ Level: 3.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 791.29 mb = 2014.66 m = 6609.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.8 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 313.8 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.04 Bulk Shear: 104.51 m/s